Earnings: Itron Inc. Liberty Lake metering technology company
| Stock symbol: ITRI |
| Reporting period: 2Q 2011 |
| EARNINGS: $34.4 million
84 cents per share
VERSUS 2Q 2010: $25.3 million 61 cents per share |
| REVENUE: $612.4 million |
| ANALYSIS: This is Itron’s second-highest quarterly revenue. However, higher expenses caused margins to drop from 11.8 percent to 10.8 percent. |