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Free Cash Flow for Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL)

As of · Reported

Metric

Latest period

$1.37B

YoY change

-38.1%

5Y CAGR

—

Peak year (2017)

$2.31B

Free Cash Flow history chart for Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) from 1991 to 2025

Latest: $1.24B

Free Cash Flow growth chart for Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) from 1991 to 2025

Latest: -38.1%

Free Cash Flow history table for Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) from 1991 to 2025

  • 2025$1.24B-38.1%
  • 2024$2.00B+244.3%
  • 2023$580.00M-126.0%
  • 2022−$2.23B-45.7%
  • 2021−$4.11B-27.9%
  • 2020−$5.70B-923.6%
  • 2019$691.70M-482.4%
  • 2018−$180.89M-107.8%
  • 2017$2.31B+10248.1%
  • 2016$22.33M-93.3%
  • 2015$333.03M-592.4%
  • 2014−$67.64M-110.4%
  • 2013$648.29M+618.4%
  • 2012$90.23M-68.0%
  • 2011$282.11M-153.8%
  • 2010−$524.17M-67.9%
  • 2009−$1.63B+41.7%
  • 2008−$1.15B+2266.7%
  • 2007−$48.69M-79.0%
  • 2006−$232.07M-134.1%
  • 2005$681.46M+52.7%
  • 2004$446.32M-359.9%
  • 2003−$171.73M-195.2%
  • 2002$180.48M-116.4%
  • 2001−$1.10B+89.5%
  • 2000−$582.33M+49.7%
  • 1999−$389.12M+212.3%
  • 1998−$124.59M-84.9%
  • 1997−$824.50M+95.0%
  • 1996−$422.90M+108.4%
  • 1995−$202.90M-381.8%
  • 1994$72.00M-47.4%
  • 1993$136.80M-242.9%
  • 1992−$95.70M-70.0%
  • 1991−$318.90M—

Free Cash Flow values are taken from Royal Caribbean Cruises's reported cash flow statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About Free Cash Flow at Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL)

Free Cash Flow for Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL): headline value $1.37B · YoY -38.1%. Annual and quarterly series, chart, and tables are below.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

The 2025 reading of Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) free cash flow is $1.24B – plunged 38.1% year-over-year.

Looking at the 2015–2025 (10 years) stretch, Royal Caribbean Cruises free cash flow compounded at +14.0% per year, with mixed annual results across the window.

Royal Caribbean Cruises free cash flow plunged from $2.31B in 2017 to $1.24B in 2025, a 46.5% drawdown.

The record annual free cash flow stands at $2.31B, reached in 2017; the historical low of −$5.70B was recorded in 2020.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Free Cash Flow by Year

Royal Caribbean Cruises Free Cash Flow 2025: $1.24B

Royal Caribbean Cruises posted free cash flow of $1.24B in 2025, plunged 38.1% below 2024.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Free Cash Flow 2024: $2.00B

In 2024, Royal Caribbean Cruises reported free cash flow of $2.00B, surged 244.3% from 2023.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Free Cash Flow 2023: $580.00M

Royal Caribbean Cruises free cash flow in 2023 was $580.00M, plunged 126.0% below 2022.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Free Cash Flow 2022: −$2.23B

2022's free cash flow for Royal Caribbean Cruises came in at −$2.23B, plunged 45.7% below 2021.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Free Cash Flow 2021: −$4.11B

Royal Caribbean Cruises free cash flow in 2021 was −$4.11B.

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