Royal Caribbean (RCL) reported $4 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 7.3%. EPS of $2.71 for the same period compares to $1.77 a year ago.

The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.01 billion, representing a surprise of -0.17%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +7.11%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.53.

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how Royal Caribbean performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• APCD (Available passenger cruise days): 12,657.99 Days compared to the 12,680.56 Days average estimate based on five analysts.
• Net Yields: $258.83 compared to the $257.86 average estimate based on four analysts.
• Occupancy Rate: 108.8% versus the four-analyst average estimate of 107.7%.
• Passenger Cruise Days: 13,768.33 Days versus 13,646.2 Days estimated by four analysts on average.
• Net Cruise Costs Excluding Fuel per APCD: $129.54 compared to the $131.66 average estimate based on three analysts.
• Net Cruise Costs per APCD: $151.44 compared to the $153.69 average estimate based on three analysts.
• Passengers Carried: 2.24 million compared to the 2.23 million average estimate based on two analysts.
• Revenues- Onboard and other: $1.26 billion versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $1.26 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +5.8%.
• Revenues- Passenger ticket: $2.74 billion compared to the $2.74 billion average estimate based on seven analysts. The reported number represents a change of +8% year over year.

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Shares of Royal Caribbean have returned +5.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.

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