Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. Boosts Holdings in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH)

Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. boosted its position in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH) by 12.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 12,082 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,300 shares during the period. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.’s holdings in Norwegian Cruise Line were worth $311,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. State Street Corp lifted its holdings 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 valued at $312,613,000 after acquiring an additional 621,793 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Norwegian Cruise Line by 2.6% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 10,522,834 shares of the company’s stock valued at $215,481,000 after acquiring an additional 261,925 shares during the period. Baillie Gifford & Co. acquired a new stake in Norwegian Cruise Line in the third quarter valued at $179,146,000. Two Sigma Advisers LP lifted its holdings in Norwegian Cruise Line by 864.9% in the third quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 3,864,600 shares of the company’s stock valued at $79,263,000 after acquiring an additional 3,464,100 shares during the period. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Norwegian Cruise Line by 2.8% in the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,500,309 shares of the company’s stock valued at $71,791,000 after acquiring an additional 94,178 shares during the period. 69.58% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

NCLH has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Barclays raised Norwegian Cruise Line from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their target price for the company from $28.00 to $32.00 in a report on Friday, December 13th. Macquarie reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $30.00 target price on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in a report on Friday, January 17th. Tigress Financial lifted their price target on Norwegian Cruise Line from $32.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 11th. UBS Group lifted their price target on Norwegian Cruise Line from $19.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Norwegian Cruise Line from $29.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 17th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $29.06.

Norwegian Cruise Line Price Performance

NYSE:NCLH opened at $26.23 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $11.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.26 and a beta of 2.64. 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 company’s 50-day moving average is $26.63 and its two-hundred day moving average is $23.19. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. has a 12-month low of $14.69 and a 12-month high of $29.29.

Norwegian Cruise Line 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.