RCL PEER ANALYSIS

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

RCLRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd

🇺🇸 USA · US · Consumer Cyclical · Travel Services

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Travel Services

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

RCLIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	RCL	WES	PRX	CPG	MBG	VOW3	Ind. Median
P/E	17.07	33.24	8.61	26.60	8.98	6.04●	22.10
P/B	7.80	12.96	1.87	6.95	0.47	0.22●	2.70
EV/EBITDA	13.53	19.64	33.27	12.41	9.63	5.95●	15.49
P/S	4.16	2.20	10.36	1.11	0.34	0.12●	1.96

Financial Health
Metric	RCL	WES	PRX	CPG	MBG	VOW3	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.20	1.10	2.43●	0.70	1.39	1.07	1.16
Debt/Equity	222.1%	237.4%	32.7%●	114.9%	105.7%	165.5%	43.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	2.94	2.94	1.59●	1.67	6.22	5.05	1.30

Profitability
Metric	RCL	WES	PRX	CPG	MBG	VOW3	Ind. Median
Net Margin	24.4%	6.6%	120.3%●	4.2%	3.7%	2.1%	5.8%
ROE	50.5%●	36.4%	22.2%	27.8%	5.2%	3.7%	9.0%
ROA	11.3%	10.8%	15.4%●	7.6%	1.9%	1.0%	3.0%
EBITDA Margin	39.3%●	13.2%	32.7%	10.3%	9.8%	13.1%	18.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	RCL	WES	PRX	CPG	MBG	VOW3	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	9.7%	3.0%	55.9%●	-12.4%	-8.6%	-2.1%	5.2%
NI Growth	38.1%●	17.8%	-6.6%	9.1%	-45.2%	-31.9%	-2.2%
Div. Yield	1.4%	2.5%	0.9%	2.1%	7.8%●	7.2%	0.7%
Payout	8.6%	91.1%	4.3%	54.8%	84.8%	67.3%	8.6%

Valuation
Metric	RCL	ABNB	BKNG	CCL	EXPE	NCLH	Ind. Median
P/E	17.07	35.94	23.48	12.10●	22.10	15.45	22.10
P/B	7.80	11.85	-16.56●	2.86	57.08	3.61	2.70
EV/EBITDA	13.53	27.02	15.49	8.53●	9.59	9.98	15.49
P/S	4.16	7.15	5.22	1.36	2.17	0.88●	1.96

Financial Health
Metric	RCL	ABNB	BKNG	CCL	EXPE	NCLH	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.20	1.44●	1.06	0.33	0.73	0.21	1.16
Debt/Equity	222.1%	33.2%	-217.1%●	201.8%	817.0%	623.3%	43.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	2.94	-3.18●	0.31	3.34	-1.08	6.29	1.30

Profitability
Metric	RCL	ABNB	BKNG	CCL	EXPE	NCLH	Ind. Median
Net Margin	24.4%●	19.9%	22.2%	11.2%	9.8%	5.7%	5.8%
ROE	50.5%	32.3%	—	26.7%	180.6%●	29.5%	9.0%
ROA	11.3%	9.7%	22.4%●	5.9%	5.7%	2.5%	3.0%
EBITDA Margin	39.3%●	23.7%	34.4%	26.2%	20.3%	23.7%	18.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	RCL	ABNB	BKNG	CCL	EXPE	NCLH	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	9.7%	12.6%	15.0%●	5.2%	10.0%	6.5%	5.2%
NI Growth	38.1%●	-0.8%	13.1%	21.5%	27.3%	-33.4%	-2.2%
Div. Yield	1.4%●	—	0.9%	1.1%	0.6%	—	0.7%
Payout	8.6%	—	20.7%	13.5%	13.9%	—	8.6%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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