Carnival
Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE: CCL) operates a global cruise business serving vacationers through contemporary, premium and luxury cruise experiences, with cruises sold directly and through travel agents, tour operators and other channels. Its eight cruise brands are organized into North America and Europe… From the company’s description.
In fiscal 2025, Carnival reported revenue of $26.62B, up 6.4% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $2.76B. Its operating margin was 16.8%, and operations generated $6.22B in cash. Over the twelve months to Aug 31, 2026, revenue was $27.59B.
Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.
What Carnival does
In the company’s own words
Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE: CCL) operates a global cruise business serving vacationers through contemporary, premium and luxury cruise experiences, with cruises sold directly and through travel agents, tour operators and other channels. Its eight cruise brands are organized into North America and Europe segments: North America includes Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line and Seabourn, while Europe includes AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, P&O Cruises and Cunard. A Cruise Support segment operates port destinations and exclusive islands for the cruise brands, and Holland America Princess Alaska Tours provides hotels, lodges, railcars and motorcoach services in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. The company carried 13.6 million passengers in fiscal 2025 and operated 94 cruise ships with passenger capacity of approximately 272,000 at November 30, 2025. In 2025, it discontinued P&O Cruises (Australia), incorporating its Australian operations into Carnival Cruise Line. Its website is www.carnivalcorp.com.
Company details
- Sector
- Consumer Discretionary
- Industry (SIC)
- Transportation & Utilities
- Headquarters
- MIAMI, FL
- Fiscal year end
- November
- CIK
- 815097
- SIC
- 4400
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2013–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Carnival — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · Carnival’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Could not be determined for this company: bond issues.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
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