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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL)

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Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Jun 30, 2017 Mar 31, 2017
Net income (loss) (521,582) (1,167,142) (1,356,968) (1,424,554) (1,347,255) (1,131,722) (1,366,935) (1,339,312) (1,631,848) (1,437,035) 280,474 890,365 479,955 256,806 320,453 810,391 466,295 218,653 288,039 752,842 369,526 214,726
Depreciation and amortization 351,542 339,467 333,366 325,907 323,439 310,166 318,028 317,139 319,757 324,330 321,762 320,295 311,600 292,285 280,168 259,923 253,376 240,230 240,358 240,150 234,937 235,749
Impairment and credit losses (recoveries) (10,943) 173 42,067 (238) 40,621 (449) 211,866 89,899 156,497 1,108,118 — — — — — — 10,308 23,343 — — — —
Net deferred income tax expense (benefit) (6,138) (3,067) (11,584) (22,945) (4,894) (3,556) (4,205) (1,920) (2,919) 253 3,081 870 811 2,983 247 (2,033) 611 (1,504) 1,214 (568) 474 610
(Gain) loss on derivative instruments not designated as hedges 76,372 10,873 10,068 4,603 (16,654) 491 (15,225) (19,739) (36,485) 120,765 (25,660) 24,942 4,067 (4,780) 19,751 11,647 37,560 (7,810) (4,868) (21,848) (21,176) (13,812)
Share-based compensation (income) expense (12,705) 22,839 8,203 19,873 16,728 18,834 9,908 21,107 16,192 (7,428) 24,674 9,282 14,652 27,322 (17,359) 31,601 11,655 20,164 16,990 17,090 18,117 17,262
Equity investment (income) loss 13,179 31,059 (1,575) 29,085 48,088 59,871 73,028 78,013 51,853 10,392 (60,587) (103,654) (33,045) (33,694) (42,524) (95,169) (44,311) (28,752) (35,888) (85,120) (23,359) (11,880)
Amortization of debt issuance costs 37,667 39,341 30,605 22,011 36,919 35,581 34,555 26,080 21,012 7,795 7,837 3,687 10,101 10,366 10,322 15,373 6,175 10,108 8,381 11,527 12,779 13,256
Amortization of debt discounts and premiums 3,877 3,849 29,922 36,908 27,305 29,304 30,446 29,662 53 6,615 7,680 7,233 8,434 7,916 — — — — — — — —
(Gain) loss on extinguishment of debt — — — 141,915 (3,156) — — 774 40,335 — — — 6,326 — — — — — — — — —
Currency translation adjustment losses — — — — — — — — 69,044 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Change in fair value of contingent consideration — — — — — — — (521) 6,414 (51,019) 7,700 — 10,700 — — — — — — — — —
Gain on sale of property and equipment — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (30,902)
Gain on sale of unconsolidated affiliate — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (13,680) — — — — —
Recognition of deferred gain — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (21,794) — — — — —
(Increase) decrease in trade and other receivables, net (169,369) (32,236) 43,828 (44,973) (108,165) (72,397) (12,714) 38,896 10,295 84,578 26,784 (22,420) 30,120 (44,382) 7,568 (33,303) 26,343 (10,181) (48,288) (16,800) 33,873 (828)
(Increase) decrease in inventories (49,642) (29,242) (7,816) (9,520) (13,483) (3,708) 7,402 10,164 25,109 (15,598) 5,107 796 (10,070) (4,366) (2,089) (11,275) (11,052) 567 8,555 (10,813) (709) 5,391
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets (44,554) (124,394) (28,136) (48,722) (49,095) (26,118) 24,561 21,834 225,005 24,476 (26,088) 93,200 (39,120) (12,323) 4,701 76,155 (62,901) (89,725) 10,648 47,142 (4,848) (32,083)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable 109,320 112,426 81,303 69,142 45,572 (7,499) (43,509) (208,704) (732,944) 851,342 24,270 7,417 34,751 8,843 56,304 (23,409) (51,625) 110,467 (40,656) 7,802 13,261 56,373
Increase (decrease) in accrued interest 38,282 11,373 2,991 (21,360) 33,401 (15,726) 18,294 112,170 7,466 44,648 (54,471) 49,248 (44,818) 45,581 (26,962) 32,029 (29,213) 42,919 (45,445) 41,262 (39,720) 45,206
Increase (decrease) in accrued expenses and other liabilities 97,604 (130,441) 241,357 117,117 11,085 (134,113) (92,543) (70,826) (127,550) 110,440 15,464 46,970 102,744 (68,688) 58,793 55,398 37,882 (109,136) 21,345 60,059 10,155 (57,344)
Increase (decrease) in customer deposits 601,342 406,534 394,717 402,645 533,362 95,923 (35,205) 14,366 (663,166) (959,555) 18,804 (499,100) 179,700 580,735 36,760 (391,190) 262,542 477,878 17,850 (306,691) 229,811 333,735
Changes in operating assets and liabilities 582,983 214,020 728,244 464,329 452,677 (163,638) (133,714) (82,100) (1,255,785) 140,331 9,870 (323,889) 253,307 505,400 135,075 (295,595) 171,976 422,789 (75,991) (178,039) 241,823 350,450
Dividends received from unconsolidated affiliates — — — — — — — 224 — 1,991 1,892 67,713 38,137 42,435 1,404 82,755 121,024 37,918 2,410 49,865 29,405 27,997
Other, net (35,612) (20,259) (17,394) (109) (34,189) 35,935 16,850 23,262 (1,653) (26,398) 30,575 14,697 12,028 (28,585) 24,618 (3,495) 8,269 (11,017) (20,680) 9,422 228 (6,930)
Adjustments 1,000,222 638,295 1,151,922 1,021,339 886,884 322,539 541,537 481,880 (615,685) 1,635,745 328,824 21,176 637,118 821,648 411,702 5,007 541,169 705,469 131,926 42,479 493,228 581,800
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 478,640 (528,847) (205,046) (403,215) (460,371) (809,183) (825,398) (857,432) (2,247,533) 198,710 609,298 911,541 1,117,073 1,078,454 732,155 815,398 1,007,464 924,122 419,965 795,321 862,754 796,526
Purchases of property and equipment (954,661) (1,363,086) (575,433) (368,096) (224,484) (1,061,691) (391,890) (181,350) (139,337) (1,252,554) (682,768) (475,754) (1,396,025) (470,116) (1,150,901) (296,247) (492,648) (1,720,232) (176,803) (115,794) (148,758) (122,783)
Cash received on settlement of derivative financial instruments 30,423 5,650 16,995 2,731 21,008 3,758 12,103 2,213 426 1,132 1,179 238 401 5,803 2,521 4,813 4,708 64,487 6,220 22,138 21,054 13,812
Cash paid on settlement of derivative financial instruments (187,194) (77,853) (19,333) (20,795) (6,759) (27,362) (21,395) (22,422) (20,943) (96,575) 17,835 (30,913) (55,080) (678) (47,183) (15,993) (34,898) — — — — —
Investments in and loans to unconsolidated affiliates (614) — (144) — 285 (70,369) (12,666) — (85,943) (2,000) (18,680) (3,843) (3,046) — (11,978) (15,194) — — (10,396) — — —
Cash received on loans to unconsolidated affiliates 4,256 4,444 5,687 5,520 7,608 12,519 5,505 5,340 5,081 5,160 5,173 8,188 7,685 11,824 74,737 11,894 23,654 13,953 30,670 8,146 18,476 5,011
Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment and other assets 10 65 600 — — 175,439 22,540 — — 5,256 — — — — — — — — — — — 230,000
Proceeds from the sale of unconsolidated affiliate — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 13,215 — — — — —
Acquisition of Silversea Cruises, net of cash acquired — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (916,135) — — — — — —
Other, net 23,374 (12,361) (12,877) 4,081 (13,773) 146 (4,070) (997) (9,584) (1,596) (11,801) (855) (2,892) 2,719 2,258 9,231 (9,867) (3,353) 14,728 (169) (6,704) (2,440)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (1,084,406) (1,443,141) (584,505) (376,559) (216,115) (967,560) (389,873) (197,216) (250,300) (1,341,177) (689,062) (502,939) (1,448,957) (450,448) (1,130,546) (1,217,631) (495,836) (1,645,145) (135,581) (85,679) (115,932) 123,600
Debt proceeds 1,481,597 2,349,969 323,712 1,000,000 650,000 2,494,077 875,000 — 5,620,000 7,052,189 445,000 331,000 2,432,754 316,810 1,964,445 2,696,973 1,384,585 2,544,737 2,184,966 1,446,000 1,230,000 1,006,000
Debt issuance costs (40,183) (93,763) (42,551) (48,387) (28,645) (82,115) (26,597) (71,123) (214,649) (62,346) (7,857) (7,037) (31,779) (3,675) (27,184) (6,240) (7,191) (41,344) (25,603) (11,412) (4,192) (10,383)
Repayments of debt (699,175) (1,007,632) (84,480) (1,027,020) (757,512) (427,978) (414,888) (5,858) (2,502,520) (921,867) (635,905) (415,446) (1,862,219) (1,146,674) (1,129,909) (2,803,658) (1,635,722) (1,394,222) (2,236,889) (1,908,308) (1,849,488) (1,840,402)
Premium on repayment of debt — — — (135,372) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Proceeds from issuance of commercial paper notes — — — — — — — 77 368,952 6,396,787 6,433,123 6,471,881 8,295,702 5,039,834 2,564,295 2,165,991 — — — — — —
Repayments of commercial paper notes — — — — — (414,570) — — (343,610) (7,494,025) (5,928,823) (6,603,500) (8,369,580) (4,711,208) (2,794,450) (1,171,000) — — — — — —
Purchase of treasury stock — — — — — — — — — — (99,582) — — — — (205,563) (94,438) (275,038) (99,999) (124,999) — —
Dividends paid — — — — — — — — (162,858) (163,563) (163,131) (146,346) (146,380) (146,817) (146,029) (126,820) (126,805) (127,840) (128,293) (103,123) (103,097) (102,942)
Proceeds from common stock issuances — — — — 4,626 1,617,234 1,431,375 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Other, net (207) (10,843) 5,337 30,346 (33,401) (2,724) 15,136 2,460 (11,321) (16,963) 1,713 3,436 286 (15,951) 1,151 2,114 (18,325) 5,560 (268) 1,625 1,678 3,333
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 742,032 1,237,731 202,018 (180,433) (164,932) 3,183,924 1,880,026 (74,444) 2,753,994 4,790,212 44,538 (366,012) 318,784 (667,681) 432,319 551,797 (497,896) 711,853 (306,086) (700,217) (725,099) (944,394)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (2,565) 991 (23) (836) 324 (192) 2,931 (811) (281) (672) 2,234 (861) (96) 20 (897) (3,741) (15,979) 303 1,864 48 (555) 974
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 133,701 (733,266) (587,556) (961,043) (841,094) 1,406,989 667,686 (1,129,903) 255,880 3,647,073 (32,992) 41,729 (13,196) (39,655) 33,031 145,823 (2,247) (8,867) (19,838) 9,473 21,168 (23,294)

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31).


The financial trajectory of the company is characterized by a period of stable profitability and cash generation from 2017 through 2019, followed by a severe contraction starting in early 2020, and a gradual recovery phase beginning in 2022. The transition from consistent positive net income to substantial quarterly losses illustrates the extreme impact of external disruptions on operating viability, necessitating a fundamental shift in financing strategies to maintain liquidity.

Operating Performance and Cash Flow Trends
From March 2017 to December 2019, net income remained consistently positive, typically ranging between 200 million and 900 million US dollars per quarter. However, a sharp reversal occurred in the first quarter of 2020, with losses escalating to 1.4 billion US dollars and persisting throughout 2021. Net cash provided by operating activities followed a similar pattern, shifting from a reliable positive stream (averaging approximately 800 million to 1 billion US dollars per quarter in 2018-2019) to significant cash outflows that peaked in mid-2020 at 2.2 billion US dollars. A return to positive operating cash flow was observed by June 30, 2022, reaching 478.6 million US dollars.
Capital Expenditure and Investing Activities
Investing activities remained consistently negative, reflecting a sustained commitment to property and equipment purchases. Expenditures on these assets remained high regardless of the operating environment, though they fluctuated, with significant peaks such as the 1.7 billion US dollar spend in March 2018 and the acquisition of Silversea Cruises for approximately 916 million US dollars in September 2018. The persistence of these outflows during the 2020-2021 period indicates a strategy of maintaining fleet modernization despite the absence of operational revenue.
Financing Strategy and Liquidity Management
The company transitioned from a period of debt repayment and treasury stock purchases (2017-2019) to an aggressive capital raising phase to survive the 2020 crisis. Debt proceeds spiked dramatically in the first half of 2020, with a single quarter seeing 7.05 billion US dollars in new debt. This was supplemented by proceeds from common stock issuances totaling over 3 billion US dollars between late 2020 and early 2021. These financing activities were critical in offsetting the massive operating losses and funding continued capital expenditures.
Working Capital and Liability Dynamics
Customer deposits served as a primary indicator of business volatility and recovery. A massive outflow of deposits occurred in the first half of 2020, reflecting cancellations and refunds. Subsequently, a strong upward trend in customer deposits emerged starting in mid-2021, culminating in 601.3 million US dollars in June 2022, which signals a resurgence in forward bookings and consumer demand. Additionally, the company experienced a significant spike in impairment and credit losses in March 2020, totaling 1.1 billion US dollars, which further pressured the bottom line during the initial phase of the downturn.

Overall, the data demonstrates a successful pivot from a growth-and-dividend model to a survival-and-liquidity model, and finally toward a recovery phase. The ability to secure massive amounts of debt and equity financing allowed the company to sustain its infrastructure and asset base during a period of negative operating cash flow, positioning it for the operational rebound observed in the second quarter of 2022.

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