Growth Metrics

Carnival (CCL) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2026)

Carnival filings provide 18 years of Share-based Compensation readings, the most recent being $28.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Share-based Compensation rose 55.56% to $28.0 million in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was $108.0 million, a 56.52% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $98.0 million, up 58.06% from a year prior.
  • Share-based Compensation hit $28.0 million in Q1 2026 for Carnival, roughly flat from $28.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $28.0 million in Q2 2022 to a low of $9.0 million in Q1 2023.
  • Median Share-based Compensation over the past 5 years was $22.0 million (2022), compared with a mean of $20.1 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Share-based Compensation: crashed 65.38% in 2023 and later surged 86.67% in 2025.
  • Carnival's Share-based Compensation stood at $22.0 million in 2022, then plummeted by 54.55% to $10.0 million in 2023, then soared by 50.0% to $15.0 million in 2024, then surged by 86.67% to $28.0 million in 2025, then changed by 0.0% to $28.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Share-based Compensation were $28.0 million (Q1 2026), $28.0 million (Q4 2025), and $25.0 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.