Airbus Group SE said its first-quarter normalized net income came to 69 euro cents per share, compared with the S&P Capital IQ consensus estimate of 50 cents per share.
EPS rose 41.5% year over year from 48 cents.
Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was €538.3 million, a gain of 41.9% from €379.3 million in the year-earlier period.
The normalized profit margin increased to 5.6% from 3.0% in the year-earlier period.
Total revenue decreased on an annual basis to €12.08 billion from €12.65 billion, and total operating expenses fell on an annual basis to €11.70 billion from €12.06 billion.
Reported net income increased 80.8% from the prior-year period to €793.3 million, or €1.01 per share, from €438.7 million, or 56 cents per share.
