Premier Q1 Adj. EPS $0.30 Beats $0.27 Estimate, Sales $240.004M Miss $240.874M Estimate

Premier (NASDAQ:PINC) reported quarterly earnings of $0.30 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.27 by 10.29 percent. This is a 11.76 percent decrease over earnings of $0.34 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $240.004 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $240.874 million by 0.36 percent. This is a 3.28 percent decrease over sales of $248.142 million the same period last year.