Carnival Corporation & plc, the world;'s largest cruse shipping group, is forecast to report earnings per share (EPS) of $1.44 on 25 September, when the company will publish its interim result for three months to the end of August.

The highest forecast by analysts is $1.46 and the lowest $1.41, according to Thomson Reuters data posted on the company's website. In the third quarter of the 2011 financial year, Carnival reported EPS of $1.69 per share.