Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. financials

Key figures from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.'s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: the latest quarter against a year earlier, and the trend across recent quarters and fiscal years.

Latest quarter vs a year earlier

MetricSep 2026Sep 2025Change
Revenue$5.6B$5.1B+8.8%
Net income$1.7B$1.6B+9.7%
Free cash flow$937M-$989M+194.7%
Gross margin51.5%51.8%-0.2 pts
Operating margin33.5%33.1%+0.3 pts
Net margin30.9%30.6%+0.3 pts

Quarterly trend

Revenue by quarter
$3.3BDec 2023*$3.7BMar 2024$4.1BJun 2024$4.9BSep 2024$3.8BDec 2024*$4.0BMar 2025$4.5BJun 2025$5.1BSep 2025$4.3BDec 2025*$4.5BMar 2026$4.8BJun 2026$5.6BSep 2026
Net income by quarter
$277MDec 2023*$360MMar 2024$854MJun 2024$1.1BSep 2024$552MDec 2024*$730MMar 2025$1.2BJun 2025$1.6BSep 2025$753MDec 2025*$941MMar 2026$1.1BJun 2026$1.7BSep 2026
Free cash flow by quarter
-$1.5BDec 2023*$1.1BMar 2024-$567MJun 2024$563MSep 2024$915MDec 2024*$1.2BMar 2025$910MJun 2025-$989MSep 2025$116MDec 2025*$1.3BMar 2026-$877MJun 2026$937MSep 2026
Margins by quarter
2%30%58%Dec 2023*Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024*Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025*Mar 2026Jun 2026Sep 202643.3%44.8%47.6%51.1%45.4%48.0%49.7%51.8%47.4%49.5%47.3%51.5%17.1%20.1%26.7%33.4%16.6%23.6%29.3%33.1%21.9%26.1%27.0%33.5%8.3%9.7%20.8%22.7%14.7%18.3%26.7%30.6%17.7%21.1%23.3%30.9%

Fiscal years

Fiscal yearRevenueNet incomeNet marginFree cash flowEPS (diluted)
FY Dec 2025$17.9B$4.3B23.8%$1.2B$15.61
FY Dec 2024$16.5B$2.9B17.5%$2.0B$10.94
FY Dec 2023$13.9B$1.7B12.2%$580M$6.31
FY Dec 2022$8.8B-$2.2B-24.4%-$2.2B-$8.45
FY Dec 2021$1.5B-$5.3B-343.4%-$4.1B-$20.89

* Fiscal fourth quarter computed from the annual filing minus the three reported quarters. All figures from company filings with the SEC.

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