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

Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with $1.6 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 60.49% to $1.6 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $6.4 billion through Dec 2025, up 22.52% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $6.4 billion for FY2025, 22.52% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow hit $1.6 billion in Q4 2025 for Royal Caribbean Cruises, down from $2.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $4.1 billion in Q4 2024 to a low of -$2.8 billion in Q4 2023.
  • Historically, Free Cash Flow has averaged $426.5 million across 5 years, with a median of $581.9 million in 2022.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Free Cash Flow was 4603.49% in 2023; the steepest drop was 585.59% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at -$781.0 million in 2021, then soared by 172.7% to $567.8 million in 2022, then plummeted by 585.59% to -$2.8 billion in 2023, then surged by 250.02% to $4.1 billion in 2024, then tumbled by 60.49% to $1.6 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Free Cash Flow for RCL at $1.6 billion in Q4 2025, $2.7 billion in Q3 2025, and $910.0 million in Q2 2025.