Carnival Corporation & plc Stock (NYSE: CCL) Jumps on Dividend Return, Record FY2025 Results, and a 2026 Outlook That Has Analysts Repricing the Cruise Giant
Carnival Corporation & plc stock is closing out 2025 with the kind of headline stack investors usually reserve for a comeback movie: record full‑year profit and revenue, investment‑grade leverage metrics, the first dividend in more than five years, and a proposal to simplify its unusual dual‑listed structure. The market’s initial reaction was loud—CCL finished Friday (Dec. 19) up about 9.8% at $31.12 after trading as high as $31.49, with volume north of 83 million shares. StockAnalysis This weekend’s coverage (Dec. 20, 2025) has focused on three big questions for anyone watching Carnival stock: Below is what’s new, what’s forecast, and