Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH) Receives $27.80 Consensus PT from Analysts

Shares of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH) have earned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the twenty-four research firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, twelve have given a buy recommendation and three have issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $27.80.

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on NCLH shares. Tigress Financial boosted their price objective on Norwegian Cruise Line from $36.00 to $38.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 27th. Argus reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in a research report on Wednesday, June 18th. Bank of America increased their price target on Norwegian Cruise Line from $20.00 to $27.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Susquehanna increased their price target on Norwegian Cruise Line from $18.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in a research report on Saturday, September 27th.

Norwegian Cruise Line Price Performance

Shares of NCLH opened at $24.31 on Friday. Norwegian Cruise Line has a 52-week low of $14.21 and a 52-week high of $29.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.05, a quick ratio of 0.16 and a current ratio of 0.18. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $24.86 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $21.04. The firm has a market cap of $10.98 billion, a PE ratio of 16.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 2.21.

Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported $0.51 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.52 by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $2.52 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.55 billion. Norwegian Cruise Line had a net margin of 7.52% and a return on equity of 59.88%. The company’s revenue was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.40 EPS. Norwegian Cruise Line has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.140-1.140 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 2.050-2.050 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Norwegian Cruise Line will post 1.48 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Norwegian Cruise Line

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 1.2% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 53,960,561 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,023,092,000 after buying an additional 653,279 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its stake in Norwegian Cruise Line by 3.3% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 16,299,409 shares of the company’s stock valued at $330,552,000 after purchasing an additional 524,239 shares during the period. Ariel Investments LLC grew its stake in Norwegian Cruise Line by 36.2% in the 2nd quarter. Ariel Investments LLC now owns 12,369,377 shares of the company’s stock valued at $250,851,000 after purchasing an additional 3,288,207 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Norwegian Cruise Line by 3.3% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 11,636,194 shares of the company’s stock valued at $235,532,000 after purchasing an additional 370,064 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in Norwegian Cruise Line by 22.7% in the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 11,477,606 shares of the company’s stock valued at $217,615,000 after purchasing an additional 2,122,501 shares during the period. 69.58% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Norwegian Cruise Line

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a cruise company in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates through the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands. It offers itineraries ranging from three days to a 180-days calling on various ports, including Scandinavia, Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Greek Isles, Alaska, Canada and New England, Hawaii, Asia, Tahiti and the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Africa, India, South America, the Panama Canal, and the Caribbean.