Earnings Beats & Misses: (BCR)

Cr Bard Inc (BCR) announced their most recent earnings results for the quarter ended in September 2011. They reported actual earnings per share of $1.62 when they were expecting earnings to be $1.6 per share. Actual earnings beat estimated earnings by $0.02 per share. Investors might expect the stock price to rise on better than expected results. Further analysis on other trends may need to be completed to determine whether the upswing will be confirmed. Guidance, stock price, and revenue estimates must be considered as well. Shares of BCR fell by 3.66% or $-3.21/share to $84.49. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $82.40 and as high as $113.84. On average, 1005130 shares of BCR exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 838614.