NCL and NCLA - How profitable are they?

[tomluvsaida]

How does NCL and NCLA stack up to all the other cruise lines in terms of making money?

[BruceMuzz]

According to NCL and Star Cruise financial reports these past few years, NCL has lagged behind the pack in profits - but not revenues.

They seemed to be maintaining about a 4% net profit for several years, while Carnival was looking at around 10% and RCI at about 7%.

But with the introduction of NCLA, they have been bleeding money recently. Colin Veitch announced this week that NCL had a net loss for the past quarter.

[tomluvsaida]

That's very interesting. Thanks for the report.