Dividends

RCLRoyal Caribbean Cruises

StockNYSEUnited StatesConsumer discretionaryEU retail investors: available

+3.0% today · +34.3% over a year

3/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 36% of the instruments we score

Priced higher than most peers (P/E 19.8). Dividend yield 1.63%.

Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) dividends: trailing yield 1.63%, Dividend Safety 39/100, not lowered for 2 years.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
1.63%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
1.78%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$5.50
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
39 / 100
Unsafe

Yield after tax (estimate)

We do not estimate tax on distributions from Liberia yet.

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

No upcoming payment has been announced yet.

Dividend profile

Years without a lower dividend
2
Years without a cut of over 10 %
2
Payout ratio (earnings)
33%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
89%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Our rules see a meaningful risk that this dividend is cut.

Caution. Dividend Safety below 40 points. More in the glossary →Dividend Safety below 40 points.

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.48, 2017 $2.16, 2018 $2.60, 2019 $2.96, 2020 $0.78, 2024 $0.95, 2025 $3.502016: $0.482017: $2.162018: $2.602019: $2.962020: $0.782024: $0.952025: $3.50

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
17 Sep 202609 Oct 2026$1.50RegularVerified2
03 Jun 202606 Jul 2026$1.50RegularVerified2
06 Mar 202606 Apr 2026$1.50RegularVerified2
26 Dec 202516 Jan 2026$1.00RegularVerified2

Each payment is checked against up to 2 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

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