Growth Metrics

Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2025)

Royal Caribbean Cruises' EBITDA Margin history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 16.46% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, EBITDA Margin rose 306.0% year-over-year to 16.46%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 25.03%, up 832.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 25.03%, 835.0% up from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin for Q4 2025 was 16.46% at Royal Caribbean Cruises, down from 30.47% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 83.44% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 6.96% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 19.88% (2024), against an average of 24.33%.
  • The largest YoY upside for EBITDA Margin was 3207bps in 2023 against a maximum downside of -7590bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 81.92% in 2021, then grew by 2bps to 83.44% in 2022, then crashed by -91bps to 7.54% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 78bps to 13.4% in 2024, then rose by 23bps to 16.46% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for RCL's EBITDA Margin are 16.46% (Q4 2025), 30.47% (Q3 2025), and 30.52% (Q2 2025).