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 ($34.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 271.6m as of 2025-04-25, 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 ≈ $205.40. Options: 42 managers hold calls ($1.5bn notional), 44 hold puts ($1.3bn).
Trends to Q1 2025
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 |
| Q1 2024 | 844 |
| Q2 2024 | 912 |
| Q3 2024 | 951 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,039 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,061 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 365 | 288 |
| Q3 2023 | 343 | 326 |
| Q4 2023 | 371 | 339 |
| Q1 2024 | 405 | 360 |
| Q2 2024 | 446 | 352 |
| Q3 2024 | 455 | 413 |
| Q4 2024 | 499 | 401 |
| Q1 2025 | 587 | 428 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | $1.8bn | $1.8bn | 1.01 |
| Q3 2024 | $1.8bn | $2.3bn | 1.25 |
| Q4 2024 | $1.7bn | $2.8bn | 1.59 |
| Q1 2025 | $1.5bn | $1.3bn | 0.86 |
Biggest buyers
| Capital International Investors | Added | +2.3m |
| Capital World Investors | Added | +1.8m |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | Added | +885.0k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +681.2k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +609.7k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +602.4k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC | Added | +595.2k |
| CITIGROUP INC | Added | +519.3k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +477.9k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | New | +433.9k |
Biggest sellers
| Capital Research Global Investors | Reduced | -4.9m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Sold out | -865.6k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -775.1k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ | Reduced | -719.9k |
| DISCIPLINED GROWTH INVESTORS INC /MN | Reduced | -483.2k |
| ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC | Sold out | -457.9k |
| D1 Capital Partners L.P. | Reduced | -455.5k |
| VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. | Reduced | -432.8k |
| STEADFAST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | Sold out | -346.9k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP | Reduced | -254.8k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $295.9m1.4m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $263.3m1.3m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $208.7m1.0m shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $108.1m526.2k shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | $81.3m395.9k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $73.4m357.5k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Unchanged | $73.3m357.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $60.2m293.0k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | $50.3m244.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $33.7m164.2k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $329.5m1.6m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $242.1m1.2m shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Reduced | $119.3m580.6k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $79.6m387.5k shares |
| Owl Creek Asset Management, L.P. | New | $72.1m350.8k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $71.5m347.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $51.9m252.6k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Reduced | $32.7m159.4k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $29.6m144.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $28.4m138.4k 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 Q1 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $2.4m | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 5 | $23.2m | $11.8m |
| Q3 2024 | 1 | $749.0k | 3 | $4.5m | $518.4k |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 4 | $252.8m | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 5 | $41.4m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-18 | Liberty Jason T President & CEO | Sold | $15.2m58.0k shares |
| 2025-02-18 | Bayley Michael W Pres&CEO, Royal Caribbean Intl | Sold | $12.9m49.1k shares |
| 2025-02-18 | Holtz Naftali Chief Financial Officer | Sold | $4.4m17.0k shares |
| 2025-02-18 | BETHGE LAURA H President, Celebrity Cruises | Sold | $3.9m15.0k shares |
| 2025-02-13 | Fain Richard D Director | Sold | $5.0m19.5k 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, Q1 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Capital International Investors 1.29% of their portfolio | 32.0m $6.6bn | Added +2.3m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.11% of their portfolio | 28.7m $5.9bn | Added +602.4k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 1.04% of their portfolio | 23.3m $4.8bn | Reduced -4.9m |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.08% of their portfolio | 18.6m $3.8bn | Added +681.2k |
| Capital World Investors 0.58% of their portfolio | 17.5m $3.6bn | Added +1.8m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.09% of their portfolio | 10.2m $2.1bn | Reduced -75.6k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 6.3m $1.3bn | Added +283.2k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.60% of their portfolio | 3.5m $729.1m | Reduced -719.9k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.12% of their portfolio | 3.0m $618.2m | Added +221.2k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.12% of their portfolio | 3.0m $614.5m | Added +885.0k |
| NORGES BANK 0.08% of their portfolio | 2.9m $590.2m | Reduced -195.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.8m $572.0m | Reduced -64.5k |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main 0.65% of their portfolio | 2.7m $559.6m | Added +70.4k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.07% of their portfolio | 2.4m $495.2m | Added +45.5k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.1m $435.6m | Added +420.7k |
| FMR LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.8m $374.7m | Added +477.9k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.8m $374.2m | Reduced -63.8k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.7m $358.6m | First filing |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.42% of their portfolio | 1.7m $351.1m | Added +609.7k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.6m $338.1m | Added +356.7k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 1.6m $323.5m | Added +595.2k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.5m $302.7m | Reduced -45.8k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.3m $273.8m | Added +59.7k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.3m $272.2m | Reduced -15.6k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.2m $244.7m | Added +82.8k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $243.3m | Added +83.7k |
| D1 Capital Partners L.P. 3.51% of their portfolio | 1.1m $229.0m | Reduced -455.5k |
| National Pension Service 0.20% of their portfolio | 992.6k $203.9m | Added +128.5k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.68% of their portfolio | 966.9k $198.6m | Added +16.2k |
| Amundi 0.06% of their portfolio | 914.4k $172.5m | Added +267.9k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 887.0k $182.2m | Reduced -178.5k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 838.5k $172.3m | Reduced -100.2k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.13% of their portfolio | 820.2k $168.5m | Added +519.3k |
| UBS Group AG 0.04% of their portfolio | 784.6k $161.2m | Added +49.4k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.10% of their portfolio | 720.3k $148.0m | Added +29.5k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.03% of their portfolio | 679.3k $139.5m | Added +73.3k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.25% of their portfolio | 645.2k $132.5m | Added +414.1k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 626.1k $128.6m | Added +240.0k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.36% of their portfolio | 620.0k $127.4m | Added +89.3k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.09% of their portfolio | 595.9k $122.4m | Added +26.0k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 594.4k $122.1m | Added +220.7k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.05% of their portfolio | 579.0k $118.9m | Reduced -205.4k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 566.3k $116.4m | Added +300.2k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.37% of their portfolio | 553.6k $113.7m | Added +50.4k |
| Capital International, Inc./CA/ 1.29% of their portfolio | 517.5k $106.3m | Reduced -20.0k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.02% of their portfolio | 501.7k $103.1m | Reduced -158.1k |
| Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. 0.96% of their portfolio | 477.8k $98.2m | Reduced -5.4k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.09% of their portfolio | 472.7k $97.1m | Added +21.3k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.08% of their portfolio | 447.6k $92.0m | Added +60.2k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.14% of their portfolio | 433.9k $89.1m | New |
| Junto Capital Management LP 2.01% of their portfolio | 427.3k $87.8m | Reduced -107.9k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.07% of their portfolio | 418.3k $85.9m | First filing |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 409.3k $84.1m | Added +83.3k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.20% of their portfolio | 396.7k $81.5m | Added +389.1k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.06% of their portfolio | 389.8k $80.1m | Reduced -5.3k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.09% of their portfolio | 357.4k $73.4m | Added +11.8k |
| Rathbones Group PLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 352.3k $72.4m | Reduced -1.7k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 316.5k $65.0m | Added +18.6k |
| Silvant Capital Management LLC 2.96% of their portfolio | 313.1k $64.3m | Added +548 |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 310.2k $64.6m | Added +181.0k |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 293.6k $60.3m | Added +226.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 289.4k $59.4m | Reduced -1.7k |
| Forest Avenue Capital Management LP 7.94% of their portfolio | 283.1k $58.2m | Added +117.8k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 280.9k $57.7m | Added +10.3k |
| CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL SARL 1.28% of their portfolio | 274.4k $56.4m | Added +24.2k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 248.9k $51.1m | Reduced -775.1k |
| Employees Retirement System of Texas 0.46% of their portfolio | 247.2k $50.8m | Reduced -2.8k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 245.8k $50.5m | Added +132.4k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.09% of their portfolio | 236.1k $48.5m | Reduced -130.4k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.10% of their portfolio | 235.8k $48.4m | Added +1.4k |
| PINNACLE ASSOCIATES LTD 0.70% of their portfolio | 234.0k $48.1m | Reduced -15.0k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.08% of their portfolio | 233.9k $48.1m | Added +20.1k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.05% of their portfolio | 228.6k $47.0m | Added +170.6k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 228.3k $46.9m | Added +40.7k |
| DANSKE BANK A/S 0.14% of their portfolio | 226.8k $46.6m | Added +57.4k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.18% of their portfolio | 224.9k $46.2m | Added +36.1k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 222.4k $45.7m | Reduced -48.5k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 0.09% of their portfolio | 214.1k $44.0m | Reduced -137.1k |
| Candlestick Capital Management LP 1.70% of their portfolio | 210.2k $43.2m | Added +185.8k |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT CO LTD 0.13% of their portfolio | 208.2k $42.8m | Added +9.8k |
| AXA S.A. 0.14% of their portfolio | 201.6k $41.4m | Added +14.7k |
| Shellback Capital, LP 3.98% of their portfolio | 200.0k $41.1m | Added +70.0k |
| Columbus Hill Capital Management, L.P. 8.50% of their portfolio | 196.2k $40.3m | Unchanged |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 188.9k $38.8m | Reduced -12.1k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.09% of their portfolio | 187.8k $38.6m | Reduced -4.0k |
| NISSAY ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP /JAPAN 0.25% of their portfolio | 187.0k $38.4m | Reduced -110.5k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.08% of their portfolio | 182.6k $37.5m | Reduced -142.5k |
| WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC 0.72% of their portfolio | 180.5k $37.1m | Reduced -28.1k |
| ATALANTA SOSNOFF CAPITAL, LLC 0.87% of their portfolio | 177.8k $36.5m | New |
| AVIVA PLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 177.7k $36.5m | Added +30.7k |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 173.0k $35.5m | Added +70.5k |
| AustralianSuper Pty Ltd 0.20% of their portfolio | 172.7k $35.5m | Added +49.9k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.09% of their portfolio | 170.8k $35.1m | Added +3.0k |
| Asset Management One Co., Ltd. 0.12% of their portfolio | 168.1k $34.5m | Added +18.4k |
| CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL LTD /CA/ 1.44% of their portfolio | 161.2k $33.1m | Added +5.6k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.03% of their portfolio | 157.5k $31.5m | Reduced -4.7k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 154.5k $31.7m | Reduced -22.1k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.03% of their portfolio | 152.3k $31.3m | Added +6.5k |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP 0.32% of their portfolio | 150.9k $31.0m | Added +61.9k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 150.8k $31.0m | Reduced -47.5k |