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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowShares of Cummins Inc. are up 6.7 percent, to $117.2, after the Columbus diesel engine maker this morning reported strong sales across its market segments and raised its earnings outlook.
A one-time tax gain in the second quarter last year resulted in profit slipping 3 percent in the second quarter this year, to $214 million. However, net income before interest and taxes rose 9 percent, to $354 million.
The income was generated by $3.3 billion in revenue, an increase of 18 percent over last year’s second quarter.
Cummins officials called the quarter “tremendous” because the increases came during a stretch of soft heavy-truck sales. Many trucking companies stocked up on trucks last year in anticipation of new emissions standards increasing costs of engines.
Much of the performance for the quarter resulted from diversifying into power generation, and filters and other components.
Cummins boosted its earnings predictions for the year to $7.15 to $7.65 a share, up from $6 to $6.50.
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