Walt
Disney Co. DIS -1.82% said
late Tuesday that its fiscal second-quarter earnings rose to $1.51 billion, or
83 cents a share, from $1.14 billion, or 63 cents a share, in the year-ago
period. Excluding one-time items, the company would have reported 79 cents a
share. Revenue grew to $10.55 billion from $9.63 billion last year. Analysts
surveyed by FactSet expected fiscal second-quarter earnings of 77 cents a share
on revenue of $10.49 billion. Disney shares rose 0.6% to $66.45 in after-hours
trading on moderate volume.
