Royal Caribbean Group vs Viking Holdings Ltd

Royal Caribbean Group (RCL) is slightly undervalued and Viking Holdings Ltd (VIK) is slightly overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, RCL trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +5%, against -11% for VIK.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Royal Caribbean Group (RCL)

Discounting its cash flows at 11.5% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $247.87; the price of $234.89 is 5% below that value, and 69% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 45/100 on 10 of 12 signals

Viking Holdings Ltd (VIK)

Discounting its cash flows at 10.5% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $73.00; the price of $81.02 is 11% above that value, and 73% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 59/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricRCLVIK
VerdictSlightly undervaluedSlightly overvalued
Price$234.89$81.02
Intrinsic value$247.87$73.00
Margin of safety+5%-11%
Leak Score45/100 (10/12)59/100 (3/12)
Market cap$63.0B$36.1B
Revenue growth, 5 years52.0%79.6%
Operating margin27.1%23.3%
Net margin23.5%19.3%
Return on equity45.3%139.5%
Debt to equity2.303.75
P/E14.5x26.9x
Forward P/E11.6x18.4x
P/B6.1x33.5x
Dividend yield2.3%

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