DuPont publishes a quarterly profit nearly tripled thanks to a double digit growth in sales in its five main business segments.
The number three of the chemistry in the United States has achieved during April-June net profit of 1.17 billion (900 million euros), or $ 1.26 per share, against 417 million (41 cents / share) on the corresponding period last year.
Excluding items, earnings were $ 1.17 per share.
Financial analysts had expected earnings of 93 cents per share according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S.It was not clear immediately that this consensus is comparable to published results.
The quarterly revenue rose 25.6% to $ 8.62 billion against 8.27 billion expected by the market.
DuPont revised upwards its forecast range for the full year, saying it now expects earnings per share (EPS) of 2.90 to 3.05 dollars excluding special items, against 2.50 to 2.70 far.
The market consensus gives an annual EPS of 2.64 dollars.
The action DuPont, one of the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones gained 2.1% in pre-market transactions, to 39.80 dollars.
