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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.RCL · other | |
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| Grade |  Dfourth fifth of 336 graded peers; percentile 71.9, sampling error 2.6 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 242 of 336 |
| Profitability | Cpercentile 57.2 |
| Solvency | D/Epercentile 78.0 |
| Growth and financing | Bpercentile 34.0 |
| Reliability | 0.94 AUCfailure model, filers with over $2.67B assets; 95% interval 0.88 to 0.97; 61 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 0.52% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | over $2.67B assetstotal assets $41.6B[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | none activenot computable: distress |
| Inputs computable | 9 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Feb 11, 2026240 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $281.362026-10-08; market equity $75.3B; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
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Percentile at every rescan on file, Jan 21, 2012 to Oct 9, 2026; stronger toward the top. Hover for the date. Open this report as it stood on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan. |
Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Feb 11, 2026; the document on sec.gov.
We are a vacation industry leader, owning and operating three global cruise vacation brands: Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea (collectively, our "Global Brands"). We also own a 50% joint venture interest in TUI Cruises GmbH ("TUIC"), which operates the German brands TUI Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises (collectively, our "Partner Brands"). We account for our investments in our Partner Brands under the equity method of accounting. Together, our Global Brands and our Partner Brands have a combined fleet of 69 ships in the cruise vacation industry with an aggregate capacity of approximately 179,720 berths as of December 31, 2025.
The Fourteen Inputs [top]
Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.
| Input | Percentile, 0 to 100 | Value | Source | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Period end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability, sleeve percentile 57.2 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | 21.3% | [1-3] | 27.1% | 56.9 | 289 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Return on invested capital | 18.2% | [4-12] | 10.0% | 23.3 | 151 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Accruals ratio | (5.6%) | [1,13-15] | (5.9%) | 50.9 | 506 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | 48.9 pts | [2-3,16-23] | 2.2 pts | 97.5 | 204 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 78.0 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.04% | |||||
| latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | 0.04 | [1,4,8,24-27] | 2.05 | 59.5 | 386 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net debt to EBITDA | not computable | 2.52x | |||||
| one or more required annual facts are missing | |||||||
| Interest coverage | not computable | 2.18x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2023-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Current ratio | 0.18x | [24-25] | 1.32x | 96.4 | 506 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 34.0 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | 26.6% | [2,16,18,20] | 5.1% | 9.0 | 403 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | not computable | 8.7% | |||||
| current FCF must be positive and base FCF must exceed $100,000 | |||||||
| Reinvestment rate | not computable | 11.9% | |||||
| one or more required annual facts are missing | |||||||
| Asset growth, three years | 7.2% | [1,15,28-29] | 4.1% | 36.6 | 438 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | 0.5% | [30-31] | (0.4%) | 56.3 | 356 | 2026-02-09 | |
Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.
Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.
Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.
Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.
Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.
Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.
Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite 0.134; sampling error 2.6 percentile points on 336 peers.
Among 336 Peers [top]
Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.
| Rank | Company | Percentile | Letter | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 237 | DLH Holdings Corp. (DLHC) DLH Holdings Corp. (DLHC) Dfourth fifth; percentile 70.4 Nasdaq · Services-Help Supply Services market equity $61.6M; last close $4.17 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 70.4 | D | |
| 238 | Payoneer Global Inc. (PAYO) Payoneer Global Inc. (PAYO) Dfourth fifth; percentile 70.7 Nasdaq · Services-Business Services, NEC market equity $2.4B; last close $7.16 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 70.7 | D | |
| 239 | CuriosityStream Inc. (CURI) CuriosityStream Inc. (CURI) Dfourth fifth; percentile 71.0 Nasdaq · Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production market equity $174.5M; last close $2.94 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 71.0 | D | |
| 240 | Travel & Leisure Co. (TNL) Travel & Leisure Co. (TNL) Dfourth fifth; percentile 71.3 NYSE · Hotels & Motels market equity $3.8B; last close $62.61 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 71.3 | D | |
| 241 | Alight, Inc. Delaware (ALIT) Alight, Inc. Delaware (ALIT) Dfourth fifth; percentile 71.6 NYSE · Services-Business Services, NEC market equity $218.0M; last close $9.78 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 71.6 | D | |
| 242 | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) Dfourth fifth; percentile 71.9 NYSE · Water Transportation market equity $75.3B; last close $281.36 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 71.9 | D | |
| 243 | Monarch Casino & Resort Inc. (MCRI) Monarch Casino & Resort Inc. (MCRI) Dfourth fifth; percentile 72.2 Nasdaq · Hotels & Motels market equity $2.0B; last close $115.58 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 72.2 | D | |
| 244 | Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (PRTH) Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (PRTH) Dfourth fifth; percentile 72.5 Nasdaq · Services-Business Services, NEC last close $7.79 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 72.5 | D | |
| 245 | Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. (GNK) Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. (GNK) Dfourth fifth; percentile 72.8 NYSE · Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight market equity $1.2B; last close $27.79 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 72.8 | D | |
| 246 | Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG) Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG) Dfourth fifth; percentile 73.1 Nasdaq · Services-Amusement & Recreation Services last close $28.90 No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 73.1 | D | |
| 247 | PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL) PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL) Dfourth fifth; percentile 73.4 Nasdaq · Services-Business Services, NEC market equity $48.5B; last close $55.03 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 73.4 | D |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | D | 67.0 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | D | 71.9 | 336 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | D | 74.7 | 984 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | D | 68.1 | 336 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 336 graded peers, about 67 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.
What the Price Implies [top]
Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | (16.3%) | 2.0% | 33 | hotter than 33 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (19.1%) | (26.8%) | 61 | closer to its high than 61 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | 5.1% | 4.4% | 60 | pricier than 40 of 100 peers |
| Free cash flow yield | 1.6% | 4.1% | 30 | pricier than 70 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 0.14 | 0.34 | 23 | pricier than 77 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 0.24 | 0.70 | 19 | pricier than 81 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | 9.1% | (8.8%) | 77 | more equity-funded than 77 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | (0.32) | (0.13) | 33 | ahead of 33 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $75.3B; EBIT $4.9B; free cash flow $1.2B; book equity $10.2B; sales $17.9B; debt $21.3B; cash $875.0M[32].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: 8 of 9, period end 2025-12-31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Return on assets above zero | 11.5% | ✓ pass[13,15] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | $6.5B | ✓ pass[14] |
| Return on assets improved | 3.3 pts | ✓ pass[13,15,28,33] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | $2.2B | ✓ pass[13-14] |
| Long-term leverage fell | (5.0 pts) | ✓ pass[1,7,10,15,28] |
| Current ratio improved | 1.0 pts | ✓ pass[24-25,34-35] |
| No new shares issued | 0.5% | ✗ fail[30-31] |
| Gross margin improved | 1.8 pts | ✓ pass[2-3,16-17] |
| Asset turnover improved | 1.5 pts | ✓ pass[2,15-16,28] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $875.0M[36] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | $6.8B[14,36-40] |
| Months of runway | not finite |
| trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite | |
| Late filings, two years | 0 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 73 |
| 10-Q received Jul 28, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $578.8M |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 240 |
Downloads [top]
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Sources [top]
Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.
| # | Concept | XBRL tag | Value | Period end | Received | Form | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $41.6B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $17.9B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold | $9.1B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | $4.9B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | pretax income | us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | $4.4B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | income tax | us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | $82.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations | $18.2B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $10.0B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $825.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations | $18.5B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $7.6B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $388.0M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $4.3B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $6.5B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $37.1B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $16.5B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold | $8.7B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $13.9B | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold | $7.8B | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $8.8B | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-14 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold | $6.6B | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-14 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $1.5B | 2021-12-31 | 2024-02-21 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold | $2.7B | 2021-12-31 | 2024-02-21 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $2.2B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $12.1B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | retained earnings | us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit | $5.9B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | liabilities | us-gaap:Liabilities | $31.4B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $35.1B | 2023-12-31 | 2025-02-14 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $33.8B | 2022-12-31 | 2024-02-21 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 270,528,303 | 2026-02-09 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 269,128,754 | 2025-02-11 | 2025-02-14 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 267,452,084 | 2026-07-24 | 2026-07-28 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $2.9B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 34 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $1.7B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 35 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $9.8B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 36 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $875.0M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-07-28 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 37 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $3.7B | 2026-06-30 | 2026-07-28 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 38 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $1.8B | 2026-03-31 | 2026-04-30 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 39 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $4.8B | 2025-09-30 | 2025-10-28 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 40 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $3.4B | 2025-06-30 | 2026-07-28 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 71.9 is 8.1 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.6 points.
Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.
Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.
Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.
Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.
Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.
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