Carnival Corp. (NYSE:CCL) (LON:CCL) shares rose on Tuesday as brokers remained positive about the cruise ship operator’s performance.
On Monday, Carnival’s shares fell 9% to 4,327p, as it reported record second-quarter revenue, but lowered full-year guidance due to negative impacts from fuel prices.
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Broker Shore Capital retained a ‘hold’ stance and stated 4,330p price target.
In a note to clients, analysts at Shore Capital said Carnival has continued its quarterly trend of beating guidance and leaving future quarter guidance on an underlying basis unchanged.
“However, after another strong quarter of revenue growth the forward booking position appears less favourable than during the last few years; at a time when capacity growth is set to accelerate sharply.”
Meanwhile, Credit Suisse has left its estimates unchanged with ‘outperform’ rating and US$76.20 price target.
The analysts said they see the share price reaction after the second quarter results as “a great opportunity to buy."
And UBS set ‘buy’ rating for Carnival and price target at US$77.00.
In a note to clients, analysts at Swiss bank said the stock reaction was due to two factors: Carnival management’s conservative approach to guidance and investors confusion about whether the pricing trend is getting better or worse.
The analysts said: “Carnival has beaten their yield guide on average by 170-180 basis points in last four quarters, so we believe there is upside to guide. We continue to be ahead of the third quarter guide and financial year.”
In lunchtime trading, Carnival’s shares jumped 4.3% to 4,399.00p