---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000815097-22-000081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CUK"
cik: "0001125259"
company_name: "CARNIVAL PLC"
filed_at: "2022-12-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T00:41:03.181941+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carnival reports $1.6B GAAP net loss for Q4 2022; adjusted loss $1.1B

## Summary
- GAAP net loss of $1.6 billion and diluted EPS of $(1.27) for Q4 2022.
- Adjusted net loss of $1.1 billion and adjusted EPS of $(0.85) for Q4 2022.
- Business update released December 21, 2022; CCL and CUK listed on NYSE/LSE.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000815097-22-000081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CUK
- cik: 0001125259
- company_name: CARNIVAL PLC
- filed_at: 2022-12-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509722000081/0000815097-22-000081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815097/000081509722000081/ccl-20221221.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815097-22-000081
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815097-22-000081.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815097-22-000081.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CARNIVAL PLC reported fourth quarter of 2022 results: net income $1.6 billion, EPS $(1.27) diluted EPS.
  - Period: fourth quarter of 2022
  - Net income: $1.6 billion
  - EPS: $(1.27) diluted EPS
  - Result: reported results
  source text: U.S. GAAP net loss of $1.6 billion, or $(1.27) diluted EPS and adjusted net loss of $1.1 billion, or $(0.85) adjusted EPS, for the fourth quarter of 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509722000081/0000815097-22-000081-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.