Growth Metrics

Carnival (CCL) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Carnival filings provide 18 years of FCF Margin readings, the most recent being 11.31% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin rose 583.0% to 11.31% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was 11.07%, a 326.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 9.79%, up 461.0% from a year prior.
  • FCF Margin hit 11.31% in Q1 2026 for Carnival, up from 0.19% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 24.35% in Q2 2025 to a low of 242.88% in Q1 2022.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 5.37% (2024), compared with a mean of 13.86%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: skyrocketed 1236096bps in 2022 and later plummeted -659bps in 2024.
  • Carnival's FCF Margin stood at 33.81% in 2022, then soared by 114bps to 4.58% in 2023, then grew by 17bps to 5.37% in 2024, then tumbled by -96bps to 0.19% in 2025, then surged by 5864bps to 11.31% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Margin were 11.31% (Q1 2026), 0.19% (Q4 2025), and 9.03% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.