Brokerages Set Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH) PT at $27.80

Shares of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH) have been given an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the twenty-four research firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, twelve have assigned a buy recommendation and three have given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $27.80.

Several research analysts have recently commented on NCLH shares. Truist Financial boosted their price target on Norwegian Cruise Line from $27.00 to $31.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, September 19th. Bank of America boosted their price target on Norwegian Cruise Line from $20.00 to $27.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. UBS Group boosted their price target on Norwegian Cruise Line from $23.00 to $27.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 26th. Barclays boosted their price target on Norwegian Cruise Line from $25.00 to $31.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on Norwegian Cruise Line from $35.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 11th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in NCLH. Ariel Investments LLC grew its stake in Norwegian Cruise Line by 126.8% during the 1st quarter. Ariel Investments LLC now owns 9,081,170 shares of the company’s stock worth $172,179,000 after buying an additional 5,077,531 shares during the last quarter. 59 North Capital Management LP purchased a new position in Norwegian Cruise Line during the 1st quarter worth $69,877,000. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Norwegian Cruise Line during the 2nd quarter worth $49,620,000. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in Norwegian Cruise Line by 22.7% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 11,477,606 shares of the company’s stock worth $217,615,000 after buying an additional 2,122,501 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP grew its stake in Norwegian Cruise Line by 72.2% during the 2nd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 4,398,316 shares of the company’s stock worth $89,198,000 after buying an additional 1,844,433 shares during the last quarter. 69.58% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Norwegian Cruise Line Trading Up 0.0%

Shares of NYSE NCLH opened at $23.49 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 0.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.05. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $24.58 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $21.52. The firm has a market cap of $10.61 billion, a PE ratio of 16.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 2.21. Norwegian Cruise Line has a twelve month low of $14.21 and a twelve month high of $29.29.

Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported $0.51 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.52 by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $2.52 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.55 billion. Norwegian Cruise Line had a net margin of 7.52% and a return on equity of 59.88%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.40 earnings per share. Norwegian Cruise Line has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.140-1.140 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 2.050-2.050 EPS. Analysts expect that Norwegian Cruise Line will post 1.48 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Norwegian Cruise Line Company Profile

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.