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 ($50.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 256.2m as of 2023-10-23, 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 ≈ $129.41. Options: 49 managers hold calls ($1.8bn notional), 62 hold puts ($5.0bn).
Trends to Q4 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 577 |
| Q4 2022 | 608 |
| Q1 2023 | 644 |
| Q2 2023 | 754 |
| Q3 2023 | 736 |
| Q4 2023 | 834 |
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 |
| Q3 2023 | 343 | 326 |
| Q4 2023 | 371 | 339 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | $616.3m | $2.2bn | 3.65 |
| Q2 2023 | $1.3bn | $3.7bn | 2.80 |
| Q3 2023 | $1.4bn | $3.4bn | 2.36 |
| Q4 2023 | $1.8bn | $5.0bn | 2.83 |
Biggest buyers
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +5.2m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +2.3m |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | Added | +992.6k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +989.0k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +904.9k |
| Man Group plc | New | +662.1k |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | New | +613.1k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | New | +493.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +471.7k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | +387.0k |
Biggest sellers
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | -1.2m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -850.8k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Reduced | -651.1k |
| Candlestick Capital Management LP | Reduced | -613.0k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD | Reduced | -599.2k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -452.2k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -384.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -380.5k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -370.6k |
| Man Group plc | Sold out | -323.9k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $398.2m3.1m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $365.2m2.8m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $216.7m1.7m shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Reduced | $126.2m974.7k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $87.9m679.2k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | $83.7m646.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $79.7m615.5k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $46.0m355.1k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Unchanged | $35.0m270.0k shares |
| GTS SECURITIES LLC | Reduced | $33.6m259.7k shares |
Biggest puts
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $645.8m5.0m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $555.1m4.3m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $517.7m4.0m shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $373.7m2.9m shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $321.7m2.5m shares |
| WHITEBOX ADVISORS LLC | Unchanged | $207.2m1.6m shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $205.0m1.6m shares |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Unchanged | $165.1m1.3m shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $160.4m1.2m shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $148.6m1.1m 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 Q4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Q3 2023 | 1 | $103.7k | 3 | $4.7m | $2.0m |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 4 | $124.3m | $819.0k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-14 | Wilhelmsen Arne Alexander Director · See Footnote | Sold | $34.7m284.8k shares |
| 2023-12-13 | Wilhelmsen Arne Alexander Director · See Footnote | Sold | $48.0m400.0k shares |
| 2023-12-12 | Wilhelmsen Arne Alexander Director · See Footnote | Sold | $37.9m315.2k shares |
| 2023-11-29 | Kulovaara Harri U EVP, Maritime | Sold | $2.6m24.7k shares |
| 2023-11-17 | Bayley Michael W Pres& CEO,Royal Caribbean Intl | Sold plan | $819.0k7.8k shares |
| 2023-10-30 | BETHGE LAURA H President, Celebrity Cruises | Sold | $301.2k3.5k 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, Q4 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.95% of their portfolio | 29.8m $3.9bn | Added +234.2k |
| Capital International Investors 0.85% of their portfolio | 29.3m $3.8bn | Added +351.7k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 25.3m $3.3bn | Added +359.8k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 16.1m $2.1bn | Added +265.6k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.06% of their portfolio | 8.9m $1.2bn | Added +327.4k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.05% of their portfolio | 7.5m $975.2m | Added +5.2m |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.62% of their portfolio | 6.0m $777.1m | Reduced -190.3k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 5.2m $670.4m | Added +137.4k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.91% of their portfolio | 4.9m $632.4m | Added +71.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.03% of their portfolio | 4.7m $602.2m | Added +2.3m |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.59% of their portfolio | 3.6m $466.6m | Reduced -599.2k |
| Capital World Investors 0.06% of their portfolio | 2.6m $340.3m | Reduced -1.7k |
| NORGES BANK 0.06% of their portfolio | 2.5m $323.3m | Added +249.5k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.3m $293.7m | Reduced -67.4k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.29% of their portfolio | 2.2m $287.6m | Reduced -370.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.07% of their portfolio | 2.2m $279.8m | Added +245.1k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.7m $224.2m | Added +992.6k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.6m $205.5m | Added +14.5k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 1.5m $200.0m | Reduced -452.2k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.5m $197.9m | Reduced -5.6k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.20% of their portfolio | 1.5m $191.8m | Added +989.0k |
| ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC 1.77% of their portfolio | 1.4m $177.3m | Reduced -218.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.3m $173.7m | Added +471.7k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.3m $166.2m | Added +904.9k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.50% of their portfolio | 1.3m $163.9m | Added +286.4k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.37% of their portfolio | 1.3m $162.0m | Reduced -651.1k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $161.1m | Reduced -6.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.1m $148.5m | Reduced -380.5k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.1m $145.5m | Reduced -55.0k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.1m $138.8m | Reduced -51.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 928.3k $120.2m | Added +166.6k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 884.4k $114.5m | Reduced -200.0k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 862.8k $111.7m | Added +33.4k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.07% of their portfolio | 760.9k $98.5m | Added +20.6k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 686.2k $89.4m | Reduced -18.8k |
| Man Group plc 0.25% of their portfolio | 662.1k $85.7m | New |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.21% of their portfolio | 639.3k $82.8m | Added +85.5k |
| DISCIPLINED GROWTH INVESTORS INC /MN 1.76% of their portfolio | 622.7k $80.6m | Reduced -92.3k |
| Candlestick Capital Management LP 2.59% of their portfolio | 621.2k $80.4m | Reduced -613.0k |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.43% of their portfolio | 613.1k $79.4m | New |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 607.1k $78.6m | Reduced -17.8k |
| Capital International, Inc./CA/ 1.18% of their portfolio | 582.9k $75.5m | Added +45.9k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.06% of their portfolio | 577.2k $74.7m | Reduced -15.6k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.20% of their portfolio | 568.8k $73.7m | Added +181.2k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 559.3k $72.4m | Reduced -850.8k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 543.3k $70.3m | Added +387.0k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.02% of their portfolio | 536.5k $69.5m | Added +87.1k |
| AXA S.A. 0.11% of their portfolio | 518.5k $67.1m | Added +216.7k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 0.20% of their portfolio | 502.4k $65.0m | Added +4.9k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.25% of their portfolio | 493.0k $63.8m | New |
| UBS Group AG 0.03% of their portfolio | 486.6k $63.0m | Added +330.5k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.23% of their portfolio | 485.4k $62.9m | Added +243.7k |
| Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. 0.64% of their portfolio | 480.4k $62.2m | Reduced -11.2k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 452.6k $58.6m | Added +251.6k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.10% of their portfolio | 441.3k $51.7m | Added +20.1k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.04% of their portfolio | 441.0k $57.1m | Reduced -4.7k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.03% of their portfolio | 430.8k $55.8m | Added +21.7k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.06% of their portfolio | 424.3k $54.9m | Reduced -2.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 384.9k $49.8m | Added +11.1k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.10% of their portfolio | 378.5k $49.0m | Added +2.1k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 375.2k $48.6m | Reduced -73.9k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.07% of their portfolio | 373.0k $48.3m | Added +23.4k |
| Junto Capital Management LP 1.10% of their portfolio | 370.3k $47.9m | New |
| WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC 0.85% of their portfolio | 369.3k $47.8m | Added +18.6k |
| Amundi 0.02% of their portfolio | 367.3k $45.4m | Reduced -128.2k |
| PINNACLE ASSOCIATES LTD 0.77% of their portfolio | 353.2k $45.7m | Reduced -12.0k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 349.8k $45.3m | Reduced -5.9k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 339.8k $44.0m | Reduced -11.8k |
| INTRINSIC EDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 4.62% of their portfolio | 333.7k $43.2m | New |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.53% of their portfolio | 319.4k $41.4m | Added +158.8k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 317.9k $41.2m | Reduced -10.9k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.06% of their portfolio | 313.4k $40.6m | Reduced -33.3k |
| Silvant Capital Management LLC 2.13% of their portfolio | 306.4k $39.7m | Reduced -3.4k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.08% of their portfolio | 305.2k $39.5m | Added +71.0k |
| Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC 0.98% of their portfolio | 299.4k $38.8m | Added +159.8k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.07% of their portfolio | 297.3k $38.5m | Added +115.4k |
| AVIVA PLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 294.6k $38.2m | Added +15.6k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.16% of their portfolio | 291.0k $37.7m | Reduced -1.3k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 276.8k $35.8m | Added +1.9k |
| Interval Partners, LP 1.49% of their portfolio | 263.9k $34.2m | New |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.50% of their portfolio | 263.1k $34.1m | Added +4.4k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 242.1k $31.4m | Added +223.3k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.07% of their portfolio | 241.8k $31.3m | Added +5.8k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 239.8k $28.2m | Added +25.8k |
| Nippon Life Global Investors Americas, Inc. 1.66% of their portfolio | 230.3k $29.8m | Unchanged |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 223.7k $29.0m | Added +55.9k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 221.6k $28.7m | Added +20.9k |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC 1.24% of their portfolio | 221.4k $28.7m | Added +176.0k |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.45% of their portfolio | 221.4k $28.7m | New |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.06% of their portfolio | 217.0k $28.1m | Reduced -207 |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.27% of their portfolio | 208.8k $27.0m | Reduced -262.0k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 197.4k $25.6m | Added +89.2k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 197.3k $25.5m | Added +6.1k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.03% of their portfolio | 194.0k $25.1m | Added +106.2k |
| CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL SARL 0.94% of their portfolio | 193.7k $25.1m | Added +15.6k |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK 0.03% of their portfolio | 184.9k $23.9m | Reduced -104.9k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 178.6k $23.1m | Reduced -37.3k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 175.7k $22.8m | Reduced -384.7k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 169.2k $21.9m | Added +11.6k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 166.6k $21.6m | Added +17.8k |