ROYAL CARIBBEAN GROUP RCL
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP V7780T103
Cruise holding company
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryWater Transportation
- HeadquartersMiami, FL
- Founded1997
- Websiteroyalcaribbeangroup.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($47.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 256.2m as of 2023-07-24, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $103.56. Options: 37 managers hold calls ($1.3bn notional), 58 hold puts ($3.7bn).
Trends to Q2 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 577 |
| Q4 2022 | 608 |
| Q1 2023 | 644 |
| Q2 2023 | 754 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 259 | 258 |
| Q1 2023 | 306 | 241 |
| Q2 2023 | 365 | 288 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $624.2m | $911.4m | 1.46 |
| Q4 2022 | $760.3m | $1.6bn | 2.14 |
| Q1 2023 | $616.3m | $2.2bn | 3.65 |
| Q2 2023 | $1.3bn | $3.7bn | 2.80 |
Biggest buyers
| Capital World Investors | New | +2.6m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +2.1m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +1.7m |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | New | +1.5m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +1.1m |
| Capital International Investors | Added | +1.0m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +967.5k |
| Man Group plc | New | +668.4k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +558.4k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +554.0k |
Biggest sellers
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Reduced | -817.2k |
| Man Group plc | Sold out | -780.7k |
| ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC | Reduced | -727.3k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | Reduced | -543.1k |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -486.4k |
| Capital Research Global Investors | Reduced | -452.8k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ | Reduced | -379.8k |
| Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC | Sold out | -339.5k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD | Reduced | -337.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -326.8k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $272.0m2.6m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $252.8m2.4m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $196.0m1.9m shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $112.4m1.1m shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $79.7m768.6k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $61.3m590.5k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Added | $60.4m581.8k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $41.8m403.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $39.8m384.1k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | New | $28.0m270.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $541.6m5.2m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $495.3m4.8m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $458.3m4.4m shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Reduced | $240.9m2.3m shares |
| WHITEBOX ADVISORS LLC | Added | $166.0m1.6m shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $146.0m1.4m shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $132.7m1.3m shares |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | $132.3m1.3m shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $116.1m1.1m shares |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | Unchanged | $116.0m11.2k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| Capital International Investors 13G · institution -4.1 pts · filed 2026-05-14 | 9.5% |
| Capital World Investors 13G · institution +1.0 pts · filed 2026-05-14 | 7.6% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-10-17 | 7.4% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 6.9% |
| Capital Research Global Investors 13G · institution -6.4 pts · filed 2026-10-06 | 6.4% |
| AWILHELMSEN AS 13G · exempt (held before listing) -0.7 pts · filed 2026-05-12 | 6.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 1 | $226.6k | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $3.2m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 1 | $149.6k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $85.9m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $446.2k | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $76.0m | $4.6m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-25 | Wilhelmsen Arne Alexander Director · See Footnote | Sold | $24.8m318.3k shares |
| 2023-05-23 | Wilhelmsen Arne Alexander Director · See Footnote | Sold | $16.3m203.8k shares |
| 2023-05-22 | Wilhelmsen Arne Alexander Director · See Footnote | Sold | $30.3m375.0k shares |
| 2023-05-17 | Liberty Jason T President and CEO | Sold plan | $2.9m36.5k shares |
| 2023-05-17 | Bayley Michael W Pres& CEO,Royal Caribbean Intl | Sold plan | $1.6m20.6k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Capital International Investors 0.74% of their portfolio | 29.7m $3.1bn | Added +1.0m |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.79% of their portfolio | 28.3m $2.9bn | Reduced -452.8k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 24.4m $2.5bn | Added +263.5k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 14.8m $1.5bn | Added +512.9k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 8.2m $854.7m | Added +349.4k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.54% of their portfolio | 6.3m $650.4m | Reduced -379.8k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 4.7m $485.1m | Added +167.3k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.69% of their portfolio | 4.4m $454.8m | Reduced -337.2k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.62% of their portfolio | 3.8m $395.3m | Added +2.1m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 2.7m $275.3m | Added +1.7m |
| Capital World Investors 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.6m $272.6m | New |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.3m $239.6m | Reduced -112.1k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.2m $231.9m | Reduced -263.7k |
| NORGES BANK 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.2m $228.5m | Added +130.3k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.2m $226.9m | Reduced -80.4k |
| ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC 1.99% of their portfolio | 2.0m $210.5m | Reduced -727.3k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.8m $186.0m | Reduced -27.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.7m $176.4m | Added +12.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.6m $161.0m | Reduced -163.2k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.5m $158.0m | Reduced -10.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 1.5m $155.9m | Added +1.1m |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.41% of their portfolio | 1.5m $152.6m | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.3m $134.7m | Added +30.7k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.74% of their portfolio | 1.3m $133.0m | Reduced -184.8k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.3m $131.0m | Added +967.5k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.49% of their portfolio | 1.2m $126.3m | Added +72.3k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.0m $104.7m | Added +558.4k |
| Candlestick Capital Management LP 3.50% of their portfolio | 1,000.0k $103.7m | Added +135.4k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 950.3k $98.6m | Added +180.0k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 942.6k $97.8m | Added +281.7k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.06% of their portfolio | 830.0k $86.1m | Reduced -81.4k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 768.2k $50.2m | Unchanged |
| DISCIPLINED GROWTH INVESTORS INC /MN 1.79% of their portfolio | 764.6k $79.3m | Reduced -43.3k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 734.2k $76.2m | Added +27.3k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 730.0k $75.7m | Reduced -179.8k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.34% of their portfolio | 696.5k $72.3m | Added +182.7k |
| Man Group plc 0.21% of their portfolio | 668.4k $69.3m | New |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 659.2k $68.4m | Reduced -326.8k |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 635.5k $65.9m | Reduced -486.4k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 621.4k $64.5m | Added +554.0k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 604.7k $62.7m | Reduced -73.6k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 603.3k $62.8m | Reduced -205.3k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.15% of their portfolio | 599.4k $62.2m | Added +154.2k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.02% of their portfolio | 575.9k $59.7m | Added +75.9k |
| Capital International, Inc./CA/ 1.04% of their portfolio | 553.2k $57.4m | Added +212.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.02% of their portfolio | 546.4k $56.7m | Added +35.7k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.11% of their portfolio | 526.7k $54.6m | Added +50.7k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.23% of their portfolio | 504.7k $52.4m | Added +276.9k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.06% of their portfolio | 499.6k $51.8m | New |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.09% of their portfolio | 489.6k $46.6m | Reduced -543.1k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 0.15% of their portfolio | 485.7k $50.4m | Reduced -11.0k |
| Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. 0.58% of their portfolio | 476.0k $49.4m | Reduced -10.3k |
| PINNACLE ASSOCIATES LTD 0.84% of their portfolio | 467.8k $48.5m | Reduced -13.8k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.10% of their portfolio | 459.8k $47.7m | Added +103.5k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.04% of their portfolio | 434.9k $45.1m | Added +21.8k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 428.4k $44.4m | Added +132.3k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.05% of their portfolio | 415.9k $43.2m | Added +20.8k |
| CAPITAL GROUP INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD. 2.13% of their portfolio | 412.5k $42.8m | Added +215.5k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.05% of their portfolio | 394.3k $40.9m | Reduced -12.6k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.08% of their portfolio | 390.0k $40.5m | Reduced -35.6k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 371.1k $38.5m | Added +37.8k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.05% of their portfolio | 370.5k $38.4m | Reduced -144 |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.02% of their portfolio | 364.6k $37.8m | Added +1.4k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 334.1k $34.7m | Reduced -135.2k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 329.3k $34.2m | Reduced -12.6k |
| AXA S.A. 0.11% of their portfolio | 320.5k $33.2m | Reduced -45.7k |
| Amundi 0.02% of their portfolio | 320.0k $33.0m | Added +25.2k |
| WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC 0.52% of their portfolio | 311.9k $32.4m | New |
| Silvant Capital Management LLC 1.81% of their portfolio | 311.1k $32.3m | Reduced -2.5k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 309.6k $32.1m | Added +40.7k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 296.2k $30.7m | Reduced -8.8k |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 283.0k $29.4m | Added +220.2k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 256.7k $26.6m | Reduced -12.3k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.06% of their portfolio | 240.9k $25.0m | Reduced -7.8k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.11% of their portfolio | 239.9k $24.9m | Added +9.4k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 239.7k $24.9m | Added +85.0k |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury 0.10% of their portfolio | 237.3k $24.6m | Added +12.8k |
| AVIVA PLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 234.4k $24.3m | Reduced -35.7k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 233.4k $24.2m | Reduced -259.0k |
| MANE GLOBAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 2.27% of their portfolio | 233.3k $24.2m | New |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.05% of their portfolio | 222.1k $23.0m | Reduced -2.8k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 206.1k $21.4m | Reduced -121.7k |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB 0.11% of their portfolio | 203.8k $21.1m | New |
| CLOUGH CAPITAL PARTNERS L P 2.13% of their portfolio | 203.6k $21.1m | Reduced -11.2k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 200.2k $20.7m | Added +180.3k |
| Shellback Capital, LP 1.83% of their portfolio | 200.0k $20.7m | New |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 196.8k $20.4m | Added +5.8k |
| CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL SARL 0.91% of their portfolio | 196.0k $20.3m | Added +3.7k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.10% of their portfolio | 191.9k $19.9m | New |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 186.7k $19.4m | Added +17.7k |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC 1.02% of their portfolio | 181.0k $18.8m | New |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.04% of their portfolio | 180.4k $18.7m | Reduced -39.4k |
| Interval Partners, LP 0.93% of their portfolio | 178.7k $18.5m | Reduced -322.7k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.29% of their portfolio | 178.5k $18.5m | New |
| Nippon Life Global Investors Americas, Inc. 1.21% of their portfolio | 172.7k $17.9m | Reduced -44.2k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.27% of their portfolio | 161.0k $16.7m | Reduced -43.2k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.01% of their portfolio | 155.1k $16.1m | Added +1.3k |
| CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL LTD /CA/ 0.90% of their portfolio | 154.3k $16.0m | Reduced -7.1k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.04% of their portfolio | 153.0k $15.9m | Reduced -6.5k |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 150.9k $15.7m | Reduced -765 |