Growth Metrics

Carnival (CCL) EBIT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Carnival filings provide 18 years of EBIT Margin readings, the most recent being 9.85% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBIT Margin rose 50.0% to 9.85% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was 16.86%, a 174.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 16.84%, up 256.0% from a year prior.
  • EBIT Margin hit 9.85% in Q1 2026 for Carnival, down from 11.61% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBIT Margin ranged from a high of 27.85% in Q3 2025 to a low of 91.87% in Q1 2022.
  • Median EBIT Margin over the past 5 years was 9.35% (2025), compared with a mean of 2.04%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBIT Margin: skyrocketed 576967bps in 2022 and later grew 27bps in 2025.
  • Carnival's EBIT Margin stood at 29.56% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 124bps to 7.12% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 33bps to 9.45% in 2024, then grew by 23bps to 11.61% in 2025, then fell by -15bps to 9.85% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for EBIT Margin were 9.85% (Q1 2026), 11.61% (Q4 2025), and 27.85% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.