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Briggs & Stratton Corporation Reports Fiscal 2018 First Quarter Results

October 25, 2017 4:25 PM EDT

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Briggs & Stratton Corporation (NYSE: BGG) today announced financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended October 1, 2017.

Fiscal first quarter net sales were $329 million, an increase of $42 million, or 14.7%, from $287 million for the prior year, due to both higher shipments of generators related to hurricane activity and continued favorable momentum in sales of engines and products designed for commercial markets. Quarterly gross profit margin of 20.1% (GAAP) and adjusted gross profit margin of 20.5% increased from a gross profit margin of 18.3% last year primarily from the... More