Carnival Corp (CCL) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 179 Consumer Discretionary companies.
Carnival Corp (CCL) scores 4.7 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as mixed quality. The reading rests on profitability, and predictability is what holds it back.
One pillar, growth, is unscored because the filings behind it carry too little to judge. It is shown as a dash rather than a zero, and the overall score is the weighted average of what could be scored.
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We cannot judge Carnival Corp yet, because fewer than five years had both a return on capital and a cost of capital we could measure. This is not a “no”.
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On the filings behind it, Carnival Corp earns 4.7 out of 10 for business quality as of October 17, 2026. That is mixed quality on our scale. A mixed reading means the strengths and weaknesses roughly cancel out, and the case for the business depends on which pillars you care about most. The figure is a weighted average of five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks from reported statements.
Ranked with the 179 Consumer Discretionary companies Lemma publishes, the score sits at the 42nd percentile, in the lower half of the group, above the bottom quarter. A typical company in the group scores 5.0, and the best quarter starts from 6.1. Carnival Corp is in line with that typical reading.
On profitability, Carnival Corp scores 7.1, a strong reading. Its peers have a median of 5.1 across 176 Consumer Discretionary companies, which places it well above them, at the 70th percentile. Returns and margins at this level leave room to reinvest, absorb a bad year or return cash to shareholders without straining the business.
On solvency, Carnival Corp scores 3.7, a weak reading. Its peers have a median of 5.9 across 141 Consumer Discretionary companies, which places it well below them, at the 24th percentile. Weak solvency means debt is heavy relative to earnings or cash flow, which makes the business more sensitive to interest rates and to any fall in profits.
There is no growth score for Carnival Corp: too little of the pillar could be measured from the filings to give an honest reading. The overall is therefore the weighted average of the other pillars. Across 149 Consumer Discretionary companies the median for this pillar is 4.0. Growth needs at least three years of comparable annual statements, so a short or interrupted history leaves it blank.
Carnival Corp’s efficiency score is 6.3 out of 10 (average). Against a median of 6.2 among 170 Consumer Discretionary companies, that is in line with the group and the 54th percentile. Middling efficiency is unremarkable on its own, though improvements here tend to show up in free cash flow first.
On predictability, Carnival Corp scores 1.4, a weak reading. Its peers have a median of 5.0 across 178 Consumer Discretionary companies, which places it well below them, at the 4th percentile. Weak predictability means revenue or earnings have swung widely from year to year, so any single year’s figures are a less reliable guide.
This is a lopsided profile. Profitability scores 7.1 but predictability only 1.4, a gap of 5.7 points, so the overall hides a business that is excellent in one respect and weak in another. Leading with profitability is the most valuable kind of strength, because margins and returns are what the other pillars ultimately feed. A predictability shortfall means the record is volatile, so the averages behind the other pillars move more than they appear to.
Closing the gap on predictability would do the most for the overall. At the median of Consumer Discretionary companies, 5.0, Carnival Corp would score about 5.6 instead of 4.7. Only four of the five pillars could be scored. Together they carry 80 of the 100 weight points (the full set is profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20), and the overall is the weighted average of those alone.
These are the Consumer Discretionary companies closest to Carnival Corp in market value. Each has its own page scored on the same five pillars, so the comparison is like for like.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading Carnival Corp scores 4.7 out of 10, which reads as mixed quality. Its strongest pillar is profitability, its weakest is predictability. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
Carnival Corp ranks at the 42nd percentile of the 179 Consumer Discretionary companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 5.0 and the top quarter starts at 6.1, against Carnival Corp’s 4.7.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 17, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for CCL are in the app.
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