---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000884887-24-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RCL"
cik: "0000884887"
company_name: "ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD"
filed_at: "2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T12:24:12.746960+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Royal Caribbean beats 2023 expectations, guides FY2024 adj. EPS $9.50-$9.70 (+40% YoY)

## Summary
- Q4 2023 revenue $3.3B, adj. EPS $1.25 vs. $(1.12) a year ago; full-year rev. $13.9B.
- Full-year 2023 adj. EPS $6.77, net income $1.7B; both ahead of prior guidance due to strong close-in demand.
- 2024 adj. EPS guidance $9.50-$9.70; net yields expected +5.25% to +7.25% in constant currency vs. 2023.
- Record booked position entering 2024; five best booking weeks ever occurred since last earnings call.
- Company expects to achieve two Trifecta goals (triple-digit EBITDA/APCD, ROIC in teens) one year early in 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000884887-24-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RCL
- cik: 0000884887
- company_name: ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD
- filed_at: 2024-02-01T23:59:59+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/884887/000088488724000003/0000884887-24-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884887/000088488724000003/rcl-20240201.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000884887-24-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD reported financial results for fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 1, 2024, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (the “Company”) issued a press release regarding its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884887/000088488724000003/0000884887-24-000003-index.htm

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