(Reuters) - NYSE:PG
The company earned $2.61 billion (1.55 billion pounds), or $0.90 per share, in the fiscal third quarter ended March 31, up slightly from $2.57 billion, or $0.88 per share, a year earlier. Core earnings per share, excluding restructuring charges, rose 5 percent to $1.04.
Sales were unchanged at $20.6 billion. Organic sales, which excludes the impact of divestitures, acquisitions and discontinued businesses, rose 3 percent.
(Reporting by Phil Wahba in New York, Editing by Franklin Paul)