Veritiv Q2 EPS $5.15 Beats $5.02 Estimate, Sales $1.46B Miss $1.62B Estimate

Veritiv (NYSE:VRTV) reported quarterly earnings of $5.15 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $5.02 by 2.59 percent. This is a 15.85 percent decrease over earnings of $6.12 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.46 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $1.62 billion by 10.06 percent. This is a 19.99 percent decrease over sales of $1.82 billion the same period last year.