Digene up on earnings, study results

DIGE was up $4.30 (23%) to $23.29 on 1.4 million shares on Wednesday, after reporting earnings after market on Tuesday. The company posted third quarter fiscal 2005 EPS of $0.08, matching its EPS in the same quarter in 2004 but beating the Street's consensus estimate by $0.04. DIGE also raised its 2005 EPS estimate to $0.30-$0.32 from $0.10-$0.27 (see BioCentury Extra, Tuesday May 3, 2005). ...