RCL Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own RCL shares is 1334, representing 86.91% of the company's common stock.

FEDERATED HERMES, INC., in the last quarter, reduced its stake in RCL by -3.91% restricting it's holding to 614.37 thousand shares of worth nearly $85.40M. SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. also lessened -1.47% of the RCL shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 568.72 thousand shares of worth $79.06M. CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM also shunned RCL shares holding by -4.12% last quarter which brought its holding to 422.84 thousand shares worth $58.78M.

As per its latest 13F filing, CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS increased its stake in RCL by 83.78% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 4.83 million shares having worth more than $671.30M. NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC also added 21.55% more shares of RCL to its portfolio, raising its holding to 2.1 million shares of worth $292.56M. CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL, INC./CA/ also increased its RCL shares holding by 3.27% which brought its holding to 601.92 thousand shares worth $83.67M.

The insider with the most stakes in RCL is Wilhelmsen Arne Alexander , director at the company. Additionally, RCL stock is highly held by 10 percent owner A WILHELMSEN A S and President & CEO Liberty Jason T among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.39% percent of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 13 transaction(s) in which RCL insiders have sold stock, totaling 188.46K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include WILHELMSEN ARNE ALEXANDER, KULOVAARA HARRI U, and FAIN RICHARD D.

There have been 1 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. insiders have bought stock, totalling 5350 shares

Around 74.36M Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.39% of RCL stock.

RCL director, Wilhelmsen Arne Alexander holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. RCL shares owned by Wilhelmsen total nearly 18.17 million.

CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS is the largest institutional owner in RCL which holds 4.83 million shares worth $671.30M or 1.88% of the total RCL shares outstanding followed by NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC with ownership of 2.1 million shares representing 0.82% of the RCL ownership. FEDERATED HERMES, INC. is the third largest stakeholder with 614.37 thousand shares or 0.24% of the ownership worth more than $85.40M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the RCL is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of RCL shares short is 12.21M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 268.88M shares of RCL are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, RCL has 253.48M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for RCL is 6.22.