Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH) Given Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Shares of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH) have been assigned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the twenty-two analysts that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, twelve have assigned a buy recommendation and two have assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $27.50.

NCLH has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. UBS Group raised their price objective on Norwegian Cruise Line from $23.00 to $27.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 26th. Truist Financial lowered their price objective on Norwegian Cruise Line from $35.00 to $27.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, May 19th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Norwegian Cruise Line from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, July 18th. Citigroup raised their price objective on Norwegian Cruise Line from $25.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 16th. Finally, Mizuho lifted their price target on Norwegian Cruise Line from $26.00 to $29.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Norwegian Cruise Line

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. MUFG Securities EMEA plc bought a new position in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in the 2nd quarter valued at $26,000. Sentry Investment Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in the 2nd quarter valued at $31,000. Raiffeisen Bank International AG bought a new position in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in the 4th quarter valued at $40,000. New Age Alpha Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in the 1st quarter valued at $33,000. Finally, LRI Investments LLC bought a new position in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in the 4th quarter valued at $47,000. Institutional investors own 69.58% of the company’s stock.

Norwegian Cruise Line Price Performance

Norwegian Cruise Line stock opened at $24.59 on Tuesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $23.88 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $20.48. Norwegian Cruise Line has a one year low of $14.21 and a one year high of $29.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.05, a current ratio of 0.18 and a quick ratio of 0.16. The firm has a market cap of $11.11 billion, a PE ratio of 16.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.16 and a beta of 2.19.

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