Carnival Corp. (CCL) Buy, Sell or Hold

Carnival Corp. (CCL)

30.89

+0.02 (0.06%)

as of Jun 18, 2026, 11:55:28 pm Market Open.

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DON'T BUY

Be very careful. Decimated during pandemic, took on lots of debt, interest coverage about 10% of revenues, extremely stressed. Filling ships, but tickets are discounted. Costs exploding, margins under pressure.

DON'T BUY

Cruise industry has been hit hard with Covid-19 pandemic. Share prices have been weak during pandemic. Depreciation on ships in the water a problem with salt water. Stronger travel market will help share price, but is concerned with large debt loads. Inflation and rising costs will negatively impact business.

DON'T BUY

Norwegian is best of breed, including its CEO, not Carnival. Carnival is in a precarious spot.

DON'T BUY

A trade at best, and that's not what he does or recommends. Lots of worries. Is this industry really as healthy as it was in 2019, and the answer is definitively no. The whole industry issued a lot of stock and borrowed high-priced money. Not in good financial shape. The healthcare side is an overhang, and any hint that we're having Covid 2.0 will be devastating.

DON'T BUY

It can stave off bankruptcy, but that alone doesn't make it a good stock.

BUY ON WEAKNESS

Very good time to buy shares in the company (recovering travel industry). Balance sheet still needs improvement(reduce debt). Believes Disney is better opportunity within travel sector.

DON'T BUY

They should have done the secondary offering (which they did last week) when shares were higher.

BUY

Play consumer discretionary through travel? He owns little travel, but there is a lot of pent-up demand. Lots of runway. He owns Marriott, but Carnival is an opportunity.

DON'T BUY

Not interested. Raised share count, as they had to raise equity. Debt went from 10B to 25B. Not the stock of 5 years ago. Profitable during recessions. Not cheap. Better companies that are less cyclical to step into.

DON'T BUY

It's partially a reopening play. They issued a lot of debt and shares to endure Covid. The cruise business is slow to recover, too. Not interested in CCL, because they doubled their debt and outstanding shares.

DON'T BUY

Too early to bail on this. Norwegian has the best balance sheet.

HOLD

Hold. He prefers Norwegian due to a better balance sheet, raising cash and a good CEO.

RISKY

Cruise lines are trading nowhere near January's peaks, but if they get decent earnings, it's worth a play.

BUY ON WEAKNESS

Likes the name. Have been buying it under $20 since Pfizer announced the vaccine. People will be taking cruises in the not too distant future. Could accumulate Carnival on weakness.

BUY

You can play momentum in the cruiselines, but trade, not buy and hold, this.

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