Hill-Rom Holdings (NYSE:HRC) added 6% to its share price this week after reporting 4th-quarter and fiscal 2012 profits ahead of analysts’ expectations.
Batesville, Ind.-based Hill-Rom posted Q4 profits of $39.2 million, or 63¢ per share, on sales of $330.1 million for the 3 months ended Sept. 30. That represents a sales increase of 4.4%, but a bottom-line decrease of 38.3%.