Baron Barracuda Posted April 3, 2020 #901 Share Posted April 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Blizzard54 said: I do not see what sort of news could possibly help the stock over the next few months. At this point they need a breakthrough on the medical side. Vaccine may be too much to hope for, but emergence of a therapeutic that keeps people from needing ventilators might help. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Barracuda Posted April 3, 2020 #902 Share Posted April 3, 2020 In their just submitted 8k filing UAL projects 4th quarter revenues to be down 30%+ from last year. Also Berkshire Hathaway just unloaded big chunk of Delta stock after riding it down from $60 to low $20's. So neither UAL or Warren Buffett expect airline business to return to normal this year. This doesn't bode well for cruise lines as airlines should recover much faster than CCL or RCL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltlslick1 Posted April 4, 2020 #903 Share Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, npcl said: To look at how the market looks at companies and their odds of default I tend to look at the bond market. For Royal Caribbean 11/28/20 2.65% bonds now trading at 16.058% YTM 11/15/22 5.25% bonds now trading at 21.705% YTM 3/15/2028 3.7% bonds now trading at 11.517% YTM For Carnival 10/15/20 3.95% bonds now trading at 15.901% YTM 10/01/23 7.2% bonds now trading at 10.779% YTM These are certainly at Junk bond levels. The only other companies whose bonds are trading near Royal's 11/15/22 value are small oil companies that are certainly at risk. I would say that Royal is certainly at risk and will need to find some way to raise money in the near future, if they can. CCL seems to have stabilized at some degree with their recent, very expensive, money raise. What’s with yield on 2022 vs 2028. Call option on 2028? Market liquidity issues? Yield to worst tell different story? 2028 in more senior position? Edited April 4, 2020 by ltlslick1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixCruiser Posted April 4, 2020 #904 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Is everyone forgetting about the time Royal's stock was down to $5Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandgeezer Posted April 4, 2020 #905 Share Posted April 4, 2020 1 hour ago, PhoenixCruiser said: Is everyone forgetting about the time Royal's stock was down to $5 Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk That was 2009, what has that got to do with what's happening in 2020. Did everyone forget when the stock was $135? That was in 2019, at least that is relevant to what's going on now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzard54 Posted April 4, 2020 #906 Share Posted April 4, 2020 2 hours ago, grandgeezer said: That was 2009, what has that got to do with what's happening in 2020. Did everyone forget when the stock was $135? That was in 2019, at least that is relevant to what's going on now. it was 2001 that the stock was down to $5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelerThom Posted April 4, 2020 #907 Share Posted April 4, 2020 59 minutes ago, Blizzard54 said: it was 2001 that the stock was down to $5 RCL was lower in 2009 than it was in 2001 according to data I see. RCL low in 2001 was on 21 Sep 2001 with a low of $7.75 which adjusted for subsequent stock actions would be equivalent to $5.64 per RCL share. On 23 Feb 2009 RCL low was $5.50 which would adjust to $4.56. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixCruiser Posted April 4, 2020 #908 Share Posted April 4, 2020 15 hours ago, grandgeezer said: That was 2009, what has that got to do with what's happening in 2020. Did everyone forget when the stock was $135? That was in 2019, at least that is relevant to what's going on now. Calm down It means that even if the stock gets lower they have a chance to come back and thrive In My Opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandgeezer Posted April 4, 2020 #909 Share Posted April 4, 2020 21 minutes ago, PhoenixCruiser said: Calm down It means that even if the stock gets lower they have a chance to come back and thrive In My Opinion In my opinion, if it gets to $5, game's over, turn out the lights, the party's over, no more RCL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Barracuda Posted April 4, 2020 #910 Share Posted April 4, 2020 6 minutes ago, PhoenixCruiser said: Calm down It means that even if the stock gets lower they have a chance to come back and thrive In My Opinion The difference is that in 2001 and 2009 ships never stopped sailing, RCL had cash flowing in and still made money. Then while the cruise industry was impacted by geopolitical and economic events they were not considered a contributor to the problem and their business model remained intact. Today without revenue their balance sheet is being drained of cash. Meanwhile the media demonizes them as plague infested, and shows video of bodies being removed from the Zaandam. Their business model is currently broken and it will be a long time before they can hope to recover. You may spend the rest of your life waiting for $135. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted April 4, 2020 #911 Share Posted April 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, Baron Barracuda said: The difference is that in 2001 and 2009 ships never stopped sailing, RCL had cash flowing in and still made money. Then while the cruise industry was impacted by geopolitical and economic events they were not considered a contributor to the problem and their business model remained intact. Today without revenue their balance sheet is being drained of cash. Meanwhile the media demonizes them as plague infested, and shows video of bodies being removed from the Zaandam. Their business model is currently broken and it will be a long time before they can hope to recover. You may spend the rest of your life waiting for $135. Gotta be better odds then playing the state's lottery though or a roulette wheel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigeck Posted April 4, 2020 #912 Share Posted April 4, 2020 21 minutes ago, Jimbo said: Gotta be better odds then playing the state's lottery though or a roulette wheel? Only thing about winning the lottery, can't go out to spend it and everywhere is closed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCruise Posted April 4, 2020 #913 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Anyone who is even remotely long on this stock should consult Carnival's latest SEC filing. RCL will be the same: "We currently estimate the substantial majority of our fleet will be in prolonged ship layup. In addition, we expect to incur ongoing selling and administrative expenses, and incremental COVID-related costs associated with sanitizing our ships and defending lawsuits, although we anticipate substantially reducing our advertising spend during the pause in operations. After transitioning to a prolonged pause, we anticipate estimated ongoing ship and administrative operating costs to range from $200 million to $300 million per month." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npcl Posted April 5, 2020 #914 Share Posted April 5, 2020 2 hours ago, grandgeezer said: In my opinion, if it gets to $5, game's over, turn out the lights, the party's over, no more RCL. The stock can get to zero, RCL declare bankruptcy, and everything related to passengers be unaffected. Not so much for shareholders which would get wiped out. The airlines have done it several times. Declare bankruptcy, issue new stock, primarily to the debt holders, while leaving the passenger deposits, credits intact. The cruise lines have some debts, but lots of assets. What they don't have is lots of cash. So worse comes to worse they declare BK, restructure the company, terminate unfavorable contracts (probably those for the new builds) and raise cash and eliminate the debts. Happens all the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandgeezer Posted April 5, 2020 #915 Share Posted April 5, 2020 1 hour ago, npcl said: The stock can get to zero, RCL declare bankruptcy, and everything related to passengers be unaffected. Not so much for shareholders which would get wiped out. The airlines have done it several times. Declare bankruptcy, issue new stock, primarily to the debt holders, while leaving the passenger deposits, credits intact. The cruise lines have some debts, but lots of assets. What they don't have is lots of cash. So worse comes to worse they declare BK, restructure the company, terminate unfavorable contracts (probably those for the new builds) and raise cash and eliminate the debts. Happens all the time. In today’s situation, their main assists are the ships, and they are worth pennies on the dollar to a lender. If they got to this stage, that means they defaulted on their previous loans. Who in their right mind would lend them money? What would they do with them in case of a default? Any body that would have any use for them are probably bankrupt themselves or close to it. So the lender is stuck, probably for years with a white elephant. Where do you park it? What about the upkeep, It’s not like a car, just pull it in the garage and forget about it. Even if they did as you say, it’s no guarantee it will be successful, because of the size. The company I worked for, before I retired, went through exactly what you implied. They were shutdown for nine months before restarting. Four years later the are up to 360 full time employees, down from 840 before. Their customers moved on and never came back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npcl Posted April 5, 2020 #916 Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, grandgeezer said: In today’s situation, their main assists are the ships, and they are worth pennies on the dollar to a lender. If they got to this stage, that means they defaulted on their previous loans. Who in their right mind would lend them money? What would they do with them in case of a default? Any body that would have any use for them are probably bankrupt themselves or close to it. So the lender is stuck, probably for years with a white elephant. Where do you park it? What about the upkeep, It’s not like a car, just pull it in the garage and forget about it. Even if they did as you say, it’s no guarantee it will be successful, because of the size. The company I worked for, before I retired, went through exactly what you implied. They were shutdown for nine months before restarting. Four years later the are up to 360 full time employees, down from 840 before. Their customers moved on and never came back Look at the airline bankruptcies and you would get an idea. The restructuring process does not stop operations, if they were running. In a restructuring the stockholders are wiped and what you usually get is often debtor in possession. When those that have already loaned money to the company get equity in in exchange for their bonds. Additional stock is issued to provide the funds to provide the necessary operating funds for the company to get through and restart. As part of this process they can also get rid of any contracts that are not helpful. They could for example eliminate the new build contracts. They could also use the restructuring to right size the company for what they expect to see when cruising starts up again. You would not see anyone take ships, they would go for the entire enterprise. Another possibility would be a investment firm like Apollo who could step in very cheaply, take the entire company private, This is similar to what happened to NCL a few years ago. Apollo is the company that did it with NCL. If the company you worked for was shut down for nine months it was most likely not a financial restructuring, but instead a full BK where someone bought the assets of the company out of BK. No need to shutdown operations in a financial restructuring. Edited April 5, 2020 by npcl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Barracuda Posted April 5, 2020 #917 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Interesting piece from CNBC on CCL https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/05/carnivals-struggle-to-survive-the-coronavirus-as-outbreak-wipes-out-the-cruise-industry.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekekelso Posted April 5, 2020 #918 Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) I don’t know about you guys, but I can’t wait for the bank sale on foreclosed cruise assets. How cool would it be to pick up a Voyager class ship for pennies on the (million) dollars. As mentioned above, gonna be tough to find a place to park it. Oh well, I’ll worry about that later. Edited April 5, 2020 by zekekelso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farts Posted April 6, 2020 #919 Share Posted April 6, 2020 On 4/4/2020 at 7:41 PM, npcl said: The stock can get to zero, RCL declare bankruptcy, and everything related to passengers be unaffected. Not so much for shareholders which would get wiped out. The airlines have done it several times. Declare bankruptcy, issue new stock, primarily to the debt holders, while leaving the passenger deposits, credits intact. The cruise lines have some debts, but lots of assets. What they don't have is lots of cash. So worse comes to worse they declare BK, restructure the company, terminate unfavorable contracts (probably those for the new builds) and raise cash and eliminate the debts. Happens all the time. I don't people on all of CC don't understand the gravity or the wisdom of your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farts Posted April 6, 2020 #920 Share Posted April 6, 2020 On 4/4/2020 at 10:40 PM, npcl said: Look at the airline bankruptcies and you would get an idea. The restructuring process does not stop operations, if they were running. In a restructuring the stockholders are wiped and what you usually get is often debtor in possession. When those that have already loaned money to the company get equity in in exchange for their bonds. Additional stock is issued to provide the funds to provide the necessary operating funds for the company to get through and restart. As part of this process they can also get rid of any contracts that are not helpful. They could for example eliminate the new build contracts. They could also use the restructuring to right size the company for what they expect to see when cruising starts up again. You would not see anyone take ships, they would go for the entire enterprise. Another possibility would be a investment firm like Apollo who could step in very cheaply, take the entire company private, This is similar to what happened to NCL a few years ago. Apollo is the company that did it with NCL. If the company you worked for was shut down for nine months it was most likely not a financial restructuring, but instead a full BK where someone bought the assets of the company out of BK. No need to shutdown operations in a financial restructuring. I see this happening or something similar. The assets are worth something for sure. And people know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Barracuda Posted April 6, 2020 #921 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Saudi Arabia's private wealth fund has taken an 8.2% stake in CCL. Welcome to Riyadh cruise lines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taglovestocruise Posted April 6, 2020 #922 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Carnival, Norwegian cruise line and Royal Caribbean all jumped 18% - 25% todays as the Saudi's bought almost $400 million dollars of Carnival stock. Good chance they won't lose money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted April 6, 2020 #923 Share Posted April 6, 2020 The way the RCCL stock is yo yoing........could have been buying and selling a few times lately and made alot of money.......Just can't pull the trigger, I'm still sitting on the sidelines.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suesnake2002 Posted April 6, 2020 #924 Share Posted April 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Baron Barracuda said: Saudi Arabia's private wealth fund has taken an 8.2% stake in CCL. Welcome to Riyadh cruise lines. Burhka's are not optional!! I was wondering why royals stock was going up. It wasn't making sense. If opec is going into the cruise biz we are all screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis#1 Posted April 7, 2020 #925 Share Posted April 7, 2020 6 hours ago, suesnake2002 said: ............If opec is going into the cruise biz we are all screwed. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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