Zacks Research Analysts Reduce Earnings Estimates for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH)

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for Norwegian Cruise Line in a research note issued to investors on Monday, October 14th. Zacks Research analyst H. Ray now forecasts that the company will earn $0.20 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.23. The consensus estimate for Norwegian Cruise Line’s current full-year earnings is $1.38 per share.

A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. StockNews.com cut shares of Norwegian Cruise Line from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday. Truist Financial increased their price objective on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line from $21.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, September 26th. Barclays increased their price objective on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line from $20.00 to $21.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 1st. Macquarie increased their price objective on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line from $23.00 to $24.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 1st. Finally, Tigress Financial reaffirmed a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $32.00 price objective on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in a report on Friday, August 9th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $23.30.

Norwegian Cruise Line Stock Up 1.1 %

Shares of NYSE:NCLH opened at $24.57 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.33 and a beta of 2.71. Norwegian Cruise Line has a 1-year low of $12.70 and a 1-year high of $24.80. The company’s fifty day moving average is $18.96 and its two-hundred day moving average is $18.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 17.19, a quick ratio of 0.22 and a current ratio of 0.24.

Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 31st. The company reported $0.40 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.35 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $2.37 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.38 billion. Norwegian Cruise Line had a net margin of 4.62% and a return on equity of 105.44%. The firm’s revenue was up 7.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.20 earnings per share.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Norwegian Cruise Line

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Bleakley Financial Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line by 9.3% during the 1st quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 15,095 shares of the company’s stock valued at $316,000 after purchasing an additional 1,281 shares in the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp lifted its stake in Norwegian Cruise Line by 875.2% during the first quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 122,448 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,563,000 after buying an additional 109,892 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its stake in Norwegian Cruise Line by 5.3% during the fourth quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 201,150 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,031,000 after buying an additional 10,174 shares in the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp lifted its stake in Norwegian Cruise Line by 26.7% during the second quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 1,008,327 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,946,000 after buying an additional 212,787 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mather Group LLC. purchased a new stake in shares of Norwegian Cruise Line in the first quarter worth approximately $87,000. Institutional investors own 69.58% of the company’s stock.

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.