Benzinga | Aug 27, 2020 07:30AM EDT

Sanderson Farms Q3 EPS $1.48 Beats $0.95 Estimate, Sales $956.46M Beat $936.04M Estimate

Sanderson Farms (NASDAQ:SAFM) reported quarterly earnings of $1.48 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.95 by 55.79 percent. This is a 38.59 percent decrease over earnings of $2.41 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $956.46 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $936.04 million by 2.18 percent. This is a 1.20 percent increase over sales of $945.15 million the same period last year.