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NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings

retail · 2026-10-14

N/A
too hard · 24
Owner-earnings value$19.20
Price$15.32
Margin of safety +25.4%

Quality gate · 24/100

Returns on capital 3.0/30
Consistency 5.5/22
Margins / pricing power 10.3/16
Balance sheet 0/16
Cash conversion 3.3/10
Capital allocation 2.0/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 7% < 9%) · over-levered (net debt/EBITDA 5.1x > 4x)

Median ROIC7.1%
Gross margin42.5%
Net debt / EBITDA5.1x
Share count / yr+2.6%
Profitable years3/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)760.77M
Owner-earnings yield10.8%
Free-cash-flow yield-16.9%
Growth used (normalized)8.7%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)2.7%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)14.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
1827.07M 8.7%725.38M
2893.89M 8.1%687.59M
3960.44M 7.4%647.95M
41.03B 6.8%606.98M
51.09B 6.2%565.22M
61.15B 5.5%523.19M
71.21B 4.9%481.37M
81.26B 4.3%440.21M
91.30B 3.6%400.12M
101.34B 3.0%361.45M

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~3%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 9%. Capped at market + 6pts.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-14 24 $15.32 $19.20 +25.4% N/A
2026-09-07 24 $15.57 $19.60 +25.9% N/A
2026-07-30 24 $20.75 $16.56 -20.2% N/A
2026-07-02 24 $20.67 $16.56 -19.9% N/A
2026-06-25 24 $21.01 $16.69 -20.6% N/A
2026-06-23 24 $20.39 $16.53 -18.9% N/A