---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000815097-24-000078"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CUK"
cik: "0001125259"
company_name: "CARNIVAL PLC"
filed_at: "2024-12-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T00:03:35.529035+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carnival FY2024 record revenue $25B, net income $1.9B; Q4 beats guidance; sees 20% earnings growth in 2025

## Summary
- Full year revenue $25B (all-time high), up >15% YoY; net income $1.9B, adjusted net income beats guidance by $130M.
- Record adjusted EBITDA $6.1B, up >40% YoY; record operating income $3.6B, up >80%.
- Q4 revenue record $5.9B, net income $303M ($0.23 EPS) vs loss last year; adjusted EPS $0.14 beat guidance by $126M.
- 2025 outlook: expects 20% earnings growth; cumulative advanced booked position at all-time high for price and occupancy.
- Adjusted ROIC 11%, already >80% toward 2026 SEA Change target; expects to hit 2026 EBITDA target one year early.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000815097-24-000078
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CUK
- cik: 0001125259
- company_name: CARNIVAL PLC
- filed_at: 2024-12-20T23:59:59+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/1125259/000081509724000078/0000815097-24-000078-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815097/000081509724000078/ccl-20241220.htm

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