---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000815097-24-000069"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CUK"
cik: "0001125259"
company_name: "CARNIVAL PLC"
filed_at: "2024-09-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T00:22:20.685974+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carnival Q3 net income $1.7B (+60% YoY); raises FY2024 adjusted EBITDA guidance to ~$6.0B

## Summary
- Revenue hit record $7.9B, up $1.0B YoY; net yields in constant currency rose 8.7%.
- Adjusted EPS $1.27 beat June guidance by $170 million.
- Record operating income $2.2B (+34% YoY); adjusted EBITDA $2.8B (+25% YoY).
- Full-year 2024 adjusted EBITDA guidance raised to ~$6.0B, up 40% vs 2023; third raise this year.
- Cumulative 2025 bookings above prior-year record; 2026 starts at record booking volumes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000815097-24-000069
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CUK
- cik: 0001125259
- company_name: CARNIVAL PLC
- filed_at: 2024-09-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509724000069/0000815097-24-000069-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815097/000081509724000069/ccl-20240930.htm

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