Carnival Ownership | Who Owns Carnival?

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Carnival Ownership Summary

Carnival is owned by 34.88% institutional investors, 7.90% insiders, and 57.22% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.77% of CCL shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 2.39% of its assets in Carnival shares.

CCL Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Carnival	34.88%	7.90%	57.22%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	33.14%	14.17%	52.68%
Industry	Leisure Stocks	29.35%	17.38%	53.27%
Idea	Travel Stocks List	37.20%	13.87%	48.94%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	128.13M	9.77%	$3.91B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	83.70M	6.38%	$2.56B
Blackrock	68.77M	5.43%	$1.29B
State street	47.37M	3.61%	$1.37B
Causeway capital management	31.91M	2.43%	$922.58M
Geode capital management	29.45M	2.24%	$896.10M
Barrow hanley mewhinney & strauss	29.13M	2.22%	$889.51M
Nuveen	26.73M	2.04%	$816.32M
Nuveen asset management	22.85M	1.79%	$569.42M
Fmr	21.59M	1.64%	$624.05M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Hound partners	3.69M	13.69%	$106.59M
Causeway capital management	31.91M	12.19%	$922.58M
59 north capital management, lp	8.13M	7.32%	$235.07M
Nixon capital	868.30K	7.00%	$26.52M
Hook mill capital partners, lp	2.06M	5.43%	$59.44M
Emg	580.00K	5.34%	$10.86M
Alua capital management lp	2.37M	4.73%	$68.56M
Tabor asset management, lp	268.78K	4.69%	$7.77M
Black cypress capital management	155.58K	3.32%	$4.75M
Deltec asset management	654.69K	3.31%	$19.99M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Wellington management group llp	12.16M	0.06%	6.07M
Nuveen asset management	22.85M	0.16%	5.76M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	83.70M	0.04%	4.53M
Qube research	5.75M	0.17%	4.51M
Norges bank	4.07M	0.01%	4.07M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Bessemer group	8.50M	0.40%	-18.09M
Viking global investors lp	-	-	-13.21M
Barrow hanley mewhinney & strauss	29.13M	2.96%	-6.98M
Goldentree asset management lp	-	-	-5.15M
Los angeles capital management	-	-	-4.87M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	4.07M	0.01%	4.07M	$124.20M
Alua capital management lp	2.37M	4.73%	2.37M	$68.56M
Corvex management lp	1.29M	1.24%	1.29M	$37.32M
Melqart asset management (uk)	590.11K	2.28%	590.11K	$17.06M
Ing groep nv	507.93K	0.09%	507.93K	$15.51M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Halbert hargrove global advisors	-1.00
Newsquare capital	-5.00
Frazier financial advisors	-6.00
Whittier trust co of nevada	-13.00
Meadowbrook investment advisors	-13.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	703	-37.95%	457,559,348	-46.83%	34	0.81%	324	-40.77%	194	-30.22%
Sep 30, 2025	665	-38.20%	436,753,521	-44.27%	33	0.93%	316	-42.44%	169	-38.32%
Jun 30, 2025	1,074	6.76%	824,127,056	6.88%	62	1.81%	546	16.67%	275	0.36%
Mar 31, 2025	30	-97.07%	14,373,822	-98.07%	1	0.03%	11	-97.79%	5	-98.05%
Dec 31, 2024	685	-27.05%	482,095,119	-31.54%	37	1.20%	331	-12.89%	179	-34.19%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	33.16M	2.39%	71.08K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	30.25M	2.24%	-1.81M
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	27.66M	2.00%	172.72K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	22.76M	1.64%	-118.90K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	13.83M	1.00%	3.36M
Fidelity 500 Index	13.73M	0.99%	20.40K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	12.93M	0.96%	-187.09K
CREF Growth R3	13.25M	0.96%	-
CREF Growth R1	12.85M	0.95%	-106.97K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	12.71M	0.94%	156.10K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Feb 10, 2026	Bernstein David	CFO & CAO	Sell	$12.02M
Feb 10, 2026	Bernstein David	CFO & CAO	Sell	$12.02M
Aug 05, 2025	BAND SIR JONATHON	-	Sell	$371.91K
Aug 05, 2025	BAND SIR JONATHON	-	Sell	$371.91K
May 15, 2025	Bernstein David	CFO & CAO	Sell	$2.40M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	2
2025 Q4	-	-
2025 Q3	-	2
2025 Q2	-	2
2025 Q1	-	-

CCL Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Carnival?

Carnival shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 34.88%, followed by 7.90% insiders and 57.23% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Carnival's industry, Leisure Stocks , is 29.35%, which Carnival exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Carnival?

Carnival’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (128.13M shares, 9.77%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (83.7M shares, 6.38%), and Blackrock (68.77M shares, 5.43%). Together, they hold 21.57% of Carnival’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Carnival?

Yes, BlackRock owns 5.43% of Carnival, totaling 68.77M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.03% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 1.29B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 2.84M shares, a 4.31% change.

Who is Carnival’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Hound partners is Carnival’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 13.69% of its assets in 3.69M Carnival shares, valued at 106.59M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Carnival shares?

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of Carnival shares, with 2.39% of its total shares outstanding invested in 33.16M Carnival shares.

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