Short interest on RCL sees a significant increase on 2025-06-13

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Royal Caribbean Group shares valued at $687,500 were sold by Lake Robert Alexander on Jun 06 ’25. At $275.00 per share, Lake Robert Alexander sold 2,500 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 23,946 shares worth approximately $7.09 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, ROBERT A LAKE JR. purchased 2,500 shares, netting a total of over 687,500 in proceeds.

Before that, Fain Richard D had sold 19,600 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $4,960,695, the Director traded Royal Caribbean Group shares for $253.10 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 19,600 shares, worth approximately $48.95 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Northcoast on April 25, 2025, Royal Caribbean Group [RCL] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $279. Analysts at Jefferies started covering the stock with ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in late March. As of March 27, 2025, Exane BNP Paribas has initiated its “an Outperform” rating for RCL. Earlier on March 05, 2025, Loop Capital upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for RCL stock which previously was a “a Hold”.

Analyzing RCL Stock Performance

On last trading session,, Royal Caribbean Group [NYSE: RCL] rose 4.06% to $295.89. The stock’s lowest price that day was $285.46, but it reached a high of $295.95 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 10.50%. Over the course of the year, Royal Caribbean Group shares have jumped approximately 91.49%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $296.14 on 06/26/25 and a 52-week low of $164.01 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Royal Caribbean Group (RCL)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 288.85, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 281.80. In the upper region, resistance lies at 299.54. The next price resistance is at 303.18. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 75.16 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.

Is Royal Caribbean Group subject to short interest?

Stocks of Royal Caribbean Group saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-06-13 jumping by 67750.0 shares to 11.4 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 11.33 million shares. A jump of 0.59% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 6.0 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 6.0.

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In terms of Royal Caribbean Group share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 271 in the next 12 months, down nearly -4.69% from the previous closing price of $284.34. Analysts anticipate Royal Caribbean Group stock to reach 311 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 250. In spite of this, 14 analysts ranked Royal Caribbean Group stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On February 05, 2025, Loop Capital assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $250.

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