Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)

Royal Caribbean Cruises' (RCL) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 49.53% in Q1 2026, up 152.0% year-on-year from 19.65% in Q1 2025, and up 4.58% quarter-over-quarter from 47.36% in Q4 2025.

Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Royal Caribbean Cruises has disclosed Gross Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 49.53% for Q1 2026.

  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 49.53%, up 152.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 49.69% (up 146.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 49.36%, up 184.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin came in at 49.53% for Q1 2026 at Royal Caribbean Cruises, up from 47.36% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 51.76% in Q3 2025 to a low of 11.87% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 45.43% (2024), against an average of 40.39%.
  • Peak annual rise in Gross Margin reached 75750 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 6855 bps in 2022.
  • Royal Caribbean Cruises' Gross Margin stood at 31.45% in 2022, then surged by 38 bps to 43.26% in 2023, then rose by 5 bps to 45.43% in 2024, then increased by 4 bps to 47.36% in 2025, then rose by 5 bps to 49.53% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 49.53% (Q1 2026), 47.36% (Q4 2025), and 51.76% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Booking Holdings 131.01 Bn 114.99 Bn 3.46 Bn 62.62%
2 Airbnb 79.86 Bn 67.85 Bn 2.10 Bn 78.30%
3 Royal Caribbean Cruises 75.60 Bn 75.08 Bn 2.21 Bn 49.53%
4 Carnival 37.80 Bn 36.39 Bn - -
5 Expedia 27.88 Bn 22.09 Bn 3.05 Bn 89.00%
6 Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings 8.56 Bn 8.38 Bn 953.34 Mn 40.89%
7 Global Business Travel 4.79 Bn 4.35 Bn 714.00 Mn 85.00%
8 Travel & Leisure 4.51 Bn 4.25 Bn 926.00 Mn 96.36%
9 Trip.com 4.42 Bn -788.25 Mn 1.74 Bn 78.84%
10 MakeMyTrip 2.12 Bn 1.35 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 49.53%
Dec 31, 2025 47.36%
Sep 30, 2025 51.76%
Jun 30, 2025 49.69%
Mar 31, 2025 48.01%
Dec 31, 2024 45.43%
Sep 30, 2024 51.06%
Jun 30, 2024 47.64%
Mar 31, 2024 44.85%
Dec 31, 2023 43.26%
Sep 30, 2023 48.63%
Jun 30, 2023 44.51%
Mar 31, 2023 37.87%
Dec 31, 2022 31.45%
Sep 30, 2022 34.30%
Jun 30, 2022 23.09%
Mar 31, 2022 -11.87%
Dec 31, 2021 100.00%
Sep 30, 2021 -78.07%
Jun 30, 2021 -734.41%