* Q2 EPS $0.56 vs est $0.52
* Sales up 3 pct
July 29 (Reuters) - Diversified manufacturer Curtiss-Wright Corp posted better-than-expected quarterly results helped by higher sales at its flow control and metal treatment segments.
For the second quarter, net income was $26 million, or 56 cents a share, compared with $24 million, or 54 cents a share, a year ago.
Sales rose 3 percent to $462 million.
Sales at its flow control segment grew 4 percent to $252 million, while sales at the metal treatment segment were up 11 percent at $55 million.
Analysts on average were expecting earnings of 52 cents a share, before special items, on revenue of $451.1 million according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Shares of the company closed at $30.99 Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange.
(Reporting by Divya Sharma in Bangalore; Editing by Roshni Menon) Keywords: CURTISWRIGHT/ (divya.sharma@thomsonreuters.com; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780; outside U.S. +91 80 4135 5800; Reuters Messaging: divya.sharma.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
* Sales up 3 pct
July 29 (Reuters) - Diversified manufacturer Curtiss-Wright Corp posted better-than-expected quarterly results helped by higher sales at its flow control and metal treatment segments.
For the second quarter, net income was $26 million, or 56 cents a share, compared with $24 million, or 54 cents a share, a year ago.
Sales rose 3 percent to $462 million.
Sales at its flow control segment grew 4 percent to $252 million, while sales at the metal treatment segment were up 11 percent at $55 million.
Analysts on average were expecting earnings of 52 cents a share, before special items, on revenue of $451.1 million according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Shares of the company closed at $30.99 Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange.
(Reporting by Divya Sharma in Bangalore; Editing by Roshni Menon) Keywords: CURTISWRIGHT/ (divya.sharma@thomsonreuters.com; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780; outside U.S. +91 80 4135 5800; Reuters Messaging: divya.sharma.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.