Zale Corporation Reports Q2 EPS of $0.74 vs. $1.27

Zale Corporation ZLC today announced that for the second fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2011, it had earnings from continuing operations of $28 million, or $0.74 per diluted share, compared to earnings from continuing operations of $7 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, in the comparable quarter last year. Revenues for the quarter ended January 31, 2011 were $626 million, an increase of $44 million, or 7.6%, compared to $582 million in the same period in the prior year.