secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD (RCL)
CIK:        0000884887
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000884887-25-000003
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Royal Caribbean reports FY2024 Adj EPS $11.80, beats guidance; FY2025 guidance $14.35-$14.65; launches river cruises
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- FY2024 revenue $16.5B, Net Income $2.9B, Adj EPS $11.80 (above guidance); Adj EBITDA $6.0B.
- Q4 2024 Adj EPS $1.63 (up 30% YoY), revenue $3.8B; Net Yields grew 7.3% constant currency.
- FY2025 guidance: Adj EPS $14.35-$14.65 (+23% YoY), Net Yields +2.5%-4.5% constant currency; Q1 Adj EPS $2.43-$2.53.
- Record WAVE season bookings; best five booking weeks in company history; booked load factors at higher rates.
- Launches Celebrity River Cruises with initial order of 10 ships; bookings start this year, sail in 2027.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884887/000088488725000003/0000884887-25-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884887/000088488725000003/rcl-20250128.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000884887-25-000003

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