Growth Metrics

Carnival (CCL) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Carnival's FCF Margin history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 11.31% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 583.0% year-over-year to 11.31%; the TTM value through Feb 2026 reached 11.07%, up 326.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 9.79%, 461.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin reached 11.31% in Q1 2026 per CCL's latest filing, 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.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 13.86%, with a median of 5.37% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Margin: soared 1236096bps in 2022, then crashed -659bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CCL's FCF Margin are 11.31% (Q1 2026), 0.19% (Q4 2025), and 9.03% (Q3 2025).