After making big gains of more than 35% in November following positive Covid vaccine news and developments, the cruise stocks have cooled off over the past month. In a research note Friday, Woronka attributed that turnaround “to multiple reasons, with perhaps the most important being a bit less optimism of late about the timing of a return to sailings out of U.S. ports.”
“It’s unlikely, in our view, that entire fleets will be back in the water much before year end,” he wrote. “The critical question is, at what point can enough capacity return such that current (elevated) cash burn levels can be reduced to more manageable levels that might not necessitate further capital raises?”