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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCL) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd

RCL in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Royal Caribbean Cruises operates ocean cruise ships under the Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises brands, running a range of itineraries worldwide. It is headquartered in Miami, Florida, was founded in 1968 and has traded publicly since 1993.
Where it sits in the stack
Royal Caribbean carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, the diary's AI build-out indices. It sits in the consumer-cyclical corner of our universe, within the travel-services sleeve, as a cruise operator rather than a supplier or customer inside any technology stack.
Who it is priced against
The diary has not set a peer group for it; the comparison the market draws is with Carnival Corporation, the other large global cruise operator.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds a seat in the S&P 500 and has been mentioned a small number of times across the diary's editions. It does not yet carry a Closelook score, and no direct quotes from the diary have been recorded for it.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the recent uptick in its shares, coming after a large pullback from the 52-week high and while trading below both the 50-day and 200-day averages, extends or fades.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCL) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for RCL, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Travel Services · United States · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Travel Services · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against RCL on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.64%, quarterly · last 1.50 USD on 2026-09-17

Dividends and capital return

What RCL pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 6.50 USD per share · a 2.64% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 5 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +165.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.45 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.50 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-17
  • By calendar year 2024: 0.95 USD (partial) · 2025: 3.50 USD · 2026: 4.50 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-09-20

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCL)?

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd trades as RCL on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is RCL in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does RCL trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -15% vs the 50-day and -14.1% vs the 200-day average, 30.3% below the 52-week high and +6.5% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 46 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd do?

Royal Caribbean Cruises operates ocean cruise ships under the Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises brands, running a range of itineraries worldwide. It is headquartered in Miami, Florida, was founded in 1968 and has traded publicly since 1993. The diary has not set a peer group for it; the comparison the market draws is with Carnival Corporation, the other large global cruise operator.

Where does Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

Royal Caribbean carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, the diary's AI build-out indices. It sits in the consumer-cyclical corner of our universe, within the travel-services sleeve, as a cruise operator rather than a supplier or customer inside any technology stack. It holds a seat in the S&P 500 and has been mentioned a small number of times across the diary's editions. It does not yet carry a Closelook score, and no direct quotes from the diary have been recorded for it.

Does Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd pay a dividend?

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd has paid 6.50 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.64% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.50 USD on 2026-09-17. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelook written about Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd?

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd appears in 4 Closelook pieces, most recently Morning 10: Oil settles at $107.63, the 10-year hits 4.95% and the 30-year 5.36%, its highest since 2007: chips lead a fourth down day, Oracle beats and jumps 4% after hours, Adobe beats and slips — and Asia sells its chipmakers 3% to 7% (2026-09-11); Midday 10: Stocks snap a four-day losing streak as oil slips under $100 and chips bounce 2% — despite core inflation hotter than hoped and Fed hike odds at 82%; Oracle gives back its entire after-hours jump (2026-09-11); Morning 10: Brent closes above $100 for the first time since July and the 10-year hits 4.86%: Wall Street falls a third day while Cloudflare +10%, Datadog +7% and Meta +7% catch the money the chip leaders gave back (2026-09-10). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for RCL, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 4 pieces · newest: Morning 10, “Oil settles at $107.63, the 10-year hits 4.95% and the 30-year 5.36%, its highest since 2007: chips lead a fourth down day, Oracle beats and jumps 4% after hours, Adobe beats and slips — and Asia sells its chipmakers 3% to 7%” (2026-09-11)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where RCL appears in the diary — 4 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

Related in the Closelook universe

then Travel Services, then Consumer Cyclical. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.