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... and Bruker Posts 90-Percent Jump in Q1 Profit Despite Slight Revenue Slip

May 03, 2006

NEW YORK, May 3 (GenomeWeb News) - Bruker BioSciences today posted a slight drop in first quarter revenues even though net income swelled by nearly 90 percent.

 

For the quarter ended March 31, revenues were $74.4 million, down less than 1 percent from the $74.9 the company earned in the first quarter of 2005.

 

Bruker said that it spent $10.3 million on R&D in the first quarter, compared to $11 million in the comparable period last year.

 

Profit in the quarter rose roughly 90 percent to $776,000, from $417,000 in the year-ago period.

 

As of March 31, Bruker had $96 million in cash and cash equivalents.

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