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Is Carnival Corp Ltd. (CCL) undervalued?

$22.61−0.61% todayNYSE · USD · last traded 2026-09-14 17:10 UTC

Carnival Corp Ltd. trades on a P/E of 11.19 against earnings growth of 40.3% a year over the last 1 years, giving a PEG ratio of 0.28 — below the 1.0 level conventionally read as inexpensive relative to growth.

Earnings figures are measured from CCL’s filed annual accounts, not estimated. PEG compares price to earnings growth alone — it says nothing about debt, cash generation, or what an acquirer would pay. Read it alongside the figures below rather than on its own.

PEG ratio0.28
01.02.03.0+
Convention reads below 1.0 as inexpensive relative to growth and above 2.0 as expensive, though typical ranges differ sharply by sector.
P/E ratio11.19
earnings growth (1-year CAGR)40.3%
PEG ratio0.28
Measured from CCL's filed annual accounts. Trailing, not forecast.
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What it would cost to buy CCL

Enterprise value is what it would cost to take the whole company: every share at today’s price, plus the debt an acquirer assumes, less the cash they receive. For Carnival Corp Ltd. that is $54.29B.

Every term below is a line item from a filed statement. The numbers beside each one open the filing it came from — balance-sheet figures arrive already scaled, so there is no “in thousands” to catch you out.

1.37B shares · 10-Q cover page

market capitalisation$30.97B
total debt$25.57B
cash & equivalents$2.24B
enterprise value$54.29B
Balance-sheet terms as reported to 2026-05-31.
Enterprise-value multiples for Carnival Corp Ltd.
MeasureValue
Diluted earnings per shareto 2025-11-30$2.02
P/E ratioto 2025-11-3011.2
Earnings growth (1-year CAGR)to 2025-11-3040.3%
PEG ratioto 2025-11-300.3
Market capitalisationto 2026-06-19$30.97B
Total debtto 2026-05-31$25.57B
Net debtto 2026-05-31$23.33B
Enterprise valueto 2026-05-31$54.29B
EBITDAto 2025-11-30$7.27B
Free cash flowto 2025-11-30$2.61B
EV / EBITDAto 2025-11-307.5×
EV / Salesto 2025-11-302.0×
Free cash flow yieldto 2025-11-308.4%
Net debt / EBITDAto 2025-11-303.2×
Return on capital employedto 2025-11-3011.6%

Earnings growth is measured across Carnival Corp Ltd.’s own filed annual accounts. PEG conventionally uses forecast growth from analyst estimates; filings contain only history, so this is trailing growth and will read differently from a PEG quoted elsewhere.

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Against the sector

No sector comparison: fewer than four companies in the reference set share CCL’s industry classification.

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Market ratios

Price-based ratios from market data. Anything drawn from a filed statement is in the enterprise-value section above, with its source.

Valuation and financial-health metrics for Carnival Corp Ltd. (CCL)
MetricValue
Price$22.61
PEGY ratio
Dividend yield2.65%
Price / book
Price / sales
Return on equity26.7%
Profit margin
Operating margin
Debt / equity191.93
Current ratio
Beta2.39
52-week range$22.12 – $34.03

Not reported for CCL: pegy ratio, price / book, price / sales, profit margin, operating margin, current ratio. A dash means the figure was not available from the source, not that it is zero.

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About CCL’s valuation

What is the PEG ratio for Carnival Corp Ltd. (CCL)?
Carnival Corp Ltd. has a PEG ratio of 0.28, from a P/E of 11.19 and earnings growth of 40.3% a year measured across 1 years of filed accounts. That is below the 1.0 level conventionally read as inexpensive relative to growth. Note that PEG is conventionally quoted against forecast growth; this uses reported history, so it will differ from a PEG you see elsewhere.
Is CCL undervalued right now?
That depends on the measure. On PEG, CCL reads 0.28, below the 1.0 level conventionally read as inexpensive relative to growth. The PEG ratio compares price to earnings growth alone — it ignores debt, cash generation and asset backing, so it is a starting point rather than a conclusion. The enterprise-value measures above account for debt and cash; they often tell a different story.
What is the PEGY ratio for CCL?
The PEGY ratio for Carnival Corp Ltd. is —. PEGY adds the dividend yield of 2.65% to the growth rate in the denominator, which gives a fairer reading of companies returning cash as income rather than growth.
Where do these CCL figures come from?
Market price and capitalisation come from live market data; earnings, growth and dividend figures come from Carnival Corp Ltd.'s published financial statements. Every derived ratio on this page shows the arithmetic that produced it.

This page describes published financial data. It is not investment advice and makes no recommendation to buy or sell CCL.