Carnival (NYSE:CCL) stock is taking a beating on Wednesday after the cruise line announced a $1 billion debt offering.
According to a press release from Carnival, the convertible senior notes will be due in 2027. The offering from the company is private and it will only offer the notes to eligible institutional investors.
Carnival notes that the issuing of the senior notes is part of its 2024 refinancing plans. The company seeks to use the funds from this offering to pay debts that mature in 2024. It will also use the money for other general corporate purposes.
When the time comes for Carnival to pay off the senior notes, it has a couple of options available. The company can either use cash, stock, or a mix of the two to pay back holders of the debt.
CCL Stock Holders Aren’t Reacting Well to the Debt Offering
Carnival trying to hold off its debts with more debt isn’t going over well with traders. While it pushes off the company’s upcoming debt repayment, taking out more debt to do it has rattled investors.
As a result, strong trading is dragging CCL stock down today as shareholders sell. This has some 55 million shares of the stock on the move as of this writing. That’s quickly approaching its daily average trading volume of about 61 million shares.
CCL stock is down 13.4% as of Wednesday afternoon.
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On the date of publication, William White did not have (either directly or indirectly) any positions in the securities mentioned in this article. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the writer, subject to the InvestorPlace.com Publishing Guidelines.
