Hitachi Q2 EPS $0.32 Misses $0.33 Estimate, Sales $18.246B Beat $17.500B Estimate

Hitachi (OTC:HTHIY) reported quarterly earnings of $0.32 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.33 by 3.03 percent. This is a 23.81 percent decrease over earnings of $0.42 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $18.246 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $17.500 billion by 4.26 percent. This is a 6.36 percent increase over sales of $17.155 billion the same period last year.