Companies reporting quarterly earnings Wednesday included:
AT&T Inc., the nation’s largest telecommunications company, a profit of $ 3. 77 billion, or 63 cents a share, from $ 2. 90 billion, or 47 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue rose 4. 7 percent from a year ago to $ 30. 9 billion. Shares rose 39 cents to close at $ 24. 95. Amazon. com Inc., the Web retailer, a profit of $ 158 million, or 37 cents a share, from $ 78 million, or 19 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue rose 41 percent from last year to $ 4. 06 billion. Shares rose $ 2. 57 to close at $ 70. 54. ConocoPhillips, the third-largest U. S. oil company, a profit of $ 5. 44 billion, or $ 3. 50 a share, from $ 301 million, or 18 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue rose to $ 71. 4 billion from $ 47. 4 billion a year ago. Shares fell $ 2. 38 to close at $ 81. 93. McDonald’s Corp., the nation’s No. 1 hamburger chain, a profit of $ 1. 19 billion from a loss of $ 711. 7 million a year ago. Revenue rose 4 percent to $ 6. 08 billion from $ 5. 84 billion a year ago. Shares fell 45 cents to close at $ 59. 67.
Boeing Co., the world’s secondlargest commercial airplane maker, a profit of $ 852 million, or $ 1. 16 a share, from $ 1. 05 billion, or $ 1. 35 a share, a year ago. Revenue remained flat from a year ago at $ 17 billion. Shares fell $ 2. 59 to close at $ 66. 68. PepsiCo Inc., the drinks and snacks company, a profit of $ 1. 7 billion, or $ 1. 05 a share, from $ 1. 56 billion, or 94 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue rose 14 percent to $ 10. 95 billion from $ 9. 61 billion a year ago. Shares rose $ 1. 50 to close at $ 67. 69. Hershey Co., the nation’s largest candy maker, a profit of $ 41. 5 million, or 18 cents a share, from $ 3. 6 million, or 1 cent a share, a year ago. Revenue rose 5 percent from a year ago to $ 1. 1 billion. Shares rose $ 1. 90 to close at $ 36. 85. General Dynamics Corp., the defense contractor, a profit of $ 641 million, or $ 1. 60 a share, from $ 513 million, or $ 1. 26 a share, a year ago. Revenue rose nearly 11 percent from a year ago to $ 7. 30 billion. Shares rose $ 5. 74 to close at $ 89. 19. Whirlpool Corp., the household appliance maker, a profit of $ 117 million, or $ 1. 53 a share, from $ 161 million, or $ 2 a share, a year ago. Revenue rose 5 percent to $ 5. 1 billion from $ 4. 9 billion a year ago. Shares rose $ 8. 54 to close at $ 76. 69.
Philip Morris International, the tobacco company, a profit of $ 1. 82 billion, or 86 cents a share, from $ 1. 48 billion, or 70 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue rose 15 percent to $ 6. 71 billion from $ 5. 84 billion. Shares fell 58 cents to close at $ 51. 47. Northwest Airlines Corp., a loss of $ 377 million, or $ 1. 43 a share, from a profit of $ 2. 15 billion a year ago. Revenue rose 12 percent to $ 3. 58 billion. Shares rose $ 1. 27 to close at $ 10. 35.
Peabody Energy Corp., the coal mining company, a profit of $ 233. 4 million, or 86 cents a share, from $ 107. 7 million, or 40 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue rose 43 percent to $ 1. 53 billion from $ 1. 07 billion a year ago. Shares fell $ 2. 50 to close at $ 62. 53. The Travelers Cos. Inc., the No. 2 U. S. property and casualty insurer, a profit of $ 942 million, or $ 1. 54 a share, from $ 1. 25 billion, or $ 1. 86 a share, a year ago. Revenue for the quarter was not stated. Shares rose 94 cents to close at $ 45. 60.
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