Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. $NCLH Shares Purchased by Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Teacher Retirement System of Texas boosted its position in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH) by 4.7% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 67,300 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,017 shares during the quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas’ holdings in Norwegian Cruise Line were worth $1,365,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its stake in Norwegian Cruise Line by 67.6% in the first quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,347,029 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,540,000 after purchasing an additional 543,399 shares during the last quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in Norwegian Cruise Line by 41.6% in the first quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 18,536 shares of the company’s stock valued at $351,000 after purchasing an additional 5,446 shares during the last quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. increased its stake in Norwegian Cruise Line by 795.6% in the first quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 171,625 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,254,000 after purchasing an additional 152,461 shares during the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP increased its stake in Norwegian Cruise Line by 19.1% in the first quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 4,690 shares of the company’s stock valued at $89,000 after purchasing an additional 753 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Xponance Inc. increased its stake in Norwegian Cruise Line by 3.6% in the first quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 78,086 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,481,000 after purchasing an additional 2,688 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 69.58% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have commented on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line from $35.00 to $37.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 11th. Barclays dropped their price target on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line from $31.00 to $28.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. UBS Group increased their price target on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line from $23.00 to $27.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 26th. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price target on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line from $31.00 to $27.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Mizuho raised their target price on shares of Norwegian Cruise Line from $26.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Norwegian Cruise Line currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $28.74.

Norwegian Cruise Line Stock Down 0.9%

NCLH stock opened at $18.62 on Thursday. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. has a one year low of $14.21 and a one year high of $29.29. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.42 billion, a PE ratio of 12.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 2.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.05, a quick ratio of 0.16 and a current ratio of 0.18. The company has a fifty day moving average of $24.12 and a 200-day moving average of $21.86.

Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The company reported $1.20 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.03. Norwegian Cruise Line had a net margin of 7.52% and a return on equity of 59.88%. The company had revenue of $2.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.03 billion. Norwegian Cruise Line has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.270-0.270 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 2.100-2.100 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. will post 1.48 EPS for the current year.

Norwegian Cruise Line Profile

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a cruise company in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates through the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands. It offers itineraries ranging from three days to a 180-days calling on various ports, including Scandinavia, Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Greek Isles, Alaska, Canada and New England, Hawaii, Asia, Tahiti and the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Africa, India, South America, the Panama Canal, and the Caribbean.