Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.03 EPS

Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday. The company reported $1.20 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.03, FiscalAI reports. Norwegian Cruise Line had a return on equity of 59.88% and a net margin of 7.52%.The company had revenue of $2.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.03 billion. Norwegian Cruise Line updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 0.270-0.270 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 2.100-2.100 EPS.

Norwegian Cruise Line Trading Down 0.6%

Norwegian Cruise Line stock traded down $0.11 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $18.69. The company had a trading volume of 23,724,184 shares, compared to its average volume of 14,590,353. Norwegian Cruise Line has a 1-year low of $14.21 and a 1-year high of $29.29. The company has a current ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 0.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.05. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $24.24 and its 200-day simple moving average is $21.89. The stock has a market cap of $8.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 2.21.

Institutional Trading of Norwegian Cruise Line

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. MUFG Securities EMEA plc purchased a new position in Norwegian Cruise Line in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Palisade Capital Management LP boosted its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 13.6% in the 2nd quarter. Palisade Capital Management LP now owns 16,750 shares of the company’s stock valued at $340,000 after buying an additional 2,000 shares during the period. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 4.3% in the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 48,346 shares of the company’s stock valued at $917,000 after buying an additional 2,002 shares during the period. Ossiam boosted its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 50.7% in the 2nd quarter. Ossiam now owns 6,388 shares of the company’s stock valued at $130,000 after buying an additional 2,149 shares during the period. Finally, Optimist Retirement Group LLC boosted its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 18.9% in the 2nd quarter. Optimist Retirement Group LLC now owns 15,522 shares of the company’s stock valued at $315,000 after buying an additional 2,471 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 69.58% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NCLH has been the subject of a number of research reports. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on Norwegian Cruise Line from $35.00 to $37.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, September 11th. Barclays reduced their price target on Norwegian Cruise Line from $31.00 to $28.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. Tigress Financial upped their price target on Norwegian Cruise Line from $36.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 27th. Truist Financial upped their target price on Norwegian Cruise Line from $27.00 to $31.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, September 19th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group cut their target price on Norwegian Cruise Line from $31.00 to $27.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Norwegian Cruise Line has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $28.21.

About Norwegian Cruise Line

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a cruise company in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates through the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands. It offers itineraries ranging from three days to a 180-days calling on various ports, including Scandinavia, Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Greek Isles, Alaska, Canada and New England, Hawaii, Asia, Tahiti and the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Africa, India, South America, the Panama Canal, and the Caribbean.