On that basis, the company beat analysts' average forecast of 15 cents a share.

That beat analysts' forecasts of 3 cents a share, according to Thomson Financial.

The earnings were higher than analysts' forecast of 96 cents a share.

The results comfortably surpassed analysts' average forecasts of 83 cents a share.

Ford Motor said it would miss its forecast of 10 cents a share in the third quarter.

Lehman Brothers also noted that earnings per share were likely to be slightly less than the forecast of 15 cents.

That compared with a forecast of 88 cents a share by Wall Street.

The earnings exceeded analysts' forecasts of 82 cents a share.

That surpassed analysts' forecasts of 10 cents a share.

The outlook is far lower than the analysts' forecast of 48 cents a share on $4.67 billion in sales.