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Carnival (CCL) FY2008 results: revenue $14.6 billion, up 12.4% on the year

Carnival Corp. Ltd. (CCL) reported revenue of $14.6 billion for fiscal 2008, the year ended 30 November 2008, up 12.4% on the year before. Net income was $2.3 billion, down 3.5%, and diluted earnings per share $2.90. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 29 January 2010.

Revenue
$14.6 billion
+12.4% on the year
FY2007FY2008
Operating margin
18.6%
20.9% a year earlier
FY2007FY2008
Net income
$2.3 billion
-3.5% on the year
FY2007FY2008
Diluted EPS
$2.90
-1.7% on the year
FY2007FY2008

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The year in brief

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionFY2008FY2007On the yearLast 8 years
Revenue14,64613,033+12.4%
Cost of revenue9,3407,628+22.4%
Gross profit5,3065,405-1.8%
Gross margin36.2%41.5%
Selling, general and administrative1,6291,579+3.2%
Operating income2,7292,725+0.1%
Operating margin18.6%20.9%
Interest expense420367+14.4%
Pre-tax income2,3712,424-2.2%
Income tax47.016.0+193.8%
Effective tax rate2.0%0.7%
Net income2,3242,408-3.5%
Net margin15.9%18.5%
Diluted EPS$2.90$2.95-1.7%
$ million except per share.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ millionFY2008FY2007On the yearLast 8 years
Operating cash flow3,3914,069-16.7%
Capital expenditure3,3533,312+1.2%
Free cash flow38.0757-95.0%
Free cash flow margin0.3%5.8%
Cash from investing-3,255-3,746
Cash from financing-315-604
Depreciation and amortisation1,2491,101+13.4%
Share-based compensation50.064.0-21.9%
Buybacks98.0326-69.9%
Dividends paid1,261990+27.4%
Dividend per share$1.60$1.38+16.4%
Diluted shares, weighted816mn/a

Balance sheet

$ millionFY2008FY2007On the yearLast 8 years
Shareholders' equity19,13720,023-4.4%
Short-term borrowings256n/a
Debt8,816n/a
Other liabilities5,191n/a
Total liabilities and equity33,400n/a
Fixed assets26,457n/a
Goodwill3,266n/a
Cash and equivalents650943-31.1%
Receivables418n/a
Inventory315n/a
Other assets2,294n/a
Total assets33,400n/a

10-K for the year ended 30 November 2008, filed 29 January 2010: the filing.