Carnival (LSE:CCL) Debt-to-Equity : 4.79 (As of Feb. 2024)

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What is Carnival Debt-to-Equity?

Carnival's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was £1,848 Mil. Carnival's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was £23,508 Mil. Carnival's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was £5,292 Mil. Carnival's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 4.79.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Carnival's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:CCL' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.32 Med: 0.44 Max: 5.98
Current: 4.79

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Carnival was 5.98. The lowest was 0.32. And the median was 0.44.

LSE:CCL's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
92.44% of 688 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 0.47 vs LSE:CCL: 4.79

Carnival Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Carnival's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Carnival Debt-to-Equity Chart

Carnival Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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0.45

1.38

2.85

5.08

4.63

Carnival Quarterly Data
	May19	Aug19	Nov19	Feb20	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															5.91	5.98	4.69	4.63	4.79

Competitive Comparison of Carnival's Debt-to-Equity

For the Leisure subindustry, Carnival's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Carnival's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Carnival's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Carnival's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Carnival Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Carnival's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(1799.352	+	23841.012)	/	5533.932
	=	4.63

Carnival's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(1847.736	+	23508.144)	/	5292.144
	=	4.79

Carnival (LSE:CCL) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Carnival (LSE:CCL) Business Description

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Address

Carnival House, 100 Harbour Parade, Southampton, Hampshire, GBR, S015 1ST

Website

https://www.carnivalplc.com

Carnival is the largest global cruise company, with 92 ships in service at the end of fiscal 2023. Its portfolio of brands includes Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America, Princess Cruises, and Seabourn in North America; P&O Cruises and Cunard Line in the United Kingdom; Aida in Germany; Costa Cruises in Southern Europe; and P&O Cruises in Australia. Carnival also owns Holland America Princess Alaska Tours in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Carnival's brands attracted nearly 13 million guests in 2019, prior to COVID-19, a level it has reached again in 2023.