---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000815097-23-000071"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CUK"
cik: "0001125259"
company_name: "CARNIVAL PLC"
filed_at: "2023-12-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T08:47:33.002381+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carnival reports record FY 2023 revenue $21.6B; Q4 also record; cash from ops $4.3B

## Summary
- Full year revenue hit all-time high of $21.6 billion.
- Cash from operations $4.3B; adjusted free cash flow $2.1B.
- Q4 revenue also a record (exact figure not provided in excerpt).
- Tracking ahead of SEA Change cost-savings targets.
- Company cites continued strong bookings and earnings momentum.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000815097-23-000071
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CUK
- cik: 0001125259
- company_name: CARNIVAL PLC
- filed_at: 2023-12-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509723000071/0000815097-23-000071-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815097/000081509723000071/ccl-20231221.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815097-23-000071.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CARNIVAL PLC reported full year 2023 results: revenue $21.6 billion.
  - Period: full year 2023
  - Revenue: $21.6 billion
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Full year revenues hit an all-time high of $21.6 billion.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509723000071/0000815097-23-000071-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  CARNIVAL PLC reported financial results for fourth quarter 2023.
  - Period: fourth quarter 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) reports fourth quarter and full year 2023 earnings
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509723000071/0000815097-23-000071-index.htm

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