Carnival plc ADR (NYSE: CUK)’s stock price has soared by 1.22 in relation to previous closing price of 25.51. Despite this, the company has experienced a 11.01% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. prnewswire.com reported 2025-06-30 that MIAMI, June 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) today announced that Carnival plc (the “Company”) commenced a private offering of new senior unsecured notes in an aggregate principal amount of €1.0 billion, expected to mature in 2031 (the “Notes”), to fully repay the borrowings under Carnival Corporation’s first-priority senior secured term loan facility maturing in 2027 and to repay a portion of the borrowings under Carnival Corporation’s first-priority senior secured term loan facility maturing in 2028. In addition, the indenture that will govern the Notes is expected to have investment grade-style covenants.
Is It Worth Investing in Carnival plc ADR (NYSE: CUK) Right Now?
Carnival plc ADR (NYSE: CUK) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 13.99x compared to its average ratio. CUK has 36-month beta value of 2.71. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The average price point forecasted by analysts for Carnival plc ADR (CUK) is N/A, which is -$2089969.96 below the current market price. The public float for CUK is 145.58M, and currently, short sellers hold a 2.07% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of CUK on July 01, 2025 was 2.09M shares.
CUK’s Market Performance
The stock of Carnival plc ADR (CUK) has seen a 11.01% increase in the past week, with a 23.48% rise in the past month, and a 47.29% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.66%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.82% for CUK. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 15.49% for CUK’s stock, with a 26.17% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of CUK
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CUK stocks, with Berenberg repeating the rating for CUK by listing it as a “Hold.” The predicted price for CUK in the upcoming period, according to Berenberg is N/A based on the research report published on July 14, 2021 of the previous year 2021.
Macquarie, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see CUK reach a price target of N/A. The rating they have provided for CUK stocks is “Outperform” according to the report published on March 02nd, 2021.
Berenberg gave a rating of “Hold” to CUK, setting the target price at N/A in the report published on July 29th of the previous year.
CUK Trading at 27.08% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CUK to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -1.22% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.82%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 3.66%, as shares surge +21.52% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +58.81% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, CUK rose by +10.81%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +72.41% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $22.35. In addition, Carnival plc ADR saw 51.44% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CUK starting from Bernstein David, who sale 105,010 shares at the price of $22.84 back on May 15 ’25. After this action, Bernstein David now owns 140,053 shares of Carnival plc ADR, valued at $2,398,533 using the latest closing price.
Bernstein David, the Officer of Carnival plc ADR, proposed sale 105,010 shares at $22.99 during a trade that took place back on May 15 ’25, which means that Bernstein David is holding N/A shares at $2,414,180 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CUK
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.16 for the present operating margin
- 0.39 for the gross margin
The net margin for Carnival plc ADR stands at 0.1. The total capital return value is set at 0.11. Equity return is now at value 30.02, with 5.01 for asset returns.
Based on Carnival plc ADR (CUK), the company’s capital structure generated 0.74 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.19. The debt to equity ratio resting at 2.86. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 2.72.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 6.23 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 3.93. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.44. The receivables turnover for the company is 45.64for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.51. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.30.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Carnival plc ADR (CUK) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
