Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Royal Caribbean Cruises' (RCL) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.47 in Q1 2026, down 9.48% year-on-year from 0.52 in Q1 2025, and up 6.98% quarter-over-quarter from 0.44 in Q4 2025.

Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Royal Caribbean Cruises has disclosed Debt Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.47 for Q1 2026.

  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.47, down 9.48% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.47 (down 9.48% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.44, down 12.52% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio came in at 0.47 for Q1 2026 at Royal Caribbean Cruises, up from 0.44 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.7 in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.44 in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.57 (2024), against an average of 0.58.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio grew 12.07% in 2022 and declined 18.75% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Royal Caribbean Cruises' Debt Ratio stood at 0.69 in 2022, then retreated by 18.75% to 0.56 in 2023, then dropped by 11.0% to 0.5 in 2024, then dropped by 12.52% to 0.44 in 2025, then rose by 6.98% to 0.47 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.47 (Q1 2026), 0.44 (Q4 2025), and 0.51 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Booking Holdings 131.01 Bn 114.99 Bn 3.46 Bn 0.66
2 Airbnb 79.86 Bn 67.85 Bn 2.10 Bn 0.09
3 Royal Caribbean Cruises 75.60 Bn 75.08 Bn 2.21 Bn 0.47
4 Carnival 37.80 Bn 36.39 Bn - 0.49
5 Expedia 27.88 Bn 22.09 Bn 3.05 Bn 0.17
6 Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings 8.56 Bn 8.38 Bn 953.34 Mn 0.64
7 Global Business Travel 4.79 Bn 4.35 Bn 714.00 Mn 0.30
8 Travel & Leisure 4.51 Bn 4.25 Bn 926.00 Mn -
9 Trip.com 4.42 Bn -788.25 Mn 1.74 Bn 0.12
10 MakeMyTrip 2.12 Bn 1.35 Bn - 0.80

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.47
Dec 31, 2025 0.44
Sep 30, 2025 0.51
Jun 30, 2025 0.49
Mar 31, 2025 0.52
Dec 31, 2024 0.50
Sep 30, 2024 0.56
Jun 30, 2024 0.57
Mar 31, 2024 0.58
Dec 31, 2023 0.56
Sep 30, 2023 0.61
Jun 30, 2023 0.62
Mar 31, 2023 0.65
Dec 31, 2022 0.69
Sep 30, 2022 0.70
Jun 30, 2022 0.68
Mar 31, 2022 0.68
Dec 31, 2021 0.65
Sep 30, 2021 0.64
Jun 30, 2021 0.62