By Kimberly Chin

 

Carnival Corp. (CCL) said profit fell roughly 20% in the second quarter due to higher operating costs and expenses, though sales climbed.

Net income for the cruise operator was $451 million, or 65 cents a share, down from $561 million, or 78 cents a share, a year earlier. Adjusted earnings were 66 cents a share.

Analysts polled by Refinitiv expected earnings of 64 cents a share, and adjusted earnings of 61 cents a share.

Revenue rose 11% for the quarter to $4.84 billion from a year ago. Analysts expected revenue of $4.53 billion.

Shares of Carnival fell 5.4% to $50.01 in premarket trading.

 

Write to Kimberly Chin at kimberly.chin@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

June 20, 2019 07:27 ET (11:27 GMT)

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