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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd is a travel services business based in the US. Norwegian Cruise Line shares (NCLH) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Norwegian Cruise Line employs 36,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$4.7 billion.
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- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
- Search for Norwegian Cruise Line Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: NCLH. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Norwegian Cruise Line reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$15.17, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Norwegian Cruise Line, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Norwegian Cruise Line. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.
What's in this guide?
- NCLH shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is NCLH stock a buy or sell?
- Stock performance over time
- Can I short NCLH shares?
- Is NCLH suitable for ethical investing?
- Are NCLH shares over-valued?
- Norwegian Cruise Line's financials
- How volatile are NCLH shares?
- Does Norwegian Cruise Line pay a dividend?
- Other common questions
How has coronavirus impacted Norwegian Cruise Line's share price?
Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Norwegian Cruise Line's share price has had significant negative movement.
Its last market close was USD$15.17, which is 67.70% down on its pre-crash value of USD$46.97 and 115.79% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$7.03.
If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Norwegian Cruise Line shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$178.41 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$279.89.
Norwegian Cruise Line share price
Use our graph to track the performance of NCLH stocks over time.Norwegian Cruise Line shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-09-21.
| Latest market close | USD$15.17 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | USD$7.03 - USD$59.34 |
| 50-day moving average | USD$16.2171 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$15.0462 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$16.96 |
| PE ratio | 3.814 |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$4.415 |
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Is it a good time to buy Norwegian Cruise Line stock?
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Norwegian Cruise Line price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the last close of $15.17
| 1 week (2020-09-13) | N/A |
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| 1 month (2020-08-20) | N/A |
| 3 months (2020-06-24) | -3.99% |
| 6 months (2020-03-24) | 10.33% |
| 1 year (2019-09-20) | N/A |
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| 2 years (2018-09-20) | N/A |
| 3 years (2017-09-20) | N/A |
| 5 years (2015-09-20) | N/A |
Is Norwegian Cruise Line under- or over-valued?
Valuing Norwegian Cruise Line stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Norwegian Cruise Line's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Norwegian Cruise Line's P/E ratio
Norwegian Cruise Line's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 4x. In other words, Norwegian Cruise Line shares trade at around 4x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Norwegian Cruise Line's PEG ratio
Norwegian Cruise Line's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.9247. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Norwegian Cruise Line's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Norwegian Cruise Line's EBITDA
Norwegian Cruise Line's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$631.1 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Norwegian Cruise Line's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Norwegian Cruise Line financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$4.7 billion |
|---|---|
| Gross profit TTM | USD$2.8 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | -0.26% |
| Return on equity TTM | -38.61% |
| Profit margin | -43.46% |
| Book value | $16.919 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$4.3 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Norwegian Cruise Line shares
There are currently 55.3 million Norwegian Cruise Line shares held short by investors – that's known as Norwegian Cruise Line's "short interest". This figure is 1.9% down from 56.4 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Norwegian Cruise Line shares can be evaluated.
Norwegian Cruise Line's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Norwegian Cruise Line's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Norwegian Cruise Line shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Norwegian Cruise Line shares traded daily (recently around 32.5 million). Norwegian Cruise Line's SIR currently stands at 1.7. In other words for every 100,000 Norwegian Cruise Line shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1700 shares are currently held short.
However Norwegian Cruise Line's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Norwegian Cruise Line shares, or, against the total number of tradable Norwegian Cruise Line shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Norwegian Cruise Line's short interest could be expressed as 0.2% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Norwegian Cruise Line shares in existence, roughly 200 shares are currently held short) or 0.2206% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Norwegian Cruise Line shares, roughly 221 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Norwegian Cruise Line.
Find out more about how you can short Norwegian Cruise Line stock.
Norwegian Cruise Line's environmental, social and governance track record
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Norwegian Cruise Line.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Norwegian Cruise Line's total ESG risk score
Total ESG risk: 30.95
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Norwegian Cruise Line's overall score of 30.95 (as at 08/01/2020) is nothing to write home about – landing it in it in the 52nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Norwegian Cruise Line is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Norwegian Cruise Line's environmental score
Environmental score: 16.54/100
Norwegian Cruise Line's environmental score of 16.54 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Norwegian Cruise Line is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Norwegian Cruise Line's social score
Social score: 13.47/100
Norwegian Cruise Line's social score of 13.47 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Norwegian Cruise Line is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Norwegian Cruise Line's governance score
Governance score: 8.43/100
Norwegian Cruise Line's governance score puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Norwegian Cruise Line is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Norwegian Cruise Line's controversy score
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Norwegian Cruise Line scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Norwegian Cruise Line has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd was last rated for ESG on: 2020-08-01.
| Total ESG score | 30.95 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 51.56 |
| Environmental score | 16.54 |
| Environmental score percentile | 6 |
| Social score | 13.47 |
| Social score percentile | 6 |
| Governance score | 8.43 |
| Governance score percentile | 6 |
| Level of controversy | 2 |
Norwegian Cruise Line share dividends
We're not expecting Norwegian Cruise Line to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Norwegian Cruise Line share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Norwegian Cruise Line's shares have ranged in value from as little as $7.03 up to $59.34. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Norwegian Cruise Line's is 2.7514. This would suggest that Norwegian Cruise Line's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.
Norwegian Cruise Line overview
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a cruise company in the North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands. It offers cruise itineraries ranging from a few days to 180-days calling on various locations, including destinations in Scandinavia, Russia, the Mediterranean, the Greek Isles, Alaska, Canada and New England, India and the rest of Asia, Tahiti and the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Africa, South America, the Panama Canal, the Caribbean, and Harvest Caye. As of February 20, 2020, the company had 28 ships with approximately 59,150 berths. It distributes its products through retail/travel advisor, international travel advisor, and onboard cruise sales channels, as well as meetings, incentives, and charters. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
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