Zacks Research Issues Positive Outlook for NCLH Earnings

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH) – Research analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q2 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in a research report issued on Thursday, March 13th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.60 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast 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 equities analysts have also recently commented on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of 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. Tigress Financial restated a “strong-buy” rating and set a $36.00 price target on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in a report on Tuesday, March 11th. Barclays upgraded shares of Norwegian Cruise Line from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $28.00 to $32.00 in a report on Friday, December 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $34.00 price target on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Finally, Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line from $32.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 28th. 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Norwegian Cruise Line currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $29.19.

Norwegian Cruise Line Trading Down 4.7 %

Norwegian Cruise Line stock opened at $19.09 on Monday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $24.84 and its 200-day simple moving average is $24.26. The company has a quick ratio of 0.17, a current ratio of 0.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.35. Norwegian Cruise Line has a 12 month low of $14.69 and a 12 month high of $29.29. The stock has a market cap of $8.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.51, a P/E/G ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 2.62.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Norwegian Cruise Line

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in NCLH. Capital International Investors grew its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 11.2% during 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. grew its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 0.5% during 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 grew its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 4.3% during 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 grew its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 2.6% during 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 grew its position in Norwegian Cruise Line by 99.0% during 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. 69.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.