6:50 am Newell Rubbermaid beats by $0.02, reports revs in-line; reaffirms FY15 EPS guidance, revs guidance (NWL) : Reports Q1 (Mar) earnings of $0.36 per share, $0.02 better than the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate of $0.34; revenues rose 4.1% year/year to $1.26 bln vs the $1.27 bln consensus.
•Co reaffirms guidance for FY15, sees EPS of $2.10-2.18 vs. $2.15 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; sees FY15 revs of +3.5-4.5% to ~$5.93-5.98 bln vs. $5.93 bln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.
•Normalized gross margin was 38.8 percent, a 50 basis point improvement versus prior year, as benefits from productivity, commodity deflation and pricing more than offset the negative impacts of foreign currency and mix from acquisitions.
