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 ($45.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 271.6m as of 2025-07-25, 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 ≈ $313.16. Options: 51 managers hold calls ($2.3bn notional), 49 hold puts ($1.7bn).
Trends to Q2 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 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,156 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Q2 2025 | 648 | 445 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $1.8bn | $2.3bn | 1.25 |
| Q4 2024 | $1.7bn | $2.8bn | 1.59 |
| Q1 2025 | $1.5bn | $1.3bn | 0.86 |
| Q2 2025 | $2.3bn | $1.7bn | 0.72 |
Biggest buyers
| Capital Research Global Investors | Added | +2.5m |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +1.8m |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +1.7m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +1.4m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +929.4k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +696.0k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +678.4k |
| Capital International Investors | Added | +645.2k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD | Added | +631.2k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | New | +550.8k |
Biggest sellers
| D1 Capital Partners L.P. | Sold out | -1.1m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -1.0m |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | Reduced | -680.0k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Sold out | -620.0k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Reduced | -450.8k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Sold out | -433.9k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. | Reduced | -416.4k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ | Reduced | -373.1k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -304.9k |
| Junto Capital Management LP | Reduced | -279.2k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $506.4m1.6m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $311.1m993.6k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $197.8m639.2k shares |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | $165.3m527.8k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Reduced | $134.4m429.2k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $122.8m392.1k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Unchanged | $111.8m357.0k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Added | $107.7m344.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $99.8m318.8k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | $73.6m235.1k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $370.9m1.2m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $237.4m758.2k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Reduced | $157.4m502.7k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $113.4m362.2k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $97.5m311.4k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $86.1m278.3k shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | New | $79.9m255.0k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $60.5m193.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $55.4m176.8k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Added | $48.2m154.0k 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $6.9m | $1.5m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-27 | Lake Robert Alexander SVP, CLO, Secretary & CCO | Sold plan | $860.3k2.9k shares |
| 2025-06-06 | Lake Robert Alexander SVP, CLO, Secretary & CCO | Sold plan | $687.5k2.5k shares |
| 2025-05-19 | Fain Richard D Director | Sold | $5.0m19.6k shares |
| 2025-05-12 | Montiel Maritza Gomez Director | Sold | $363.7k1.5k 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, Q2 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Capital International Investors 1.76% of their portfolio | 32.6m $10.2bn | Added +645.2k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.15% of their portfolio | 29.6m $9.3bn | Added +929.4k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 1.62% of their portfolio | 25.9m $8.1bn | Added +2.5m |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.12% of their portfolio | 20.3m $6.4bn | Added +1.7m |
| Capital World Investors 0.81% of their portfolio | 17.8m $5.6bn | Added +301.6k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.12% of their portfolio | 10.5m $3.3bn | Added +330.8k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 6.7m $2.1bn | Added +415.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.08% of their portfolio | 3.5m $1.1bn | Added +1.4m |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.18% of their portfolio | 3.3m $1.0bn | Added +309.0k |
| NORGES BANK 0.13% of their portfolio | 3.3m $1.0bn | Added +390.3k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.79% of their portfolio | 3.2m $994.4m | Reduced -373.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.18% of their portfolio | 3.0m $945.2m | Added +27.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.06% of their portfolio | 2.8m $869.4m | Reduced -7.8k |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main 0.85% of their portfolio | 2.6m $823.1m | Reduced -95.2k |
| FMR LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.5m $789.1m | Added +696.0k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.10% of their portfolio | 2.4m $754.1m | Reduced -2.2k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.07% of their portfolio | 2.3m $719.6m | Added +1.8m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.9m $594.4m | Added +76.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.9m $579.6m | Added +204.8k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.7m $529.1m | Reduced -55.9k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.5m $485.3m | Added +217.1k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 1.5m $477.5m | Reduced -33.3k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.5m $466.8m | Added +17.6k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.4m $423.8m | Added +162.1k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.19% of their portfolio | 1.1m $340.6m | Added +678.4k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.1m $335.5m | Reduced -113.1k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.0m $327.8m | Added +159.7k |
| National Pension Service 0.25% of their portfolio | 926.6k $290.2m | Reduced -66.0k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 874.2k $273.7m | Reduced -450.8k |
| UBS Group AG 0.06% of their portfolio | 842.7k $263.9m | Added +58.1k |
| Amundi 0.09% of their portfolio | 796.1k $259.6m | Reduced -118.3k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.15% of their portfolio | 773.9k $242.4m | Added +53.6k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.08% of their portfolio | 735.1k $230.2m | Added +156.1k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.15% of their portfolio | 710.2k $222.4m | Reduced -110.1k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.22% of their portfolio | 707.0k $221.4m | Reduced -1.0m |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.27% of their portfolio | 702.2k $219.9m | Added +631.2k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.05% of their portfolio | 685.4k $214.6m | Added +6.2k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 608.8k $190.6m | Added +359.9k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 595.6k $186.5m | Reduced -30.5k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.54% of their portfolio | 594.2k $186.1m | Added +40.6k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.11% of their portfolio | 579.0k $181.3m | Reduced -16.9k |
| Capital International, Inc./CA/ 1.70% of their portfolio | 559.1k $175.1m | Added +41.6k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 0.30% of their portfolio | 550.8k $172.5m | New |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 550.8k $172.5m | Reduced -43.6k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.29% of their portfolio | 545.0k $170.6m | Added +308.8k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.27% of their portfolio | 540.2k $169.2m | Added +533.5k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 533.6k $167.1m | Reduced -304.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.14% of their portfolio | 518.4k $162.3m | Added +45.7k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.12% of their portfolio | 479.2k $150.1m | Added +31.6k |
| Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. 1.30% of their portfolio | 477.5k $149.5m | Reduced -357 |
| Zurich Insurance Group Ltd/FI 1.07% of their portfolio | 444.1k $139.1m | New |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.09% of their portfolio | 433.0k $135.6m | Added +43.2k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.10% of their portfolio | 431.0k $135.0m | Added +12.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 417.6k $130.8m | Reduced -148.6k |
| AGF MANAGEMENT LTD 0.59% of their portfolio | 415.4k $130.1m | Added +412.7k |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB 0.44% of their portfolio | 393.4k $123.2m | Added +273.8k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.12% of their portfolio | 359.0k $112.4m | Added +1.6k |
| Rathbones Group PLC 0.48% of their portfolio | 356.1k $111.5m | Added +3.8k |
| WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LP 0.46% of their portfolio | 352.5k $110.4m | New |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 344.8k $108.0m | Added +55.4k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 311.0k $97.4m | Reduced -5.5k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 310.8k $97.3m | Added +228.6k |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.06% of their portfolio | 306.9k $96.1m | Added +13.3k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.22% of their portfolio | 304.0k $95.2m | Reduced -92.6k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 296.6k $92.9m | Added +145.8k |
| CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL SARL 1.74% of their portfolio | 289.7k $90.7m | Added +15.2k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 287.6k $90.6m | Reduced -22.6k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 286.8k $89.8m | Reduced -680.0k |
| Forest Avenue Capital Management LP 6.81% of their portfolio | 278.8k $87.3m | Reduced -4.3k |
| Silvant Capital Management LLC 3.20% of their portfolio | 269.9k $84.5m | Reduced -43.2k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 269.6k $84.4m | Reduced -11.3k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 268.7k $84.1m | New |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.13% of their portfolio | 259.6k $81.3m | Added +25.8k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.13% of their portfolio | 242.3k $75.9m | Added +6.5k |
| QRG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.64% of their portfolio | 234.8k $73.5m | Added +147.3k |
| AXA S.A. 0.21% of their portfolio | 234.0k $73.3m | Added +32.4k |
| DANSKE BANK A/S 0.18% of their portfolio | 232.1k $72.7m | Added +5.2k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.12% of their portfolio | 228.8k $71.6m | Reduced -416.4k |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 228.2k $71.5m | Added +219.0k |
| AustralianSuper Pty Ltd 0.34% of their portfolio | 214.9k $67.3m | Added +42.1k |
| Korea Investment CORP 0.15% of their portfolio | 212.8k $66.6m | Added +73.6k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 205.1k $64.2m | Added +16.1k |
| MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV 0.14% of their portfolio | 201.7k $60.7m | Added +94.8k |
| Columbus Hill Capital Management, L.P. 8.84% of their portfolio | 196.2k $61.4m | Unchanged |
| Treasurer of the State of North Carolina 0.20% of their portfolio | 195.2k $61.1m | Added +59.7k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.22% of their portfolio | 192.1k $60.2m | Reduced -32.8k |
| ATALANTA SOSNOFF CAPITAL, LLC 1.22% of their portfolio | 191.9k $60.1m | Added +14.1k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 191.4k $59.9m | Added +36.9k |
| AVIVA PLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 191.1k $59.8m | Added +13.3k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 189.1k $59.2m | Reduced -33.3k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.12% of their portfolio | 186.2k $58.3m | Reduced -1.6k |
| PINNACLE ASSOCIATES LTD 0.83% of their portfolio | 183.3k $57.4m | Reduced -50.7k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.11% of their portfolio | 183.1k $57.3m | Added +512 |
| Asset Management One Co., Ltd. 0.18% of their portfolio | 180.6k $56.5m | Added +12.5k |
| STRS OHIO 0.21% of their portfolio | 176.3k $55.2m | Added +48.0k |
| CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL LTD /CA/ 1.98% of their portfolio | 165.4k $51.8m | Added +4.2k |
| M&G PLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 164.5k $51.5m | Added +38.0k |
| Twin Tree Management, LP 1.27% of their portfolio | 160.6k $50.3m | Added +100.8k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.05% of their portfolio | 157.2k $48.9m | Reduced -260 |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.06% of their portfolio | 155.2k $48.6m | Added +23.4k |