LHC Group Q1 EPS $1.09 Beats $1.05 Estimate, Sales $575.50M Beat $573.04M Estimate

LHC Group (NASDAQ:LHCG) reported quarterly earnings of $1.09 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.05 by 3.81 percent. This is a 21.58 percent decrease over earnings of $1.39 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $575.50 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $573.04 million by 0.43 percent. This is a 9.65 percent increase over sales of $524.84 million the same period last year.