WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc. (FBHS) reported that its first-quarter net income attributable to the company climbed to $177.8 million or $1.26 per share from $109.1
AstraZeneca Q1 Profit Climbs
LONDON (dpa-AFX) - AstraZeneca Plc (AZN.L, AZN) reported that its first-quarter profit attributable to owners of the parent climbed to $1.56 billion or $1.18 per share from $780 million or $0.59 per share in the same quarter last year. The latest-quarter result benefitted from a lower tax rate as a result of a non-taxable gain from the divestment of AstraZeneca s share of Viela Bio.
Profit before tax was $1.61 billion, up from $935 million in the prior year.
Core earnings per share grew by 55% or 53% at CER to $1.63.
Total revenue, comprising product sales and collaboration revenue, increased 15% to $7.32 billion from last year. Total revenue rose 11% at constant exchange rates. Total revenue included $275 million of pandemic COVID-19 vaccine sales.
WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Skyworks Solutions Inc. (SWKS) reported that its net income for the second-quarter climbed to $325.0 million or $1.95 per share from $181.1 million or $1.06 per share in
Standard Chartered Q1 Profit Climbs, Says Confident In Outlook; Stock Up
Earnings per share were 32.6 cents, up 17.7 percent from 15 cents last year.
Underlying profit before taxation was $1.45 billion, compared to $1.22 billion a year ago. Underlying earnings per share were 33.5 cents, compared to 25.4 cents last year.
Operating income declined 9 percent to $3.94 billion from prior year s $4.34 billion. Operating income was down 3 percent at constant currency and excluding a $305 million reduction in DVA.
Net interest income fell 10 percent from last year to $1.66 billion.
Looking ahead, Standard Chartered said it still expects the recovery to be volatile and uneven, even as the scale of the US fiscal stimulus and speed of vaccine roll-out have significantly lifted global economic prospects.