Harley-Davidson Q2 Income Advances, Beats Estimates

(RTTNews) - Harley-Davidson (HOG) released a profit for its second quarter that increased from last year and beat the Street estimates.

The company's earnings came in at $218.269 million, or $1.63 per share. This compares with $178.039 million, or $1.22 per share, in last year's second quarter.

Analysts on average had expected the company to earn $1.40 per share, according to figures compiled by Thomson Reuters. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.

The company's revenue for the quarter rose 12.5% to $1.348 billion from $1.198 billion last year.

Harley-Davidson earnings at a glance (GAAP) :

-Earnings (Q2): $218.269 Mln. vs. $178.039 Mln. last year. -EPS (Q2): $1.63 vs. $1.22 last year. -Revenue (Q2): $1.348 Bln vs. $1.198 Bln last year.