---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000815097-23-000062"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CUK"
cik: "0001125259"
company_name: "CARNIVAL PLC"
filed_at: "2023-09-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T06:47:33.942376+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carnival posts record Q3 revenue, GAAP net income $1.07B, adjusted EPS $0.86 beat

## Summary
- U.S. GAAP net income of $1.07B ($0.79 diluted EPS); adjusted net income of $1.18B ($0.86 EPS).
- Adjusted EPS $0.86 exceeded the company's June guidance range.
- All-time record revenue achieved in Q3; exact figure not disclosed in filing excerpt.
- Company reiterates positive outlook for full year and Q4 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000815097-23-000062
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CUK
- cik: 0001125259
- company_name: CARNIVAL PLC
- filed_at: 2023-09-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509723000062/0000815097-23-000062-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815097/000081509723000062/ccl-20230929.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815097-23-000062
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815097-23-000062.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CARNIVAL PLC reported third quarter 2023 results: revenue all-time record revenue, net income U.S. GAAP net income of $1.07 billion, or $0.79 diluted EPS, and adjusted net income of $1.18 billion, or $0.86 adjusted, EPS $0.79 diluted EPS. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: third quarter 2023
  - Revenue: all-time record revenue
  - Net income: U.S. GAAP net income of $1.07 billion, or $0.79 diluted EPS, and adjusted net income of $1.18 billion, or $0.86 adjusted
  - EPS: $0.79 diluted EPS
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC REPORTS ALL-TIME RECORD REVENUE AND DEMONSTRATES STRONG THIRD QUARTER 2023 EARNINGS MOMENTUM MIAMI (September 29, 2023) - Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) reports third quarter 2023 earnings and provides an outlook for the full year and fourth quarter 2023. • U.S. GAAP net income of $1.07 billion, or $0.79 diluted EPS, and adjusted net income of $1.18 billion, or $0.86 adjusted EPS, exceeded the June guidance range
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509723000062/0000815097-23-000062-index.htm

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