Johnson & Johnson Shares Rise On Q1 Profit And Revenue Beat And Raised Guidance -- MarketWatch

Dow Jones
15 Apr

Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ shares rose 0.4% in premarket trades after the medical-technology and drug company beat Wall Street's profit and revenue estimates and raised its full-year sales guidance.

Johnson & Johnson reported per-share earnings of $4.54 for the quarter, which includes the reversal of special charges, up from $1.34 a share in the prior year's quarter.

Adjusted for one-time items, EPS came to $2.77 a share, above the $2.58 FactSet consensus.

Sales rose 2.4% to $21.893 billion, above the FactSet consensus of $21.559 billion. The New Brunswick, N.J.-based company raised its full-year operational sales guidance to a range of $91.6 billion to $92.4 billion, from its prior outlook of $90.9 billion to $91.7 billion. Johnson & Johnson said that this reflects the addition of the CAPLYTA medication for treating bi-polar depression following the completion of the Intra-Cellular Therapies acquisition.

In a separate announcement, Johnson & Johnson announced a 4.8% increase in its quarterly dividend, from $1.24 to $1.30 a share. The raised marked the 63rd year of consecutive dividend raises, the company said.

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