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<ul><li>Carnival Corporation & plc recently provided an update on their operations, highlighting significant achievements and ongoing strategies for growth and financial strength.</li><li>The results for the second quarter of 2024 included record revenues, operating income, customer deposits, and booking levels.</li><li>Notably, yields increased by over 12% due to strong per diem growth, which saw a rise of over 6%.</li></ul>

Carnival Corporation & plc recently provided an update on their operations, highlighting significant achievements and ongoing strategies for growth and financial strength.The results for the second quarter of 2024 included record revenues, operating income, customer deposits, and booking levels.Notably, yields increased by over 12% due to strong per diem growth, which saw a rise of over 6%.

Carnival Corporation & plc: Expansion of Market Share through Strategic Brand Realignment! - Major Drivers

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<li>Carnival Corporation is the world's largest cruise ship operator with a large fleet and significant market share</li>
<li>The company was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, halting service for 15 months and taking on substantial debt</li>
<li>Since resuming cruises in July 2021, Carnival has seen a rebound in revenues driven by strong demand for post-COVID travel, but still faces challenges with cashflow and debt sustainability</li>
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Carnival Corporation is the world's largest cruise ship operator with a large fleet and significant market share
The company was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, halting service for 15 months and taking on substantial debt
Since resuming cruises in July 2021, Carnival has seen a rebound in revenues driven by strong demand for post-COVID travel, but still faces challenges with cashflow and debt sustainability

This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only. This article was originally published 3 months ago on Value Investors Club.

Carnival Corporation Plc (CCL) - Tuesday, Mar 5, 2024

<ul><li>Carnival Corporation plc recently released its Q1 2024 earnings.</li><li>The company's CEO, Josh Weinstein, and CFO, David Bernstein, detailed its financial performance.</li><li>Despite recent disruptions caused by an event at the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which is expected to have a less than $10 million full-year impact, the company reported a strong first quarter.</li></ul>

Carnival Corporation plc recently released its Q1 2024 earnings.The company's CEO, Josh Weinstein, and CFO, David Bernstein, detailed its financial performance.Despite recent disruptions caused by an event at the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which is expected to have a less than $10 million full-year impact, the company reported a strong first quarter.

Carnival Corporation & plc: Are Its Brand Strengthening Efforts Paying Off? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Carnival Corporation's latest earnings suggest an optimistic outlook for the company as it reports setting records in all four quarters of 2023, with revenues, booking levels, and customer deposits seeing an all-time high.</li><li>Encouragingly, both North American and European brand occupancy levels exceeded 101% in Q4, and per diems for these brands showed significant increases over 2019.</li><li>The company’s performance enabled it to surpass high cost inflation over the past four years, delivering per unit Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) that outpaced 2019 levels when excluding fuel and currency fluctuations.</li></ul>

Carnival Corporation's latest earnings suggest an optimistic outlook for the company as it reports setting records in all four quarters of 2023, with revenues, booking levels, and customer deposits seeing an all-time high.Encouragingly, both North American and European brand occupancy levels exceeded 101% in Q4, and per diems for these brands showed significant increases over 2019.The company’s performance enabled it to surpass high cost inflation over the past four years, delivering per unit Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) that outpaced 2019 levels when excluding fuel and currency fluctuations.

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<ul><li>Lots of financial analysts and other Calcbench users might be wishing they could sail away on a tropical cruise as we enter the holiday slow season, so perhaps it’s a good time to visit Carnival Corp. ($CCL) and the company’s latest financial performance.  </li><li>Carnival <a href="https://www.calcbench.com/query/footnotes?fp_state=list&amp;pc_rangeOption=Single%20Period&amp;pc_year=2023&amp;pc_period=4&amp;pc_periodType=Quarterly&amp;pc_useFiscalPeriod=True&amp;pg_classificationMethod=tickers&amp;pg_tickers=CCL&amp;doc_BlobID=2196642&amp;doc_footnoteType=270&amp;doc_searchingBy=singleCompany&amp;doc_selectedDisclosure=BlobID-2196642" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed its latest quarterly (and fiscal year-end) earnings release</a> on Thursday, and top-line numbers looked pretty good for a company still recovering from the pandemic’s apocalyptic effects four years ago.</li><li>Quarterly revenue jumped 40.6 percent from the year-ago period, to $5.4 billion; annual revenue soared 77.5 percent to $21.6 billion. </li></ul>

Lots of financial analysts and other Calcbench users might be wishing they could sail away on a tropical cruise as we enter the holiday slow season, so perhaps it’s a good time to visit Carnival Corp. ($CCL) and the company’s latest financial performance.  Carnival filed its latest quarterly (and fiscal year-end) earnings release on Thursday, and top-line numbers looked pretty good for a company still recovering from the pandemic’s apocalyptic effects four years ago.Quarterly revenue jumped 40.6 percent from the year-ago period, to $5.4 billion; annual revenue soared 77.5 percent to $21.6 billion. 

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Carnival Corporation owns and operates cruise ships offering cruises to all major vacation destinations including North America, the United Kingdom, Germany, Southern  Europe, South America and Asia/Pacific. The Company, through a subsidiary also owns and operates hotels and lodges.  Dually-listed company with CCL LN.

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