Aeropostale (ARO $11.37 -1.12) reported a second quarter loss of
($0.02) per share, which excluded a non-recurring pre-tax benefit to the
Company's gross profit of $8.7 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, resulting
from the resolution of a dispute with one of the Company's merchandise vendors,
surrounding prior period allowances, $0.01 better than the Capital IQ Consensus
Estimate of ($0.03).
Revenues fell 5.4% year/year to $468.2 million versus the $468.2 million
consensus.
In the third quarter, the company is expecting to see earnings in the range of
$0.09 to $0.15 versus the $0.29 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.






