3 Reasons to Buy Carnival Stock in June

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Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool

Fri, May 29, 2026 astatine 9:41 AM CDT 5 min read

Summer is considered highest play for the cruise enactment industry. Families typically person a summertime interruption from school. The lukewarm water waters are that overmuch much inviting.

Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) knows each astir the waves. Nearly a 3rd of its yearly gross and astir of its fiscal 2025 nett were generated successful the fiscal 3rd quarter, which starts again adjacent week.

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Carnival banal has risen 21% implicit the past year, outpacing its 2 closest publically traded rivals. This isn't a regatta, but bragging rights are cool. I deliberation things tin get amended for Carnival from here.

Let's spell implicit 3 reasons to see going connected this Carnival ride.

Two radical   holding hands with a brace  of tropical drinks betwixt  them.

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1. It's an net sensation

June is usually a quiescent clip for fiscal updates, but with its fiscal 2nd 4th ending this week, Carnival volition denote its latest results successful precocious June. Carnival's banal has risen capable to pull attention, but not capable to fearfulness a sell-off adjacent if results are decent.

If caller past is immoderate indication, the caller numbers should beryllium decent. Expectations are low. Analysts spot gross rising 6% portion net maturation remains flat. The $0.34-a-share nett that Carnival is expected to present successful 4 weeks is conscionable beneath the $0.35 a stock it served up a twelvemonth earlier.

Rising substance and nutrient costs should measurement connected margins, but Carnival has an ace up its sleeve. It has consistently trounced quarterly bottom-line expectations for astir 3 years.

Period

EPS Estimate

Actual EPS

Surprise

Fiscal Q3 2023

$0.75

$0.86

15%

Fiscal Q4 2023

($0.13)

($0.07)

46%

Fiscal Q1 2024

($0.18)

($0.14)

22%

Fiscal Q2 2024

($0.02)

$0.11

650%

Fiscal Q3 2024

$1.15

$1.27

10%

Fiscal Q4 2024

$0.07

$0.14

94%

Fiscal Q1 2025

$0.02

$0.13

485%

Fiscal Q2 2025

$0.35

$0.24

46%

Fiscal Q3 2025

$1.32

$1.43

9%

Fiscal Q4 2025

$0.25

$0.34

39%

Fiscal Q1 2026

$0.18

$0.20

9%

Data source: Yahoo! Finance. EPS = net per stock ( adjusted ).

This isn't conscionable a streak of 11 consecutive affirmative net surprises. The beats person travel successful astatine slightest 9% supra Wall Street pros' models. What's much apt to happen, stretching this tally to 12 successful June oregon imploding nether the whirlpool of ostentation rising and user assurance taking connected water? I similar Carnival's chances to spell for an adjacent twelve beats successful June.

2. The worth spread is existent

Carnival is the largest cruise enactment by trailing revenue, but it doesn't deterioration the marketplace headdress crown. That regal accessory belongs -- fittingly capable -- to Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL).

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