Growth Metrics

Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) Long-Term Debt Repayments (2016 - 2025)

Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) has disclosed Long-Term Debt Repayments for 17 consecutive years, with $459.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Long-Term Debt Repayments fell 72.71% to $459.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $3.5 billion through Dec 2025, down 69.67% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $3.5 billion for FY2025, 69.67% down from the prior year.
  • Long-Term Debt Repayments hit $459.0 million in Q4 2025 for Royal Caribbean Cruises, down from $1.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Long-Term Debt Repayments ranged from a high of $5.0 billion in Q3 2024 to a low of $84.5 million in Q4 2021.
  • Historically, Long-Term Debt Repayments has averaged $1.8 billion across 5 years, with a median of $1.2 billion in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Long-Term Debt Repayments: tumbled 97.8% in 2021 and later skyrocketed 2969.8% in 2022.
  • Year by year, Long-Term Debt Repayments stood at $84.5 million in 2021, then surged by 2969.8% to $2.6 billion in 2022, then soared by 66.21% to $4.3 billion in 2023, then tumbled by 60.98% to $1.7 billion in 2024, then tumbled by 72.71% to $459.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Long-Term Debt Repayments for RCL at $459.0 million in Q4 2025, $1.1 billion in Q3 2025, and $724.0 million in Q2 2025.