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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. RCL
18 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY
Revenue · FY2025
$17.9B
▲ 8.8% vs FY2024
Dividend streak
1 yrs
Raised every year since 2025
EPS · FY25
$15.61
Dividend / sh · FY25
$3.50
Payout · FY25
19%
ROE · FY25
48.5%
Net margin · FY25
23.8%
Dividend coverage
4.5×
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Result
USD 17.9B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 18-year series below
Revenue
Net income
24 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.
Per share
USD 15.61
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS
Dividend
Earnings covered the dividend 4.5 times — the rest stayed in the company.
Profitability
48.5%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
Operating margin27.4%
Net margin23.8%
Return on assets10.8%
Each USD of equity produced 48 cents of profit this year.
Returned to shareholders
USD 2.0B
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 824.0M
Net buybacksUSD 1.2B
Share of profit46.5%
Consecutive raises1 years
USD 824.0M in dividends and USD 1.2B in buybacks — 46% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.
Growth
+52.0% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+26.6%
+52.0%
+8.0%
+6.7%
Net income
+20.4%
+15.1%
EPS, diluted
+17.9%
+13.4%
Dividend / share
+35.0%
Returned to shareholders
+43.5%
+15.5%
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.
Share base
—
Shares outstanding, FY2025
Change, 5 years—
Change, 10 years—
A share split breaks the comparison across the period, so we leave it out.
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Balance sheet
USD 41.6B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 41.6B
EquityUSD 10.0B
CashUSD 825.0M
Gross debtUSD 21.3B
Net debtUSD 20.5B
Current ratio0.18×
Net debt stands at 204% of equity.
History
18 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Revenue $B
17.9
16.5
13.9
8.8
1.5
2.2
11.0
9.5
8.8
8.5
8.3
8.1
8.0
7.7
7.5
6.8
5.9
6.5
Operating income $B
4.9
4.1
2.9
−0.8
−3.9
−4.6
2.1
1.9
1.7
1.5
0.9
0.9
0.8
0.4
0.9
0.8
0.5
0.8
EBITDA $B
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Income tax $B
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
·
Net income $B
4.3
2.9
1.7
−2.2
−5.3
−5.8
1.9
1.8
1.6
1.3
0.7
0.8
0.5
0.0
0.6
0.5
0.2
0.6
EPS, diluted $
15.61
10.94
6.31
−8.45
−20.89
−27.05
8.95
8.56
7.53
5.93
3.02
3.43
2.14
0.08
2.77
2.37
0.71
2.68
Dividend / sh $
3.50
0.95
0.00
0.00
·
0.78
2.96
2.60
2.16
1.71
·
·
·
0.12
·
·
·
·
Payout %
19
4
0
−0
−0
−6
32
29
27
27
42
26
30
644
4
·
·
22
ROE %
48.5
46.8
44.7
−54.2
−76.0
−55.4
16.1
16.6
16.4
14.9
8.1
8.9
5.5
0.2
7.4
6.7
2.1
8.4
Shares out B
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·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.
How we verifyAUDITED
51 of 51
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity
Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.
What we don’t show
We’d rather say what’s missing than fill the gap with an estimate.
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