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RCL (Royal Caribbean Group) Operating Income : $4,306 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Royal Caribbean Group Operating Income?

Royal Caribbean Group's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $947 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was $4,306 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Royal Caribbean Group's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $947 Mil. Royal Caribbean Group's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $3,999 Mil. Therefore, Royal Caribbean Group's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 23.68%.

Royal Caribbean Group's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 0.00% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Royal Caribbean Group's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 8.80%. Royal Caribbean Group's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 12.12%.


Royal Caribbean Group Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Royal Caribbean Group's Operating Income can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Royal Caribbean Group Operating Income Chart

Royal Caribbean Group Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Operating Income
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -3,035.18 -3,870.00 -766.00 2,878.00 4,108.00

Royal Caribbean Group Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Operating Income Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 750.00 1,099.00 1,634.00 626.00 947.00

Royal Caribbean Group Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $4,306 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Royal Caribbean Group  (NYSE:RCL) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Royal Caribbean Group's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

ROC % (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2024 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Mar. 2025 ))/ count )
=3788 * ( 1 - 0% )/( (42628 + 43464)/ 2 )
=3788/43046
=8.80 %

where

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2025) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Royal Caribbean Group's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Mar. 2025 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Dec. 2024  Q: Mar. 2025
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=3944/( ( (32508 + max(-6823, 0)) + (32565 + max(-7387, 0)) )/ 2 )
=3944/( ( 32508 + 32565 )/ 2 )
=3944/32536.5
=12.12 %

where Working Capital is:

Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2024 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(371 + 265 + 681) - (2554 + 5496 + 90)
=-6823

Working Capital(Q: Mar. 2025 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(427 + 256 + 759) - (2460 + 6334 + 35)
=-7387

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2025) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Royal Caribbean Group's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Revenue (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=947/3999
=23.68 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

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Royal Caribbean Group Business Description

Address
1050 Caribbean Way, Miami, FL, USA, 33132
Royal Caribbean is the world's second-largest cruise company by revenues, operating 67 ships across five global and partner brands in the cruise vacation industry. Brands the company operates include Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea. The company also has a 50% investment in a joint venture that operates TUI Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. The selection of brands in the portfolio allows Royal to compete on the basis of innovation, quality of ships and service, variety of itineraries, choice of destinations, and price. The company completed the divestiture of its Azamara brand in 2021 and plans to launch its new Celebrity River Cruise brand in 2027.
Executives
Richard D Fain director, officer: Chairman and CEO ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD, 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY, MIAMI FL 33132
Maritza Gomez Montiel director C/O APTARGROUP, INC., 265 EXCHANGE DRIVE, SUITE 100, CRYSTAL LAKE IL 60014
Naftali Holtz officer: Chief Financial Officer 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY, MIAMI FL 33132
Jason T Liberty officer: President and CEO GATE NO 4, PLANT 10 / 11 GODREJ & BOYCE, PIROJSHANAGAR, LBS MARG, VIKHROLI (WEST), MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA K7 400079
Laura H Bethge officer: President, Celebrity Cruises 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY, MIAMI FL 33132
Michael W Bayley officer: EVP, International ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD., 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY, MIAMI FL 33132
Arne Alexander Wilhelmsen director ANDERS WILHELMSEN & CO. AS, BEDDINGEN 8, AKER BRYGGE, OSLO Q8 NO-0118
Harri U Kulovaara officer: EVP, Maritime ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD., 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY, MIAMI FL 33132
Henry L Pujol officer: Vice President, Controller ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD., 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY, MIAMI FL 33132
Vagn O Sorensen director ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD., 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY, MIAMI FL 33132
Robert Alexander Lake officer: SVP, CLO, Secretary & CCO C/O WORLD FUEL SERVICES CORPORATION, 9800 N.W. 41ST STREET, MIAMI FL 33178
Rebecca Yeung director 205 CROSSPOINT PARKWAY, GETZVILLE NY 14068
Lisa Lutoff-perlo officer: EVP, Operations, RCI 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY, MIAMI FL 33132
Michael O Leavitt director LEAVITT PARTNERS LLC, 299 SOUTH MAIN STREET STE 2300, SALT LAKE CITY X1 84111
Bradley H Stein officer: SVP, GC & Chief Compliance Off 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY, MIAMI FL 33132