Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd NCLH

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$14.64 −0.02 (0.14%)
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Norwegian Should See Yield Improvement in 2027 as Revenue Management Initiatives Start to Take Hold

Thanks to travel demand that has more than recovered since the pandemic, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings' economic performance should generate excess economic rents over the back half of our forecast. When consumers returned to cruising in 2021 after a 15-month sailing halt, they regained an appetite for travel, bolstered by the value proposition cruising provides. With ships fully deployed and occupied, pricing had risen to record levels in 2025. However, prices and occupancy are falling in 2026 due to executional missteps (misaligned deployment and marketing initiatives), an issue we believe will take at least a few quarters to remedy.

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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

As Norwegian is smaller than its North American cruise peers, it has the ability to deploy its assets nimbly as cruising demand rises, allowing for strategic pricing tactics.

Bears

Weakness in consumer spending spurred by an economic downturn could affect discretionary spending, leading pricing to soften and less onboard spending.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$14.66
Day Range
$14.34–14.78
52-Week Range
$13.63–25.13
Bid/Ask
$14.62 / $14.65
Shares Outstanding
459.19M
Market Cap
$6.72B
Volume/Avg
26M / 16M

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
6.68
Price/Sales
0.70
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
0.00%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
0.00%
Dividend Payment Schedule
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Total Yield
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Company Profile

Norwegian Cruise Line is the world's third-largest publicly traded cruise company by berths (around 75,000). It operates 35 ships across three brands—Norwegian, Oceania, and Regent Seven Seas—offering both freestyle and luxury cruising. The company redeployed its entire fleet after the pandemic as of May 2022. With 16 passenger vessels on order among its brands through 2037, representing 43,000 incremental berths, Norwegian is increasing capacity faster than its peers, expanding its brand globally. Norwegian sails to around 700 global destinations.
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
Industry
Travel Services
Stock Style Box
Small Value
Total Number of Employees
44,500

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Valuation

Metric
NCLH
CCL
RCL
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
6.6810.6616.50
Price/Book Value
2.612.397.05
Price/Sales
0.701.263.92
Price/Cash Flow
3.305.1611.29
Price/Earnings
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CCL
RCL

Financial Strength

Metric
NCLH
CCL
RCL
Quick Ratio
0.080.150.11
Current Ratio
0.200.270.21
Interest Coverage
1.933.645.40
Quick Ratio
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Profitability

Metric
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CCL
RCL
Return on Assets (Normalized)
4.62%6.34%10.74%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
48.10%25.32%45.03%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
11.17%11.02%15.93%
Return on Assets
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