LITTLE ROCK — Companies reporting quarterly earnings Tuesday included:
ConocoPhillips, the third-largest U.S. oil company, said third-quarter net income fell to $3.67 billion, or $2.23 per share, from $3.88 billion, or $2.31 per share, during the same period a year earlier. Revenue fell to $46.1 billion from $48.1 billion. Shares dropped $1.57 to $81.65.
Boeing Co., the world's No. 2 commercial airplane maker, said third-quarter net income rose to $1.11 billion, or $1.44 a share, from $694 million, or 89 cents, a year earlier. Sales grew 12 percent to $16.5 billion. Shares fell 69 cents to $94.26.
WellPoint Inc., the second-largest American health insurer, said third-quarter net income climbed to $868 million, or $1.45 a share, from $810.8 million, or $1.29, a year earlier. Revenue rose 5.4 percent to $15.2 billion. Shares fell $1.14 to $78.34.
Corning Inc., the biggest maker of glass for liquid-crystal display screens, said third-quarter net income rose to $617 million, or 38 cents a share, from $438 million, or 27 cents, a year earlier. Revenue climbed 21 percent to $1.55 billion. Shares dropped $1.54 to $23.20.
Tribune Co., the newspaper publisher and Chicago Cubs owner, reported third-quarter net income declined 7 percent to $152.8 million from $164.3 million a year earlier. Sales fell 4.1 percent to $1.28 billion. Shares gained 63 cents to $28.18.
Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., the all-electronic stock exchange, said third-quarter net income climbed to $365 million, or $2.41 a share, from $30.2 million, or 22 cents, ayear earlier. Excluding the sale of its stake in London Stock Exchange and some costs, profit would have been 42 cents a share. Third-quarter total revenue rose 62 percent to $652 million. Shares rose 42 cents to $42.50.
Anheuser-Busch reported net income climbed 11 percent to $706.7 million, or 95 cents a share, from $637.5 million, or 82 cents, a year earlier. Sales rose 7.9 percent to $4.62 billion. Shares rose 32 cents to close at $51.87.
AutoNation Inc., the largest U.S. auto retailer, said third-quarter net income slid to $72.1 million, or 37 cents a share, from $81.8 million, or 38 cents, a year earlier. Sales declined 5.2 percent to $4.6 billion. Shares rose 20 cents to $17.57.
Business, Pages 30 on 10/25/2007