date:Apr 24, 2013
vestment Research.
Excluding one-time items, DuPont earned $1.56 per share. Analysts on average had estimated $1.52 per share.
Net sales rose marginally to $10.4 billion on higher prices for seeds and crop-protection products and demand in North America and Latin America.
DuPont also increased its quarterly cash dividend by 5 percent, or 2 cents, to 45 cents per share.