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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowAllison Transmission Holdings Inc. on Monday afternoon reported higher-than-expected revenue and profit in the third quarter.
The Indianapolis-based manufacturer had sales of $553 million in the quarter ended Sept. 30, a 19-percent increase over the same period of 2013.
Profit rose to $68.8 million, or 38 cents per share, up from $44.5 million, or 24 cents per share, in last year's third quarter.
Analysts had expected earnings per share of 30 cents on revenue of $501.6 million.
The performance exceeded the guidance the company issued July 23, prompting Allison to raise its full-year sales estimates. Allison now expects sales to grow in the range of 7.5 percent to 9 percent over last year, up from prior guidance of 4-percent to 6-percent growth.
Allison said sales increases were driven by the recovering North America on-highway and off-highway markets, and higher demand in service and support.
North American off-highway sales rose 21 percent in the quarter, to $256. Off-highway sales jumped 233 percent, to $30 million. Service and support sales rose 28 percent, to $118 million. Transit bus sales increased 53 percent, to 23 million.
The only segment that slipped was defense sales, which dropped 33 percent, to $35 million.
Allison is the world's largest manufacturer of automatic transmissions for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles.
Allison's stock rose 5.8 percent in after-hours trading, to $31.40 per share.
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