
Royal Caribbean (RCL) trades near $235, at its 52-week low, and over the past year the stock returned about -27% against close to 18% for the S&P 500. The easy read on a cruise line down that far is that demand cracked. It did not. The company lifted its earnings outlook for 2026 and expects adjusted earnings per share to grow 14%, and what has stalled, in the third quarter of 2026, is the price it can put on a cabin.














