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Carnival (CCL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Carnival filings provide 18 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 11.6% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 127.0% to 11.6% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was 11.6%, a 127.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 12.03%, up 249.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 11.6% in Q1 2026 for Carnival, down from 11.75% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 11.75% in Q4 2025 to a low of 17.39% in Q2 2022.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 6.49% (2024), compared with a mean of 1.54%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: tumbled -238bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 1578bps in 2023.
  • Carnival's Return on Capital Employed stood at 10.62% in 2022, then surged by 149bps to 5.15% in 2023, then soared by 83bps to 9.45% in 2024, then increased by 24bps to 11.75% in 2025, then dropped by -1bps to 11.6% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 11.6% (Q1 2026), 11.75% (Q4 2025), and 10.89% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.