Smith & Nephew rises on better-than-expected results, announces layoffs

February 2, 2012 by MassDevice staff

Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) is up about 4% on Wall Street this morning after reporting stronger-than-expected results for the 4th quarter and full year.

The British medical products giant posted profits of $279 million, or 16 cents per share, on sales of $1.12 billion for the 3 months ended Dec. 31, 2011. That's a 3.7% addition to the top line, although profits were flat at a 0.4% gain, compared with profits of $278 million, or 21 cents per share, on sales of $1.07 billion during the same period in 2010.

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