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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NCLH)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. operates cruise ships that provide vacation experiences to passengers. The company offers various cruise itineraries and related services primarily to leisure travelers. It serves customers worldwide through its fleet of ships and private destinations.

Snapshot

Revenue
$9.83B
Revenue growth (YoY)
3.7%
Net income
$423.2M
Diluted EPS
$0.92
Gross margin
42.6%
Operating margin
15.9%
Net margin
4.3%
FCF margin
-11.9%
ROE
19.2%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
9.5×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$6.83B
Long-term debt / equity
6.21×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings

  • Revenue grew 3.7% to $9.8B in FY2025, slower than the 10.9% the year before.
  • Operating margin turned positive at 15.9% in FY2025, from a 393.9% operating loss in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $2.6B, up 4.9% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was negative $1.2B in FY2025.
  • Net income fell 53.5% to $423M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings’s fundamentals sit among the 668 Industrials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin42.6%
79th percentile of 455
Operating margin15.9%
80th percentile of 598
Net margin4.3%
53rd percentile of 630
FCF margin-11.9%
10th percentile of 546
Revenue growth (YoY)+3.7%
47th percentile of 652
ROE19.2%
80th percentile of 590
P/E9.5×
14th percentile of 406
Long-term debt / equity6.21×
98th percentile of 403
Short interest4.52d
69th percentile of 661

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings’s long-term debt to equity of 6.21 ranks in the 98th percentile of the 403 Industrials companies reporting it. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings’s FCF margin of -11.9% ranks in the 10th percentile of the 546 Industrials companies reporting it. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings’s P/E of 9.5 ranks in the 14th percentile of the 406 peers with a meaningful P/E.

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
—
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
—
Reported activity
Quiet
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-06-02
filed 2026-06-03
Stephen G. PagliucaDirectorBuy685.0K$18.06$12.4M
2026-06-01
filed 2026-06-03
Stephen G. PagliucaDirectorBuy695.0K$18.16$12.6M
2026-05-22
filed 2026-05-26
John ChidseyPresident and CEOBuy153.0K$16.37$2.5M
2026-05-20
filed 2026-05-21
Jonathan Z. CohenDirectorBuy30.0K$15.83$475K
2026-05-19
Jose E. CilDirectorBuy10.0K$14.91$149K
2026-05-18
filed 2026-05-19
Jose E. CilDirectorBuy5.0K$15.25$76K
2026-05-11
filed 2026-05-12
Brian P. MacdonaldDirectorBuy15.0K$16.54$248K
2026-05-07
filed 2026-05-11
Zillah Byng-ThorneDirectorBuy25.0K$17.67$442K
2026-05-07
filed 2026-05-11
Kevin Allen LansberryDirectorBuy11.4K$17.28$197K
2026-05-07
filed 2026-05-11
Zillah Byng-ThorneDirectorBuy4.5K$17.83$79K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
96.8M
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
+1.9%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.52
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
21.4M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-3096.8M+1.9%4.52
2026-09-1595.0M+9.9%5.73
2026-08-3186.4M+19.4%6.04
2026-08-1472.4M-13.9%5.53
2026-07-3184.1M+2.9%5.36
2026-07-1581.7M-3.3%6.05
2026-06-3084.5M+1.5%4.20
2026-06-1583.3M+18.3%4.10

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$9.83B$9.48B$8.55B$4.84B$648.0M
Gross profit
Operating income$1.56B$1.47B$930.9M$-1.55B$-2.55B
Net income$423.2M$910.3M$166.2M$-2.27B$-4.51B
Diluted EPS$0.92$1.89$0.39$-5.41$-12.33

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$2.09B$2.05B$2.01B$210.0M$-2.47B
Capital expenditure$3.26B$1.21B$2.75B$1.78B$752.8M
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$2.64B4.9%$222.6M$0.48
Q1 FY2026$2.33B9.6%$104.7M$0.23
Q4 FY20256.4%
Q3 FY2025$2.94B4.7%$419.3M$0.86
Q2 FY2025$2.52B6.1%$30.0M$0.07
Q1 FY2025$2.13B-2.9%$-40.3M$-0.09
Q4 FY20246.2%
Q3 FY2024$2.81B10.7%$474.9M$0.95

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorIndustrials
SIC industryWater Transportation
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2013
SEC CIK1513761

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-08-03
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10-Q2026-05-04
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8-K2026-10-15
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8-K2026-09-30
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8-K/A2026-08-12
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8-K2026-07-30
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.