Growth Metrics

Carnival (CCL) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Carnival (CCL) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with -$1.5 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow fell 154.39% year-over-year to -$1.5 billion, compared with a TTM value of -$294.0 million through Nov 2025, up 89.71%, and an annual FY2025 reading of -$3.6 billion, up 21.94% over the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was -$1.5 billion for Q4 2025 at Carnival, down from -$647.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $1.5 billion in Q2 2025 and bottomed at -$3.9 billion in Q1 2022.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is -$949.6 million, with a median of -$692.0 million recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Free Cash Flow tumbled 699.27% in 2021, then surged 216.83% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at -$855.0 million in 2021, then plummeted by 38.13% to -$1.2 billion in 2022, then soared by 120.91% to $247.0 million in 2023, then crashed by 339.68% to -$592.0 million in 2024, then plummeted by 154.39% to -$1.5 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Free Cash Flow for CCL at -$1.5 billion in Q4 2025, -$647.0 million in Q3 2025, and $1.5 billion in Q2 2025.