USG Q2 EPS $0.50 Misses $0.61 Estimate, Sales $880M Beat $871.73M Estimate

USG (NYSE:USG) reported quarterly earnings of $0.50 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.61 by 18.03 percent. This is a 13.64 percent increase over earnings of $0.44 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $880 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $871.73 million by 0.95 percent. This is a 8.51 percent increase over sales of $811 million the same period last year.