11:45 PM New York – MSC Industrial Direct second-quarter net more than doubled to $118 million. The Simply Good Foods second-quarter net surged to $41 million. Simulations Plus second-quarter net jumped on 29% surge in revenues.

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MSC Industrial Direct Company Inc (MSM), the industrial products distributor reported net sales in the second-quarter ending on March 3 soared 9.3% from a year ago to $769 million.

Net income in the quarter more than doubled to $117.6 million or $2.06 per diluted share from $53.6 million or 93 cents in the same quarter last year.

The industrial products distributor forecasted third-quarter net sales in the range of $820 million to $835 million and diluted earnings per share in the range of $1.37 and $1.43.

The Simply Good Foods Company (SMPL), the branded nutritional foods and snack food maker said revenues in the second-quarter ending on February 24 increased 6.8% from a year ago to $109.3 million.

Net income in the quarter surged to $41.3 million or 56 cents per diluted share from $3.6 million in the same quarter last year.

Simply Good Foods reaffirmed fiscal 2018 net sales in the range of 4% to 6%.

Simulations Plus Inc (SLP), the software developer stated revenues in the second-quarter ending in February surged 28.9% from a year ago to $7.4 million.

Net income in the quarter jumped to $3.5 million or 19 cents per diluted share from $1.2 million or 7 cents in the same quarter last year.