Shares of Canon Inc. (CAJ) are climbing more than 3% in pre-market trade on Monday after the company reported more than 100% growth in its first-quarter profit.
First-quarter net income was 44.45 billion Japanese yen or $400.49 million up 103% from 21.91 billion yen in the same quarter a year ago.
Earnings per share jumped to 42.50 yen or $0.38 from 20.68 yen last year.
Net sales for the quarter grew 7.7% to 842.65 billion yen or $7.59 billion from $782.31 billion yen in the prior year's quarter.
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