Nissan Profit Beats Estimates as Rogue Paces U.S. Sales Rise
- Automaker benefits from record industrywide deliveries in U.S.
- U.S. sales of the Rogue crossover surged 44% last year
on May 1, 2014 in San Rafael, California.
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Nissan Motor Co. reported profit that beat analyst estimates as the Rogue crossover drove increased demand in the U.S., the Japanese automaker’s biggest market.
Net income in the quarter through December rose to 127.2 billion yen ($1.1 billion), the company said in a statement Wednesday. The carmaker topped the 120.6 billion yen average of eight analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg.