Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE: RCL) stock is up more than 10% after the company posted its fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 earnings before the market opened on January 28. Investors are celebrating the company’s optimistic profit outlook for 2025 and the debut of its new Celebrity River Cruises.

When Royal Caribbean launched Icon of the Seas last January, it introduced a new era of family cruise vacations.

The stock’s bullish 50-day moving average has been providing strong trend support for the last two weeks as shares were leaking to lower prices at $225. Today’s response to the earnings report fortifies the stock’s short- and long-term trend as even more bullish.

Royal Caribbean Cruises reported a 12.9% sales increase in Q4, reaching $3.761 billion, slightly missing analyst expectations. Passenger ticket revenues rose 13.7%. Adjusted EPS of $1.63 exceeded estimates.

Key Takeaways Shares in Royal Caribbean hit another record high Wednesday after soaring yesterday following a better-than-expected earnings report and outlook from the cruise line operator.The stock broke out of a falling wedge earlier this month,

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL), the second-largest cruise operator globally, has been making waves in the industry with its robust financial performance and strategic initiatives. With a market capitalization of $72.