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

Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) posted Debt Ratio of 0.51 for Q2 2026, up 1.73% sequentially from 0.5 in Q1 2026, and up 3.69% YoY from 0.49 in Q2 2025.

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

Royal Caribbean Cruises has reported Debt Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.51 in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio rose 3.69% year-over-year to 0.51 in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 0.51 (up 3.69% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.51, down 5.3% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio climbed to 0.51 in Q2 2026 per RCL's latest filing, from 0.5 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.69 in Q4 2022 and troughed at 0.14 in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.55 and a median of 0.57 in 2024 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Debt Ratio sank 78.71% in 2022, then surged 348.67% in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Debt Ratio stood at 0.69 in 2022, then decreased by 11.83% to 0.61 in 2023, then decreased by 11.31% to 0.54 in 2024, then retreated by 5.3% to 0.51 in 2025, then fell by 0.26% to 0.51 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Debt Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.51, 0.5, and 0.51 for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Booking Holdings 159.34 Bn 142.12 Bn 4.98 Bn 0.68
2 Airbnb 108.60 Bn 96.53 Bn 2.98 Bn 0.09
3 Royal Caribbean Cruises 81.57 Bn 80.88 Bn 2.29 Bn 0.51
4 Viking Holdings 44.18 Bn 40.38 Bn 713.43 Mn 0.45
5 Carnival 38.51 Bn 36.29 Bn - 0.48
6 Expedia 38.08 Bn 30.96 Bn 3.91 Bn 0.19
7 Trip.com 29.19 Bn 17.73 Bn 1.86 Bn 0.12
8 Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings 8.73 Bn 8.51 Bn 1.05 Bn 0.63
9 MakeMyTrip 5.85 Bn 5.09 Bn 212.91 Mn 0.80
10 Global Business Travel 4.94 Bn 4.47 Bn 514.00 Mn 0.31

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.51
Mar 31, 2026 0.50
Dec 31, 2025 0.51
Sep 30, 2025 0.51
Jun 30, 2025 0.49
Mar 31, 2025 0.52
Dec 31, 2024 0.54
Sep 30, 2024 0.56
Jun 30, 2024 0.57
Mar 31, 2024 0.58
Dec 31, 2023 0.61
Sep 30, 2023 0.61
Jun 30, 2023 0.62
Mar 31, 2023 0.65
Dec 31, 2022 0.69
Sep 30, 2022 0.14
Jun 30, 2022 0.68
Mar 31, 2022 0.68
Dec 31, 2021 0.65
Sep 30, 2021 0.64