Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.

NYSE:NCLH Stock Report

Market Cap: US$11.6b

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Valuation

Is NCLH undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of NCLH when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: NCLH ($26.04) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($0.47)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NCLH is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for NCLH?

Key metric: As NCLH is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for NCLH. This is calculated by dividing NCLH's market cap by their current earnings.
What is NCLH's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio20.8x
EarningsUS$549.24m
Market CapUS$11.58b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does NCLH's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for NCLH vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25.8x
MMYT MakeMyTrip (India) Private
50.1x7.6%US$11.3b
H Hyatt Hotels
10.8x-32.6%US$14.7b
CCL Carnival Corporation &
20.8x19.8%US$32.2b
HTHT H World Group
21.5x13.1%US$11.3b
NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
20.8x29.0%US$11.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NCLH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.8x) compared to the peer average (25.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NCLH's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Hospitality Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GDHG Golden Heaven Group Holdings
3.5xn/aUS$6.01m
THRS.F Agility Real Estate
1.7xn/aUS$2.05m
No more companies available in this PE range
NCLH 20.8xIndustry Avg. 24.4xNo. of Companies15PE01632486480+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NCLH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.8x) compared to the US Hospitality industry average (24.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NCLH's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

NCLH PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio20.8x
Fair PE Ratio30.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: NCLH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst NCLH forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$26.04
US$29.29
+12.5%
9.8%US$36.00US$24.00n/a20
Nov ’25US$24.88
US$26.87
+8.0%
14.9%US$32.00US$19.00n/a20
Oct ’25US$19.91
US$23.09
+16.0%
16.8%US$32.00US$17.50n/a20
Sep ’25US$17.89
US$22.83
+27.6%
17.1%US$32.00US$17.50n/a19
Aug ’25US$17.35
US$22.77
+31.2%
17.1%US$32.00US$16.50n/a18
Jul ’25US$17.68
US$21.89
+23.8%
17.3%US$32.00US$16.50n/a20
Jun ’25US$16.60
US$21.79
+31.3%
17.6%US$32.00US$16.50n/a20
May ’25US$16.08
US$21.32
+32.6%
18.1%US$32.00US$16.00n/a19
Apr ’25US$20.94
US$21.30
+1.7%
17.8%US$32.00US$15.00n/a21
Mar ’25US$19.29
US$21.02
+9.0%
20.2%US$32.00US$14.00n/a18
Feb ’25US$17.79
US$20.28
+14.0%
21.4%US$32.00US$14.00n/a19
Jan ’25US$20.04
US$19.69
-1.7%
23.7%US$32.00US$13.50n/a18
Dec ’24US$16.42
US$18.25
+11.1%
24.6%US$32.00US$13.50n/a18
Nov ’24US$13.10
US$19.84
+51.5%
23.0%US$32.00US$14.50US$24.8816
Oct ’24US$16.48
US$21.28
+29.1%
20.4%US$32.00US$14.50US$19.9116
Sep ’24US$16.40
US$20.94
+27.7%
20.7%US$32.00US$14.50US$17.8916
Aug ’24US$19.41
US$20.54
+5.8%
24.9%US$32.00US$14.00US$17.3514
Jul ’24US$21.77
US$18.35
-15.7%
28.5%US$32.00US$12.00US$17.6817
Jun ’24US$15.51
US$17.47
+12.6%
29.0%US$32.00US$12.00US$16.6017
May ’24US$14.54
US$16.60
+14.2%
23.5%US$27.00US$11.00US$16.0815
Apr ’24US$13.45
US$17.73
+31.8%
30.4%US$32.00US$11.00US$20.9415
Mar ’24US$15.14
US$18.61
+22.9%
30.2%US$32.00US$11.50US$19.2914
Feb ’24US$16.11
US$18.59
+15.4%
28.0%US$32.00US$11.50US$17.7916
Jan ’24US$12.24
US$20.00
+63.4%
27.1%US$32.00US$13.00US$20.0416
Dec ’23US$16.62
US$20.94
+26.0%
30.9%US$35.00US$13.00US$16.4217
Nov ’23US$16.79
US$20.18
+20.2%
34.0%US$35.00US$13.00US$13.1017

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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