Dole Food Company, Inc. (DOLE) Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates

Dole Food Company, Inc. (NYSE:DOLE) released its earnings report for the second quarter of its fiscal year this morning after the markets closed in New York. The company showed earnings of $0.28 per share for the period on revenue totaling $1.1 billion. On today's market, stock in Dole Food Company, Inc. (NYSE:DOLE) trended slightly upward, finishing the day at $12.79 per share.

In the same three month period in 2012, Dole Food Company, Inc. (NYSE:DOLE) earned 80 cents per share on revenue totaling $1.7 billion. Analysts following the company were expecting the company to show earnings per share of 12 cents this...