* Q2 EPS $0.64 vs Street view $0.59
* Same-store sales rise 9.5 percent
* Shares up almost 3 percent after-hours
May 2 (Reuters) – Upscale grocer Whole Foods Market Inc
reported quarterly profit that topped Wall Street’s view
after sales at established stores came in better than expected.
Net income at the Austin, Texas-based company rose to $117.7
million, or 64 cents per share for the fiscal second quarter
ended April 8, up from $89.9 million, or 51 cents per share a
year ago
Analysts, on average, expected a profit of 59 cents per
share in the latest quarter, according to Thomson Reuters
I/B/E/S.
Same-store sales rose 9.5 percent, more than the 8.8 percent
gain analysts had expected on average, according to Thomson
Reuters data.
Shares of Whole Foods rose 2.6 percent to $86.50 in extended
trading.
