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

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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.

2 matches for “Modernization”; 2 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

Josh Weinsteincompanyprepared · 9:15Hear it 9:14, Josh Weinstein

…to our results in the second half of the year. Our mid-life modernization programs continue to progress, with additional vessels planned for AIDA and Holland…

Amanda Douglasanalystqa · 36:50Hear it 36:44, Amanda Douglas

…see any constraints to bookings apart from the first quarter dynamics that you cited, and tailwinds to consider from your destination portfolio and modernization initiatives?

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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