Growth Metrics

Carnival (CCL) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Carnival's Return on Sales history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.04% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Sales rose 6.0% year-over-year to 0.04%; the TTM value through Feb 2026 reached 0.11%, up 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.1%, 3.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.04% in Q1 2026 per CCL's latest filing, down from 0.07% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.23% in Q3 2025 to a low of 1.17% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.12%, with a median of 0.01% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: surged 7472bps in 2022, then increased 1bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.42% in 2022, then surged by 98bps to 0.01% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 662bps to 0.05% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 31bps to 0.07% in 2025, then plummeted by -36bps to 0.04% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CCL's Return on Sales are 0.04% (Q1 2026), 0.07% (Q4 2025), and 0.23% (Q3 2025).