Second quarter operating profit for Norwegian salmon giant Marine Harvest is expected to climb to new records, according to estimates SME Direkt has gathered for TDN Finans from eight analysts.

Profit will settle at NOK 936 million (€118.8 million/$158.4 million) on the back of sales of NOK 4.236 billion (€537.6 million/$717 million). The estimate for the pre-tax profit includes capital gain of NOK 133.5 million (€16.9 million/$22.6 million) related to the sale of Cermaq shares.

In its preliminary second quarter results, published on July 12, the company said operating profit amounted to around NOK 900 million (€114.2