July 19, 2017
1 min read
Save

Johnson & Johnson reports second quarter earnings

You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published.

Click Here to Manage Email Alerts

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com.

Johnson & Johnson reported net earnings of $3.8 billion, or $1.40 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2017, compared with net earnings of $3.99 billion, or $1.43 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2016.

Sales increased 1.9% to $18.8 billion in the second quarter, according to a company press release.

Abbott Medical Optics, which was recently acquired by the company, contributed 5.1% to worldwide operational sales growth.

In the second quarter, reported sales in the vision care segment were $1.06 billion compared with $685 million in the second quarter a year ago.