Leucadia National Corp. Q2 Earnings Advance 249%

(RTTNews) - Leucadia National Corp. (LUK) released a profit for its second quarter that increased compared to the same period last year.

The company said its bottom line came in at $57.29 million, or $0.15 per share. This was higher than $16.41 million, or $0.04 per share, in last year's second quarter.

The company said revenue for the quarter fell 7.4% to $2.63 billion. This was down from $2.84 billion last year.

Leucadia National Corp. earnings at a glance:

-Earnings (Q2): $57.29 Mln. vs. $16.41 Mln. last year. -Earnings Growth (Y-o-Y): 249.1% -EPS (Q2): $0.15 vs. $0.04 last year. -EPS Growth (Y-o-Y): 275.0% -Revenue (Q2): $2.63 Bln vs. $2.84 Bln last year. -Revenue Change (Y-o-Y): -7.4%