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

Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) reported Debt Ratio of 0.5 for Q1 2026, down 2.87% on a YoY basis from 0.52 in Q1 2025, and down 1.96% sequentially from 0.51 in Q4 2025.

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

Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) has 18 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.5 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt Ratio fell 2.87% year-over-year to 0.5; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.5 (down 2.87% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.51, down 5.3% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio eased to 0.5 in Q1 2026, from 0.51 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.69 in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.14 in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.56 and a median of 0.57 in 2024 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio tumbled 78.71% in 2022 and soared 348.67% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Tracing RCL's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.69 in 2022, then declined by 11.83% to 0.61 in 2023, then declined by 11.31% to 0.54 in 2024, then dropped by 5.3% to 0.51 in 2025, then retreated by 1.96% to 0.5 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows RCL's Debt Ratio at 0.5 in Q1 2026, 0.51 in Q4 2025, and 0.51 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Booking Holdings 136.54 Bn 120.51 Bn 3.46 Bn 0.66
2 Royal Caribbean Cruises 86.11 Bn 85.59 Bn 2.21 Bn 0.50
3 Airbnb 82.27 Bn 70.26 Bn 2.10 Bn 0.09
4 Yatra Online 55.46 Bn 55.47 Bn 10.44 Mn 0.06
5 Viking Holdings 44.18 Bn 40.37 Bn 713.43 Mn 0.45
6 Carnival 34.61 Bn 32.38 Bn - 0.48
7 Expedia 31.38 Bn 28.88 Bn 3.05 Bn 0.17
8 Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings 8.54 Bn 8.35 Bn 953.34 Mn 0.64
9 MakeMyTrip 5.02 Bn 4.60 Bn 199.14 Mn -
10 Global Business Travel 4.83 Bn 4.43 Bn 490.00 Mn 0.30

Historic Data

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DateValue
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
Jun 30, 2021 0.62