ANN (ANN $33.20 +5.06) reported second quarter earnings of $0.63 per share, $0.12 better than the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate of $0.51. Revenues rose 6.6% year over year to $594.9 million versus the $585.71 million consensus. The company issues in-line guidance for the third quarter, seeing revenues of $600 million versus the $605.54 million Capital IQ Consensus Estimate. The company also issued upside guidance for fiscal year 2013, seeing revenues of $2.39 billion versus the $2.37 billion Capital IQ Consensus Estimate, above the prior guidance of $2.37 billion. For both the third quarter and fiscal year 2013 the company expects comps percentage growth in the mid-single digits. For the second quarter total company comparable sales for the quarter increased 4.7% versus the second quarter of 2011.






