Procter & Gamble Co. today reported a profit of nearly $7.9 billion for the second quarter of the fiscal year, up 146 percent from $3.2 billion in the same period last year.
Core earnings per share, which exclude non-core restructuring charges, early debt retirement fees and the results of discontinued operations, were $1.08, an increase of 4 percent versus the prior year. That beat the expectation of $1.06 per share based on the average of market analysts.
Submitted January 20, 2017 at 08:25AM by ellipses1 http://ift.tt/2k8dIiK
