Research Analysts Offer Predictions for NCLH Q2 Earnings

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q2 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Norwegian Cruise Line in a note issued to investors on Thursday, March 13th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.60 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.52. The consensus estimate for Norwegian Cruise Line’s current full-year earnings is $1.48 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Norwegian Cruise Line’s FY2027 earnings at $3.07 EPS.

Several other research firms also recently commented on NCLH. Truist Financial boosted their target price on Norwegian Cruise Line from $25.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, December 2nd. Barclays raised Norwegian Cruise Line from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their price target for the company from $28.00 to $32.00 in a report on Friday, December 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Norwegian Cruise Line from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $30.00 price target on the stock in a report on Monday. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on Norwegian Cruise Line from $27.00 to $28.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, February 28th. Finally, Loop Capital assumed coverage on Norwegian Cruise Line in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. They set a “hold” rating and a $26.00 price target on the stock. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Norwegian Cruise Line presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $29.19.

Norwegian Cruise Line Trading Up 4.4 %

Norwegian Cruise Line stock opened at $20.03 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 0.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.35. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $24.97 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $24.25. Norwegian Cruise Line has a 12 month low of $14.69 and a 12 month high of $29.29. The company has a market capitalization of $8.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 2.62.

Institutional Trading of Norwegian Cruise Line

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Capital International Investors increased its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 11.2% in the fourth quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 55,194,672 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,420,159,000 after buying an additional 5,557,951 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 53,307,282 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,371,596,000 after buying an additional 277,360 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 4.3% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 15,241,984 shares of the company’s stock worth $312,613,000 after buying an additional 621,793 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 10,793,268 shares of the company’s stock worth $277,399,000 after buying an additional 270,434 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Two Sigma Advisers LP increased its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 99.0% in the fourth quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 7,689,200 shares of the company’s stock worth $197,843,000 after buying an additional 3,824,600 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 69.58% of the company’s stock.

Norwegian Cruise Line Company Profile

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.