Shares of Tiffany and Co. (NYSE: TIF) are trading up 4.6% in the premarket following this morning's third quarter earnings release. The company reported earnings of 71 cents per share. As I had discussed last night in my earnings preview, analysts had only been expecting to see the jewelry and luxury goods retailer show earnings of 25 cents per share. Included in the company's figures were 48 cents per share related to the sale-leaseback of the company's Tokyo flagship store. Excluding that, profit was 23 cents.
The company posted an 18% jump in sales during the quarter, helped by 9% increase in same-store sales.
Looking ahead to the company's full year numbers, Tiffany boosted its outlook from $2.22 to $2.27 per share upwards to a range of $2.25 to $2.30 per share.
Shares are currently trading up $2.25 to $51.00.
[photo : hazydz]
Eliza Popescu is a financial writer for the online investment advisory service Investor's Observer.
Why do we have a weak dollar?
Holiday hiring slow for retailers
Closing Bell: What sell-off? (AIG, ABK, EPR, MBI, JAVA, ORCL, ERTS)
