Royal Caribbean (RCL) closed the most recent trading day at $151.48, moving +1.58% from the previous trading session. The stock outperformed the S&P 500, which registered a daily gain of 0.25%. At the same time, the Dow added 0.15%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.03%. The the stock of cruise operator has risen by 0.96% in the past month, leading the Consumer Discretionary sector's gain of 0.82% and undershooting the S&P 500's gain of 3.34%. Market participants will be closely following the financial res ...

The ultimate short getaway gets ready for its July debut from Port Canaveral (Orlando), Florida MIAMI, June 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- It's time to gear up for weekend energy any day of the week. Royal Caribbean International officially welcomed the next big thing in vacations to the family: Utopia of the Seas. A celebration fit for the ultimate short getaway was had in Saint-Nazaire, France, as the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard handed Royal Caribbean the keys to Utopia just five weekends before its July ...

Construction begins on the fifth vessel in the brand's award-winning Edge Series setting sail in fall 2025. SAINT-NAZAIRE, France, June 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The future of elevated travel at sea reached a major milestone today, as construction commenced for Celebrity Cruises' next ship, Celebrity Xcel. The keel laying ceremony at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France celebrated the momentous occasion for the latest and most elevated vessel in Celebrity's award-winning Edge Serie ...

Royal Caribbean (RCL) has been one of the most searched-for stocks on Zacks.com lately. So, you might want to look at some of the facts that could shape the stock's performance in the near term. Over the past month, shares of this cruise operator have returned +12%, compared to the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +4% change. During this period, the Zacks Leisure and Recreation Services industry, which Royal Caribbean falls in, has gained 3.1%. The key question now is: What could be the stock's future direction? A ...

Royal Caribbean (RCL) closed the most recent trading day at $153.19, moving -1.42% from the previous trading session. The stock's change was less than the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.27%. On the other hand, the Dow registered a loss of 0.31%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq increased by 0.88%. Shares of the cruise operator witnessed a gain of 10.34% over the previous month, beating the performance of the Consumer Discretionary sector with its gain of 1.03% and the S&P 500's gain of 2.85%. The upcoming earni ...

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When deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock, investors often rely on analyst recommendations. Media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts often influence a stock's price, but are they really important? Let's take a look at what these Wall Street heavyweights have to say about Royal Caribbean (RCL) before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use them to your advantage. Royal Caribbean currently has an average brokerage reco ...

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science's Rescue a Reef coral restoration program celebrates World Oceans Day with a new coral restoration site creating over a thousand coral colonies MIAMI, June 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- This World Oceans Day, Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) is celebrating the oceans it sails by partnering with Inter Miami CF to sponsor six months' worth of coral restoration expeditions with Rescue a Reef. The citizen science program run by the Unive ...

Have you been paying attention to shares of Royal Caribbean (RCL) ? Shares have been on the move with the stock up 5.4% over the past month. The stock hit a new 52-week high of $151.16 in the previous session. Royal Caribbean has gained 16.6% since the start of the year compared to the -1.9% move for the Zacks Consumer Discretionary sector and the 1% return for the Zacks Leisure and Recreation Services industry. What's Driving the Outperformance? The stock has an impressive record of positive earnings surpr ...

The consumer discretionary sector has not been having a great 2024. Since the start of the year, the S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (XLY) has slid 1.4% till last Friday. However, with inflation numbers starting to cool off, the sector wrested its slide somewhat in May, rising 0.2%. Usually, when the economy expands, companies engaged in such businesses do well. The opposite happens when an economy shows signs of slowing down. However, inflation historically has the most far-reaching impac ...