Growth Metrics

Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Royal Caribbean Cruises' Free Cash Flow history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at $116.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow rose 106.63% year-over-year to $116.0 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $1.2 billion, down 38.11%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $1.2 billion, 38.11% down from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was $116.0 million at Royal Caribbean Cruises, up from -$989.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $3.2 billion in Q3 2024 and bottomed at -$1.9 billion in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $39.3 million (2022), against an average of $7.6 million.
  • The largest YoY upside for Free Cash Flow was 1111.48% in 2023 against a maximum downside of 355.74% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at -$781.0 million in 2021, then surged by 172.7% to $567.8 million in 2022, then crashed by 355.74% to -$1.5 billion in 2023, then decreased by 20.45% to -$1.7 billion in 2024, then soared by 106.63% to $116.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for RCL's Free Cash Flow are $116.0 million (Q4 2025), -$989.0 million (Q3 2025), and $524.0 million (Q2 2025).