B/E Aerospace Inc., ( BEAV: chart), aircraft cabin products maker, reversed to a Q4 profit of 96 cents a share, benefiting from a $52 million tax benefit. If not for the tax benefit and one-item items, it would have earned 18 cents a share, while sales rose 18% to $223 million.
Volvo Group, ( VOLVY: chart), truck maker, reported that Q4 net income dropped 15% to 7.37 kronor a share, while sales grew 15%. The company announced that operating margin in Q4 fell to 6.5% from 8.2% last year on account of extensive product launches. Volvo stated its income was affected by a 430 million kronor capital gain from the sale of Celero and a 550 million kronor write down of its holdings in Blue Bird. |