Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings has closed second trimester 2016 with a profit clearly of 145,2 million dollars (- 8.4%)



In according to trimester of this year revenues of the crocieristico group Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) they have recorded an increment of +9.3% having attested to 1,19 billion dollars regarding 1,08 billion dollars in the period April-june of 2015. The increase is mainly determined by the income in service of the Norwegian ship Escape of the brand Norwegian Cruise Line and the ship Siren of the brand Oceania Cruises. The crocieristico group has specified that the increase of the volume of transactions is generated also by the rise of the prices of the cruises that has been partially balanced from the effect of four periods of breaking in of ships in dry dock for maintenance work.

In according to trimester of 2016 the EBITDA is piled to 320,9 million dollars (+0.8%) and the EBITDA rectified to 351,1 million dollars (+12.0%). The operating profit has turned out pairs to 227,0 million dollars (+4.4%) and the profit clearly to 145,2 million dollars (- 8.4%).

In the period April-june of this year the fleet of the companies of group NCLH has accommodated 575 thousand passengers (+8.9%).

In the first six months of the 2016 crocieristico group, that it has registered office in the Bermudas and operating to Miami, it has totaled a profit clearly of 218,5 million dollars on revenues pairs to 2,26 billion dollars, with increases respective of +59.4% and +11.9% on the first half last year. EBITDA and EBITDA rectified have turned out pairs to 556,3 million dollars (+24.0%) and 603,9 million dollars (+18.3%) and the EBIT to 358,3 million dollars (+29.0%).

In the first semester of this year the passengers accommodated on the ships of the group have been 1,13 million (+8.2%).

"Entering in the second half of the year - it has said the president and managing director of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Frank Del Rio, speaking about the perspectives for the next months - we are revaluing the relative forecasts to our returns mainly because of four factors: the prosecuzione of the weakening of the question by the North Americans, that they are our main customers, relative to the European cruises in a moment in which half of our fleet it is employed in the region, included eight of our ships who anticipate the higher economic results, the effect of a British pound more weak person that are keep on the ballot on the Brexit, the variation of the precedence forecasts on the prices of the cruises with departure from Miami for the Caribbean, that they continue to being advanced to those last year in spite of a doubling of the ability in the low season months, and the effect ofthe plan of maintenance of the level of the prices in order to diminish the reductions in price. As a result of this re-examination of the forecasts - it has concluded Del Rio - we confide to achieve an important increase of the profits for the entire year a 2016 and increase of the comprised rectified profit per.share for 2017 between +15% and +25%".