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ATK delivers strong operating margins
ATK has reported operating results for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2012, which ended on July 3, 2011. Fully diluted earnings per share were $2.13, compared to $2.24 in the prior-year period. The first quarter results included a onetime discrete tax benefit of $0.11 per share. Margins in the first quarter improved to 12.1 percent compared to 11.1 per cent in the prior-year quarter. The increase reflects a continued focus on efficiency improvements and cost management initiatives throughout the company, and a one-time gain related to the sale of a non-essential parcel of land.
First quarter sales of $1.1 billion were down from the $1.2 billion recorded in the prioryear, reflecting lower sales on NASA’s programmes, as well as lower sales of non-standard ammunition and lower sales at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant. Net income for the quarter was $72 million compared to $75 million in the prior-year quarter.
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