All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-05-07.
From the record
Carnival Corporation Ltd.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2026-05-07); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2022-06-24) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+5.4% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 5 of 9.
From the record
Carnival Corporation Ltd.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $18 billion in fiscal 2017 to $27 billion in fiscal 2025, up 5.4% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 91% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 5 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 5.9% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 7 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-11-30, Carnival Corporation Ltd.'s diluted share count grew about 5.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 7 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-06 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 22%: 22¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 76%: owes 76¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-11-30, Carnival Corporation Ltd. earned about 22 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 76 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.3% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 25% of 18 in its family; net margin 10.4%.
From the record
Carnival Corporation Ltd.'s standing among 18 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $27 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 3% by size; a net margin of 10.4% ranks in the bottom 36%; revenue growth of 29.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 9% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 48% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.
From the record
Carnival Corporation Ltd.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Weinstein, Joshua Ian (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-08-05, 4.3 years (bottom 31% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 9.3 years (top 44%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (top 31%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 30% of 17 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Carnival Corporation Ltd.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.9 billion against debt of $24 billion leaves -42.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 18% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 9.8% of revenue (bottom 41%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 37% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Carnival Corporation Ltd.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 29.8% a year over the last three filed years against 5.4% over all 9, speeding up (top 3% of its family); the newest year grew 6.4% (top 32%); capital spending grew -9.9% a year (bottom 25%) (its annual reports). Carnival Corporation Ltd. reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2025: North America at $18 billion (66%), Europe at $8.5 billion (32%), Cruise at $309 million (1%), and 1 more; 3 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 34% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Carnival Corporation Ltd.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $27 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 25.8% below the $36 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 34% of its family); net income of $2.8 billion against a prior three-year average of $1.4 billion (top 21%); a net margin of 10.4% against -14.3% before (top 16%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made