Revenue
$17.94B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31Operating income
$4.91B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31Free cash flow
$1.24B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD (RCL) reported revenue of $17.94B and net income of $4.27B for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Water Transportation.
Income
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $17.94B | $16.48B | $13.90B | $8.84B | $1.53B | $2.21B | $10.95B | $9.49B | $8.78B | $8.50B |
| Cost of revenue | $9.08B | $8.65B | $7.78B | $6.62B | $2.74B | $2.77B | $6.06B | $5.26B | $4.90B | $5.02B |
| Gross profit | $8.85B | $7.83B | $6.12B | $2.22B | -$1.21B | -$556.30M | $4.89B | $4.23B | $3.88B | $3.48B |
| Operating income | $4.91B | $4.11B | $2.88B | -$766.00M | -$3.87B | -$4.60B | $2.08B | $1.89B | $1.74B | $1.48B |
| Net income | $4.27B | $2.88B | $1.70B | -$2.16B | -$5.26B | -$5.80B | $1.88B | $1.81B | $1.63B | $1.28B |
| Research & development | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Weighted-average diluted shares | shares 274.00M | shares 279.00M | shares 283.00M | shares 255.00M | shares 252.00M | shares 214.34M | shares 209.93M | shares 211.55M | shares 215.69M | shares 216.32M |
| Pretax income | $4.37B | $2.94B | $1.71B | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Income tax expense | $82.00M | $46.00M | $6.00M | $4.00M | -$45.00M | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Diluted EPS | $15.61 | $10.94 | $6.31 | $-8.45 | $-20.89 | $-27.05 | $8.95 | $8.56 | $7.53 | $5.93 |
| Selling, general & administrative | $2.22B | $2.12B | $1.79B | $1.58B | $1.37B | $1.20B | $1.56B | $1.30B | $1.19B | $1.11B |
| General & administrative | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Selling & marketing | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Balance
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | $825.00M | $388.00M | $497.00M | $1.94B | $2.70B | $3.68B | $243.74M | $287.85M | $120.11M | $132.60M |
| Total assets | $41.62B | $37.07B | $35.13B | $33.78B | $32.26B | $32.47B | $30.32B | $27.70B | $22.36B | $22.31B |
| Current assets | $2.21B | $1.70B | $1.79B | $3.20B | $3.60B | $4.31B | $1.16B | $1.24B | $907.64M | $748.30M |
| Total liabilities | $31.37B | $29.34B | $30.23B | $30.91B | $27.17B | $23.70B | $17.59B | $16.05B | $11.66B | Unavailable |
| Current liabilities | $12.06B | $9.82B | $9.40B | $8.57B | $7.29B | $4.54B | $7.95B | $7.11B | $4.85B | $4.44B |
| Total equity incl. NCI | $10.24B | $7.74B | $4.90B | $2.87B | $5.09B | $8.76B | $12.16B | $11.11B | $10.70B | $9.12B |
| Temporary (mezzanine) equity | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | $0 | $569.98M | $542.02M | $0 | Unavailable |
| Inventory | $264.00M | $265.00M | $248.00M | $224.00M | $150.22M | $118.70M | $162.11M | $153.57M | $111.39M | $114.09M |
| Accounts receivable | $317.00M | $371.00M | $405.00M | $531.00M | $408.07M | $284.15M | $305.82M | $324.51M | $318.64M | $291.90M |
| Goodwill | $808.00M | $808.00M | $809.00M | $809.00M | $809.38M | $809.48M | $1.39B | $1.38B | $288.51M | $288.39M |
| Long-term debt | $18.16B | $18.47B | $19.73B | $21.30B | $18.85B | $17.96B | $8.41B | $8.36B | $6.35B | $8.10B |
| Accounts payable | $953.00M | $919.00M | $792.00M | $647.00M | $545.98M | $353.42M | $563.71M | $488.21M | $360.11M | $305.31M |
Cash flow
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $6.46B | $5.26B | $4.48B | $481.00M | -$1.88B | -$3.73B | $3.72B | $3.48B | $2.87B | $2.52B |
| Capital expenditures | $5.23B | $3.27B | $3.90B | $2.71B | $2.23B | $1.97B | $3.02B | $3.66B | $564.14M | $2.49B |
| Investing cash flow | -$5.01B | -$3.45B | -$3.92B | -$2.99B | -$2.14B | -$2.18B | -$3.09B | -$4.49B | -$213.59M | -$2.72B |
| Financing cash flow | -$1.02B | -$1.92B | -$1.99B | $1.74B | $3.04B | $9.35B | -$670.37M | $1.20B | -$2.68B | $243.81M |
| Net change in cash | $437.00M | -$109.00M | -$1.44B | -$767.00M | -$982.00M | $3.44B | -$44.11M | $167.74M | -$12.49M | $11.04M |
| Stock-based compensation | $175.00M | $267.00M | $126.00M | $36.00M | $64.00M | $39.78M | $75.93M | $46.06M | $69.46M | $32.66M |
| Common dividends paid | $824.00M | $107.00M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $326.42M | $602.67M | $527.49M | $437.46M | $346.49M |
| Common share repurchases | $1.16B | $0 | $0 | Unavailable | $0 | $0 | $99.58M | $575.04M | $225.00M | $299.96M |
| Depreciation & amortization | $1.72B | $1.60B | $1.46B | $1.41B | $1.29B | $1.28B | $1.25B | $1.03B | $951.19M | $894.92M |
Derived
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free cash flow | $1.24B | $2.00B | $580.00M | -$2.23B | -$4.11B | -$5.70B | $691.70M | -$180.89M | $2.31B | $22.33M |
| Gross margin | 49.4% | 47.5% | 44.1% | 25.2% | -78.8% | -25.2% | 44.6% | 44.6% | 44.2% | 41.0% |
| Operating margin | 27.4% | 24.9% | 20.7% | -8.7% | -252.6% | -208.3% | 19.0% | 20.0% | 19.9% | 17.4% |
| FCF margin | 6.9% | 12.1% | 4.2% | -25.2% | -268.1% | -257.9% | 6.3% | -1.9% | 26.3% | 0.3% |
| SBC / revenue | 1.0% | 1.6% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 4.2% | 1.8% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.4% |
| Current ratio | 0.18x | 0.17x | 0.19x | 0.37x | 0.49x | 0.95x | 0.15x | 0.17x | 0.19x | 0.17x |
| Revenue YoY growth | 8.8% | 18.6% | 57.2% | 477.0% | -30.6% | -79.8% | 15.3% | 8.2% | 3.3% | Unavailable |
| Net margin | 23.8% | 17.5% | 12.2% | -24.4% | -343.3% | -262.5% | 17.2% | 19.1% | 18.5% | 15.1% |
| R&D / revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| CapEx / revenue | 29.2% | 19.8% | 28.0% | 30.7% | 145.6% | 89.0% | 27.6% | 38.6% | 6.4% | 29.4% |
| Long-term debt / equity | 1.77x | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Effective tax rate | 1.9% | 1.6% | 0.4% | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open RCL in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.
Source filings
10-Q · Filed 2026-07-28View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-04-30View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-11View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-10-28View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-07-29View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-04-29View SEC filing
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