WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Fluor Corp. (FLR) reported net income for the first quarter of $144 million or $0.96 per share, compared to $149 million or $0.92 per share for the year-ago quarter.
Revenue for the first quarter fell to $4.55 billion from $5.38 billion a year ago.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to earn $0.98 per share on revenue of $5.35 billion for the first quarter.
New awards for the first quarter were $4.4 billion, including $2.9 billion in Oil & Gas and $1.4 billion in Industrial & Infrastructure. Consolidated backlog at the end of the first quarter was $41.2 billion, up from $40.2 billion a year ago.
The company maintained its 2015 earnings guidance range of $4.40 to $5.00 per share. Analysts currently expect the company to earn $4.49 per share for the full year 2015.
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