NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) – Shares of Carnival Corp (CCL.N) and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NCLH.N) jumped on Monday, and were among the top S&P 500 (.SPX) performers, as analysts anticipate continuing growth in travel demand from customers.
Bookings across the cruise industry, which were hit hard during the pandemic, have now reached historical levels without any notable upsurge in cancellations, analysts at JPMorgan and Bank of America Global Research wrote in their investor notes after meetings with executives at Carnival, Norwegian, and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCL.N).The growth in bookings is largely driven by pent-up demand from loyal customers returning to taking summer vacations and other leisure travel, said the analysts.
JPMorgan upgraded Carnival shares to “overweight”, while Bank of America raised its rating on the stock to “buy”, and the analysts raised their price targets on all the three cruise companies.
Carnival shares rose 14% to a more than 1-year high in early trading on Monday while Norwegian Cruise gained nearly 8%. Royal Caribbean was up more than 3% to $94 per share. The S&P 500 Hotels Resorts & Cruise Lines Sub-Industry Index was up 0.9% led by gains in cruise stocks.
Commercial airline shares were also making gains on Monday amid falling crude oil prices and growth in demand for seats. The S&P 1500 Airlines index (.SPCOMAIR) was last up 2% led by Southwest Airlines (LUV.N), Hawaiian Holdings (HA.O) and American Airlines group (AAL.O).
(This story has been refiled to add missing word ‘in’ in paragraph 5)
Reporting by Chibuike Oguh in New York; additional reporting by Granth Vanaik and Stephen Culp; editing by Lance Tupper and David Gregorio
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Carnival leads gains in cruise stocks as analysts eye strong travel demand
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