Unilever's (UN: chart) net profit totaled 934 million euros ($1.21 billion), up vs. 753 million euros, while net sales climbed 4% to 9.27 billion euros ($12.07 billion) vs. 9.06 billion euros.

Shares advanced 2.4% to 52.40 euros ($67.9) in morning trade on the Amsterdam Euronext Stock Exchange. Analysts said the results were better than expected.

Emeryville, California-based Pixar Animation Studios (PIXR: chart) said 1Q earnings and revenue tripled on strong home-video sales of 'The Incredibles', one of the company’s latest movies. The company also announced that it had started informal conversations with Walt Disney Co. that could result in a new distribution deal with the Hollywood studio.

Pixar reported 1Q net income of $81.9 million, or 67 cents a share, versus net income of $26.7 million, or 23 cents a share, a year ago. The results topped both Pixar's forecast and the consensus anaysts’ estimate.

Revenue climbed to $161.2 million from $53.8 million, well ahead of the $116 million forecast by analysts. The strong results sent the company shares up 4.8% to $48.50 in after-hours trading.

Antivirus software maker McAfee Inc. (MFE: chart) said Thursday that 1Q earnings declined 38% from the year-earlier period. Net income dropped to $35.9 million, or 21 cents per share, versus $58 million, or 33 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding items, the company earned $45.6 million, or 27 cents per share, in the latest quarter, up vs. $20.9 million, or 11 cents per share. Revenue increased to $235.7 million vs. $219.1 million last year.

Analysts were looking for the company to report earnings of 19 cents per share on sales of $216.8 million in the latest quarter. McAfee expects to post operating profit of 24 cents per share on revenue of $220 million to $230 million in 2Q. The company also boosted full year operating earnings estimates to between $1.15 and $1.20 per share on revenue of $955 million to $975 million.

The business management company S1 Corp. (SONE: chart) reported 1Q results that missed expectations and gave an outlook that was below analyst forecasts. The company reported 1Q earnings of $444,000, or 1 cent a share, vs. $720,000, or 1 cent a share, in the same period a year earlier. Revenue rose 11% to $62.4 million from last year's $56.1 million, with license revenue increasing 14% to $13.2 million. Analysts were looking for earnings of 3 cents a share and revenue of $65.3 million, on average.

Looking ahead, the company expects earnings of 1 to 2 cents a share for 2Q, below analyst forecasts of 6 cents a share. Revenue is expected to be $63 million to $64.5 million, below analyst forecasts of $68.9 million.

The Mills Corp. (MLS: chart) on Friday posted a 1Q net loss of $4.8 million, or 7 cents a share, vs. net income of $94 million, or $1.45 a share, a year ago. Funds from operations were 92 cents a share, up vs. 88 cents a share. Analysts forecasted funds from operations of 97 cents a share. Revenue climbed to $177 million vs. $99 million. The company said it projects full year earnings of $1.64-$1.74 a share.

The home energy distributor Star Gas Partners L.P. (SGU: chart) reported a net loss of $24.1 million, or 67 cents a share, for 2Q ended March 31, a downturn from the prior year's net profit of $80.7 million, or $2.27 a share. Excluding discontinued operations, the company posted a loss of 74 cents a share for the latest quarter versus earnings of $1.50 a share a year ago. 2Q sales totaled $555.3 million vs. $481.8 million. Analysts had forecast a profit of 48 cents a share on revenue of $496 million.

W&T Offshore Inc. (WTI: chart) said 1Q net income rose to $39.3 million, or 60 cents a share, versus $38 million, or 58 cents a share, with revenue up to $129 million from $123 million. Production was 19.3 billion cubic feet of gas. The company projects 2Q production in the range of 18.3 and 19.3 billion cubic feet of gas equivalent and 2005 production at between 83.1 and 87.4 billion cubic feet of gas equivalent.

InfraSource Services Inc. (IFS: chart), a specialty contractor servicing utility transmission and distribution infrastructure in the U.S., reported 1Q net income more than doubled. Profit reached $2.7 million, or 7 cents a share, from $1.1 million, or 4 cents, in the year-ago period. Excluding the special items, earnings were $1.6 million versus $4.7 million. Revenue climbed to $182.9 million from $146.9 million.

The outsourcing services company StarTek Inc. (SRT: chart) said that 1Q EPS slid to 18 cents, from 46 cents a year earlier, while revenue plunged 14.2% to $54.3 million, primarily on a decline in supply chain management services and the use of a tiered incentive pricing model. Net income declined to $2.6 million, from $6.9 million a year earlier.

Cookson Group PLC (CKSN: chart), a maker of electronics materials for semiconductors and circuit boards, said 1Q pre-tax operating profit before exceptional items dropped to 13 million pounds from 14.5 million pounds in the year-ago comparable quarter. Pre-tax profit after items totaled 10 million pounds versus 4 million pounds a year earlier. Sales for the quarter dropped 1% to 387 million pounds due to lower contributions from the electronics and precious metals divisions and joint ventures.