Haemonetics (NYSE:HAE) shares ticked up before hours on first-quarter results that topped the consensus forecast.
Shares of HAE were up 5.1% at $71 apiece before the market opened. They continued to rise and were up 7.8% at $72.84 in early-morning trading.
The Boston-based hematology device company posted profits of $19.9 million, or 38¢ per share, on sales of $261.5 million for the three months ended July 2, 2022, for a massive bottom-line gain out of the red on sales growth of 14.4%.
Adjusted to exclude one-time items, earnings per share were 58¢, 7¢ ahead of Wall Street, where analysts were looking for sales of $249 million.
“Positive first-quarter results across businesses affirm our long-range plan for transformational growth,” Haemonetics CEO Chris Simon said in a news release. Robust growth in plasma is evidence of improving momentum in plasma collections and hospital is an increasingly powerful driver of growth, with vascular closure…