Carnival Corporation and plc is a British-American leisure company, best known for its cruise line. The company travels to 700 global destinations, and serves 13 million guests each year. Nearly half of those lucky to go on a cruise will be travelling on one of the company’s 9 cruise line brands. Here's everything you need to know about investing in the world’s largest leisure company, which is listed on the LSE.
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Buying shares in just one company is generally considered a riskier bet than investing in a range of investments - AKA a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend holding a mix of investments in specific assets and funds. Funds are ready-made portfolios of multiple companies' shares (potentially including Carnival), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.
Carnival is a major part of the London stock exchange, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).
| Icon | Fund | 5-year performance | 1-year performance (to October 2023) | Link to invest |
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 | Invesco S&P 500 (SPXP) | 70.17% | 10.90% | Capital at risk |
 | Xtrackers S&P 500 Swap (XSPX) | 69.98% | 10.83% | Capital at risk |
 | HSBC S&P 500 (HSPX) | 68.59% | 10.87% | Capital at risk |
 | Vanguard S&P 500 (VUSA) | 68.24% | 10.73% | Capital at risk |
 | iShares Core S&P 500 (CSP1) | 68.20% | 10.73% | Invest with eToroCapital at risk |
 | SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPX5) | 67.96% | 10.70% | Capital at risk |
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| Vanguard FTSE 250 UCITS ETF Distributing (VMID) | 1.77% | -0.53% | Capital at risk |
| Invesco FTSE 250 UCITS ETF (S250) | 1.20% | -0.66% | Capital at risk |
| Xtrackers FTSE 250 UCITS ETF 1D (XMCX) | 1.08% | -0.67% | Capital at risk |
| HSBC FTSE 250 UCITS ETF GBP (HMCX) | 0.22% | -0.74% | Capital at risk |
| iShares FTSE 250 UCITS ETF (MIDD) | 0.16% | -0.78% | Invest with eToroCapital at risk |
All investing should be regarded as longer term. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. If you’re not sure which investments are right for you, please seek out a financial adviser. Capital at risk.
Only you can make the decision on the time to leap... but here's some supporting information and analysis.
Over the last 12 months, Carnival's shares have ranged in value from as little as 691.4 up to 1388. 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 (LSE average) beta is 1, while Carnival's is 2.539. This would suggest that Carnival's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.
Historical closes compared with the last close of 1072
| 1 week (2024-05-09) | 2.58% |
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| 1 month (2024-04-16) | 5.88% |
| 3 months (2024-02-15) | -1.56% |
| 6 months (2023-11-16) | 2.05% |
| 1 year (2023-05-16) | 40.09% |
| 2 years (2022-05-12) | |
| 3 years (2021-05-16) | -32.69% |
| 5 years (2019-05-16) | -73.46% |
The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.
Finder might not agree with the analysis and we take no responsibility. We also give no representations or warranty on the accuracy or completeness of the information provided on this page.
All investing should be regarded as longer term. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. If you’re not sure which investments are right for you, please seek out a financial adviser. Capital at risk.
Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Carnival P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA
Carnival's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 40x. In other words, Carnival shares trade at around 40x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United Kingdom stock market as of 09 November, 2023 (10). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
However, Carnival's P/E ratio is best considered in relation to those of others within the industry or those of similar companies.
Carnival's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.0379. A PEG ratio below 1 can be interpreted as meaning the shares are not overvalued given the current rate of growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Carnival's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
However, it's sensible to consider Carnival's PEG ratio in relation to those of similar companies.
Carnival's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping £4.8 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Carnival's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
To put that into context you can compare it against similar companies.
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