Harley-Davidson Announces 20th Record Year: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
Published Friday, January 20, 2006 by hogbiker | E-mail this post
Article:: "Harley-Davidson Announces 20th Record Year
Thursday January 19, 7:00 am ET
Revenue, Earnings and Retail Motorcycle Sales reach all time highs
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MILWAUKEE, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HDI - News) today announced record revenue and earnings for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2005. Revenue for the quarter was $1.34 billion compared with $1.22 billion in the year-ago quarter, a 9.9 percent increase. Net income for the quarter was $230.0 million compared to $209.0 million, an increase of 10.1 percent over 2004. Fourth quarter diluted earnings per share (EPS) were 84 cents, an 18.3 percent increase compared with last year's 71 cents."