Carnival CCL
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Carnival (CCL) Gross Margin (2009 - 2020)

Updated

Carnival's Gross Margin was -235.68% in fiscal Q2 2020 (quarter ended May 31, 2020), down 270.38 percentage points from 34.70% a year earlier and down 262.11 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Carnival (CCL) Gross Margin (2009 - 2020) Analysis & Trends

On a trailing twelve-month basis, Carnival's Gross Margin was 25.11% through May 31, 2020, down 14.30 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2019 (ended Nov 30, 2019), it was 38.01%, down 3.26 percentage points from FY2018.

  • Gross Margin shows a five-year change of +3.62 percentage points (FY2014 to FY2019).
  • In earlier fiscal years, Gross Margin was 41.27% in FY2018 (+1.24 pp), 40.03% in FY2017 (-2.72 pp), 42.75% in FY2016 (+2.87 pp) and 39.88% in FY2015 (+5.49 pp).
  • The fiscal Q2 2020 figure marks the lowest quarterly Gross Margin in data going back to fiscal Q1 2009.
  • Compared with a year earlier, Gross Margin has declined for seven straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -35.75 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The best year-over-year quarter for Gross Margin over five years was fiscal Q2 2016 (a gain of 30.53 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q2 2020 (a drop of 270.38 percentage points).
  • Per Business Quant data, CCL's Gross Margin in the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2020 was 26.44% (Q1 2020), 35.68% (Q4 2019) and 45.94% (Q3 2019).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Marriott International 93.50 Bn 91.55 Bn 1.55 Bn 21.98%
2 Hilton Worldwide Holdings 72.30 Bn 68.78 Bn 3.08 Bn 92.04%
3 Royal Caribbean Cruises 64.91 Bn 62.49 Bn 2.29 Bn 47.29%
4 Viking Holdings 35.75 Bn 20.87 Bn 996.62 Mn 45.50%
5 Carnival 30.35 Bn 23.01 Bn - -
6 Intercontinental Hotels 26.52 Bn 22.08 Bn - -
7 Trip.com 25.92 Bn -19.63 Bn 1.84 Bn 79.56%
8 Hyatt Hotels 15.20 Bn 12.68 Bn 388.00 Mn 21.21%
9 H World 13.30 Bn 4.22 Bn - -
10 Atour Lifestyle Holdings 8.20 Bn 4.90 Bn 493.22 Mn 95.88%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 31, 2020 -235.68%
Feb 29, 2020 26.44%
Nov 30, 2019 35.68%
Aug 31, 2019 45.94%
May 31, 2019 34.70%
Feb 28, 2019 32.76%
Nov 30, 2018 38.49%
Aug 31, 2018 49.31%
May 31, 2018 38.47%
Feb 28, 2018 35.99%
Nov 30, 2017 38.55%
Aug 31, 2017 45.37%
May 31, 2017 38.25%
Feb 28, 2017 35.77%
Nov 30, 2016 41.07%
Aug 31, 2016 49.72%
May 31, 2016 39.06%
Feb 29, 2016 38.56%
Nov 30, 2015 40.23%
Aug 31, 2015 49.01%
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