Miami-based NCL, which this week reported fourth-quarter net income that was in line with analyst expectations, says it expects to deliver adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of between $2.70 and $2.90 this year.

Robin Farley, an analyst who tracks leisure stocks for investment bank UBS, says the guidance matches the cruiseship owner’s predictions before the deal that the merger would bring “single-digit accretion” in its first full year.