Royal Caribbean Cruises has fallen short of Wall Street's expectations in the wake of Hurricane Dorian's onslaught on the Bahamas two months ago.

The Richard Fain-led cruise major posted adjusted profit of $896.8m for the third quarter, up from $836.3m during the same period last year.

Those results gave earnings per share of $4.27, which is an improvement from year-ago EPS of $3.86