Growth Metrics

Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Royal Caribbean Cruises' Return on Equity history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.39% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity rose 5.0% year-over-year to 0.39%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.39%, up 5.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.49%, 2.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.39% at Royal Caribbean Cruises, up from 0.37% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.4% in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 1.81% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Equity is 0.19% (2023), against an average of 0.11%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Equity plummeted -193bps in 2022 before it skyrocketed 203bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 1.03% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 86bps to 0.15% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 321bps to 0.32% in 2023, then grew by 5bps to 0.34% in 2024, then increased by 13bps to 0.39% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for RCL's Return on Equity are 0.39% (Q4 2025), 0.37% (Q3 2025), and 0.37% (Q2 2025).