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Choppy Seas Ahead for Carnival
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(closed on 06/27/09)
Carnival, the cruise specialist, was at the end of the last financial year, the “world’s most profitable” vacation company. With 88 ships, up from 79 in 2005, Carnival catered for over 8 million holiday-makers globally in 2008. Revenue, earnings per share and passengers carried all increased year-on-year during those 4 years as consumers embraced the cruise lifestyle and Carnival ate deeper into the mainstream vacation market attracting couples who had previously just trawled the cities and beaches along the usual tourist trails. Then, late in 2008, the global recession worsened hi...
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Bullish on CCL ...
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Carnival Corporation operates as a cruise and vacation company. It also markets and operates hotels or lodges in Alaska and the Yukon Territory of Canada. In addition, the company provides motorcoaches for sightseeing and charters, domed rail cars, and dayboats, as well as various sightseeing packages. As of January 28, 2009, it operated 88 cruise ships in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida. Carnival Corp. operates as a subsidiary of Carnival Group.
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Carnival: They've got the fun, but no one is buying
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Filed under: Earnings reports, Bad news, Newsletters, Carnival Corp (CCL), Newell Rubbermaid (NWL), Stocks to Sell, Recession  Wednesday, consumer products maker Newell Rubbermaid (NYSE: NWL) delivered some bad news to investors when it slashed its current quarter profit outlook rather significantly.
It took the Street completely by surprise, and the shares got hammered to the tune of 27%. <>Then yesterday, one of the quintessential companies that relies on consumer spending, Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL), announced that it too has lowered its profit guidance for 2009, to a range of $2.25 to $2.75 ...
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Cruising for profits with Carnival (CCL)
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 "If you think filling up an SUV is painful, try footing the bill for a massive 1,000-foot ocean liner -- or in the case of Carnival Cruise Lines (NYSE: CCL), an entire fleet of 84 floating cities," notes value investor Nathan Slaughter.
In his Half-Priced Stocks he explains, "Despite unprecedented fuel costs, the company continues to power forward." Here's his bullish review. "Last quarter, Carnival shelled out $530 per metric ton for fuel, up sharply from $330 per ton a year ago. And after pumping about 800,000 metric tons, the company rang up a total fuel bill of $425 million. <>"For the...
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Carnival (CCL): Cruising for profits
CCL
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Filed under: Newsletters, Carnival Corp (CCL), Stocks to Buy "If you think filling up an SUV is painful, try footing the bill for a massive 1,000-foot ocean liner -- or in the case of Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL), an entire fleet of 84 floating cities," notes value investor Nathan Slaughter. In his Half-Priced Stocks he explains, "Despite unprecedented fuel costs, the company continues to power forward." Here's his bullish review. <>"Last quarter, Carnival shelled out $530 per metric ton for fuel, up sharply from $330 per ton a year ago. And after pumping about 800,000 metric tons, the company ra...
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Competition Keeps Carnival a Hold
CCL
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The added visibility resulting from a hedging program would enable investors to focus more on operating metrics under the companyÂ?s control.
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Carnival Cruises Feels Fuel Crunch
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(closed on 06/19/08)
Management anticipates that higher fuel prices will cost the company approximately $0.65 per share in earnings during 2008.
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CCL: Smooth Seas for Carnival?
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The following is a reprint of my January 29, 2008 RealMoney column. Last week’s wild ride for consumer-sensitive stocks made the seas a little rough for cruise ship operators Carnival Corp. & plc (CCL, CUK) and Royal Caribbean International (RCL). The general feeling, apparently, was that a consumer slowdown would keep people from taking cruises, while a tax rebate might be spent on one. <> Hogwash, I say. In each of the last 12 years, the combined revenues of Carnival and Royal Caribbean increased. The worst year for either company was the 4% revenue decline Carnival suff...
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