Royal Caribbean Group (RCL)
S&P 500 · Consumer Discretionary · data since 1993-04-28 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+3.57%
7d
+2.29%
30d
-8.54%
YTD
+5.80%
1y
-14.98%
Royal Caribbean Group (RCL) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16.4 | -4.2 | -11.0 | -4.2 | 7.9 | 11.6 | -7.6 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 15.6 | -7.7 | -16.2 | 4.6 | 19.6 | 22.2 | 1.5 | 14.3 | -10.6 | -11.4 | -7.2 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | -1.5 | -3.3 | 12.7 | 0.5 | 5.8 | 8.0 | -1.7 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 16.4 | 18.3 | -5.3 |
| 2023 | 31.4 | 8.8 | -7.6 | 0.2 | 23.8 | 28.1 | 5.2 | -9.3 | -6.9 | -8.0 | 26.8 | 20.5 |
| 2022 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 | -7.2 | -25.3 | -39.9 | 10.9 | 5.5 | -7.2 | 40.8 | 12.3 | -17.5 |
| 2021 | -13.0 | 43.5 | -8.2 | 1.6 | 7.3 | -8.6 | -9.9 | 7.6 | 7.5 | -5.1 | -17.3 | 10.1 |
| 2020 | -12.3 | -31.3 | -59.6 | 45.4 | 10.9 | -3.0 | -3.2 | 41.3 | -6.0 | -12.8 | 39.7 | -5.2 |
| 2019 | 22.8 | -1.3 | -2.7 | 5.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | -4.0 | -10.4 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 10.3 | 11.9 |
| 2018 | 12.0 | -5.2 | -6.5 | -8.1 | -3.0 | -0.8 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 6.6 | -19.4 | 8.0 | -12.9 |
| 2017 | 14.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 8.7 | 3.8 | -0.9 | 3.5 | 10.1 | -4.3 | 4.4 | 0.1 | -3.3 |
| 2016 | -19.0 | -8.8 | 10.5 | -5.8 | 0.5 | -13.2 | 7.9 | -1.8 | 6.1 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 1.9 |
| 2015 | -8.3 | 1.6 | 7.1 | -16.9 | 12.1 | 3.6 | 14.2 | -1.9 | 1.4 | 10.4 | -5.8 | 9.7 |
| 2014 | 4.6 | 7.2 | 3.1 | -2.6 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 12.2 |
| 2013 | 6.5 | -3.4 | -4.7 | 10.0 | -3.9 | -4.8 | 14.3 | -3.7 | 5.0 | 9.8 | 4.8 | 8.3 |
| 2012 | 9.7 | 5.2 | 3.3 | -7.0 | -13.6 | 10.5 | -4.0 | 8.2 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 4.7 | -3.2 |
| 2011 | -4.5 | -2.5 | -5.8 | -3.5 | -2.1 | -3.5 | -18.6 | -14.9 | -16.6 | 37.3 | -6.8 | -10.3 |
| 2010 | 3.2 | 8.4 | 16.7 | 8.6 | -19.1 | -21.5 | 26.8 | -14.9 | 28.4 | 25.4 | 1.8 | 16.8 |
| 2009 | -52.8 | -7.5 | 33.5 | 83.9 | 2.2 | -10.1 | 7.2 | 31.4 | 26.2 | -16.0 | 21.4 | 2.9 |
| 2008 | -5.2 | -12.9 | -5.6 | -3.0 | -6.8 | -24.0 | 13.4 | 6.7 | -23.2 | -34.6 | -30.5 | 46.0 |
| 2007 | 8.6 | -9.5 | 4.0 | -1.4 | 4.6 | -0.8 | -10.3 | -1.3 | 3.0 | 9.9 | -5.4 | 5.0 |
| 2006 | -9.2 | 8.1 | -4.6 | -0.6 | -8.9 | 0.8 | -11.4 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 4.8 | -2.1 |
| 2005 | -2.6 | -10.6 | -5.4 | -6.0 | 9.7 | 5.2 | -6.0 | -6.0 | 1.5 | -4.1 | 10.7 | -1.4 |
| 2004 | 21.8 | 4.8 | -0.3 | -8.1 | -3.2 | 11.0 | -1.5 | -3.4 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 9.8 |
| 2003 | -4.4 | -14.3 | 10.9 | 23.6 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 26.3 | 6.5 | -9.4 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 15.4 |
| 2002 | 11.5 | 2.3 | 22.8 | 4.6 | -4.6 | -12.9 | 1.6 | -10.7 | -9.3 | 15.3 | 18.1 | -22.4 |
| 2001 | -1.0 | 8.4 | -18.4 | -11.6 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 6.9 | -1.2 | -53.8 | 2.5 | 41.0 | 5.3 |
| 2000 | 0.3 | -28.2 | -20.9 | -25.7 | 18.3 | -24.5 | 7.4 | 15.1 | 13.2 | -12.6 | -11.9 | 34.2 |
| 1999 | 7.4 | -16.3 | 17.5 | -5.0 | 6.2 | 11.8 | 7.4 | -0.4 | -3.6 | 17.9 | -7.0 | 0.1 |
| 1998 | -1.8 | 4.8 | 28.5 | -2.8 | 2.1 | 14.1 | -6.0 | -34.3 | 8.4 | 4.9 | 9.0 | 22.2 |
| 1997 | 12.8 | 10.9 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 9.8 | 0.2 | 13.6 | 3.4 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 3.4 | 11.4 |
| 1996 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 15.4 | 2.7 | -0.9 | -14.0 | 7.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | -3.2 | -9.7 |
| 1995 | -3.5 | -6.9 | 2.5 | -8.6 | 5.2 | -12.0 | -1.1 | 0.5 | 11.5 | -5.2 | 6.0 | -9.3 |
| 1994 | 1.4 | 1.3 | -9.1 | 11.6 | 5.3 | -4.7 | 4.0 | 2.1 | -11.5 | 14.4 | -7.2 | 3.6 |
| 1993 | · | · | · | 0.7 | -5.4 | 9.3 | 23.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 8.2 | -2.5 | 3.9 |
| Avg | 1.9 | -1.4 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 2.5 | -1.0 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +1.9% | -1.4% | +0.1% | +3.0% | +2.5% | -1.0% | +3.6% | +2.3% | +0.3% | +3.9% | +4.8% | +4.7% |
| Win rate | 58%/33 | 48%/33 | 52%/33 | 47%/34 | 68%/34 | 50%/34 | 61%/33 | 58%/33 | 64%/33 | 70%/33 | 67%/33 | 64%/33 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-89.5%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±14.2%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
59%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+83.9%
2009-04
Worst month
-59.6%
2020-03
Longest streaks
12▲ / 9▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Royal Caribbean Group
Royal Caribbean Group monetizes the fact that people never stop buying stuff — with price receipts on this site going back to 1993. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1993) would be about $5,496 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was April 2009 at +83.9%; its worst, March 2020 at -59.6%.
- It has closed October in the green 23 out of 33 times — calendar astrology, but the fun kind.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.