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How ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$17.9B · 100%Cost of revenue$9.1B · 51%Gross profit$8.9B · 49%Operating income$4.9B · 27%Income before tax$4.4B · 24%Income tax$82M · 0%Net income$4.3B · 24%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$17.9B100%
Cost of revenue$9.1B51%
$8.9B49%
$4.9B27%
Income before tax$4.4B24%
Income tax$82M0%
$4.3B24%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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