Carnival (CCL): FY26 Q3 earnings call, Sep 29, 2026

Tue, Sep 29Earnings callSpeaker-labelled transcriptCarnival

On its Sep 29, 2026 earnings call (FY26 Q3), Carnival said 20 of the 27 words Kalshi and Polymarket listed; Parrot’s count agreed with all 27 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each, with timed clips.

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27 words · 20 settled yes · our count agreed on 27 of 27

backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.

Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityClipMarket
Quarter 20+ timesYes4343✓75%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 0:30, Quarter 20+ times–
Fuel 5+ timesYes2828✓86%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 1:01, Fuel 5+ times–
Guest 10+ timesYes2323✓68%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 4:23, Guest 10+ times–
Booking 10+ timesYes1919✓61%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 2:06, Booking 10+ times–
Celebration Key Yes1515✓95%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 6:05, Celebration Key–
Capacity Yes1515✓94%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 5:37, Capacity–
Loyalty Yes44✓82%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 8:15, Loyalty–
Headwind Yes45✓71%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 11:51, Headwind–
Propel Yes46✓71%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 3:56, Propel–
Princess Yes33✓70%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 6:46, Princess–
Dividend Yes22✓82%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 12:46, Dividend–
Evolution Yes22✓82%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 51:57, Evolution–
Inflation Yes22✓35%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 2:46, Inflation–
Dock Yes11✓90%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 51:58, Dock–
AI / Artificial Intelligence Yes11✓78%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 4:13, AI / Artificial Intelligence–
Dry Dock Yes11✓77%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 51:58, Dry Dock–
Middle East Yes11✓71%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 17:55, Middle East–
Holland America Yes11✓59%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 9:19, Holland America–
Modernization Yes12✓54%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 9:13, Modernization–
Wave Yes11✓40%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 39:46, Wave–
Tailwind No01✓56%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Consumer Sentiment No00✓55%transcripts from the transcript model–
Tariff No01✓40%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Sphere Class No00✓33%transcripts from the transcript model–
Caribbean Gulf No00✓16%transcripts from the transcript model–
Iran No01✓11%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Oil No01✓11%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 21, 2026 04:22 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

Speaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.

Where the listed words were said

Beth Robertscompany“Quarter (20+)” · prepared · 0:32Hear it 0:30, Beth Roberts

Thank you. Good morning and welcome to our third quarter 2026 earnings conference call. I am joined today by our CEO, Josh Weinstein, our CFO,…

Beth Robertscompany“Fuel (5+)” · prepared · 1:03Hear it 0:57, Beth Roberts

…will be referencing certain non-GAAP financial measures, including yields, cruise costs without fuel, EBITDA, net income, and related statistics for all, which are on a…

Josh Weinsteincompany“Guest (10+)” · prepared · 4:25Hear it 4:19, Josh Weinstein

…our teams make better decisions and provide more personalized experiences for our guests, automating more of how we operate shoreside, and identifying new efficiencies in…

Josh Weinsteincompany“Booking (10+)” · prepared · 2:08Hear it 2:06, Josh Weinstein

…nearly 2.5%, more than a point better than expected. The improvement in booking trends we highlighted on our last call continued to build throughout the…

Josh Weinsteincompany“Celebration Key” · prepared · 6:07Hear it 6:07, Josh Weinstein

…and discipline. One of the most visible examples is our destination strategy. Celebration Key recently marked its first anniversary, having welcomed almost 2.5 million guests…

Josh Weinsteincompany“Capacity” · prepared · 5:39Hear it 5:33, Josh Weinstein

…tell a similar story. They reached a third-quarter record of approximately $7.6 billion, up about 7%, despite flat capacity growth over the next 12 months.

Josh Weinsteincompany“Loyalty” · prepared · 8:17Hear it 8:14, Josh Weinstein

…rest of the business. We are finding new ways to deepen guest loyalty and increase lifetime value. In the year following Carnival Cruise Line's June…

Josh Weinsteincompany“Headwind” · prepared · 11:53Hear it 11:50, Josh Weinstein

…are showing up in our financial results. Despite the significant fuel price headwind this year, we expect to finish 2026 with even more brands generating…

Josh Weinsteincompany“Propel” · prepared · 3:58Hear it 3:52, Josh Weinstein

…is still early, we are beginning to capture opportunities embedded in our PROPEL targets sooner than expected, leveraging our unmatched scale, sharpening commercial execution, investing…

Josh Weinsteincompany“Princess” · prepared · 6:48Hear it 6:44, Josh Weinstein

…this year. Its reach is also expanding beyond Carnival Cruise Line, with Princess joining next month, followed by select calls from AIDA and Costa late…

Josh Weinsteincompany“Dividend” · prepared · 12:48Hear it 12:42, Josh Weinstein

…our financial position. Just six months into our share repurchase program, we have already bought back about $1.2 billion of stock alongside our ongoing dividend.

David Bernsteincompany“Evolution” · qa · 51:59Hear it 51:56, David Bernstein

…couple of tenths of a point. Next year, we will have five Evolution ships in dry dock compared to two this year. Overall, that may…

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