Techne Earnings Up
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Techne(TECH Quote) said Wednesday its first-quarter earnings rose 15.5%, helped by higher sales and improved gross margins.
The Minneapolis-based healthcare company earned $19.6 million, or 50 cents a share, in the quarter, compared with $17 million, or 43 cents a share, a year ago. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call were expecting earnings of 49 cents a share in the most recent quarter. First-quarter revenue rose 9.7% to $52.4 million as against analysts' expectation of $52.2 million. Techne plans to pay off its $13.1 million mortgage debt in the second quarter and expects prepayment of the mortgage would reduce earnings by penny a share in the quarter. Gross margin improved 180 basis points to 78.5%. The shares of the company were trading down 3 cents at $54.96 Wednesday.- Loading Comments...
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