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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000815097-25-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CUK"
cik: "0001125259"
company_name: "CARNIVAL PLC"
filed_at: "2025-03-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T08:23:40.395689+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carnival reports record Q1 revenue $5.8B, adj net income $174M, raises FY25 guidance

## Summary
- Record Q1 revenue $5.8B (+$400M YoY); operating income $543M nearly double prior year.
- Adjusted net income $174M ($0.13 EPS) beat December guidance by $173M; net loss $78M includes $252M debt extinguishment costs.
- Full-year 2025 adjusted net income guidance raised $185M (>30% growth); yields guidance affirmed for rest of year.
- Refinanced $5.5B debt, securing $145M annualized interest savings; debt reduced $0.5B in Q1.
- Customer deposits record $7.3B; booking volumes for 2026+ at record levels with pricing at historical highs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000815097-25-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CUK
- cik: 0001125259
- company_name: CARNIVAL PLC
- filed_at: 2025-03-21T23:59:59+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/1125259/000081509725000019/0000815097-25-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815097/000081509725000019/ccl-20250321.htm

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