Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:38am EDT
April 12 (Reuters) - Medtox Scientific Inc posted quarterly results that beat market expectations, helped by strong revenue in its clinical laboratory segment, sending its shares up to a year high.
For the first quarter, Medtox's net income rose to $1.5 million, or 17 cents a share, from $0.8 million, or 9 cents a share, a year ago.
Revenue was up 14 percent at $28.6 million.
Clinical laboratory revenue jumped 25 percent to $9.2 million.
Analysts expected earnings of 13 cents a share on revenue of $27.5 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
The company's shares were trading up 7 percent at $19.10 on Thursday on the Nasdaq. They had touched a high of $19.81 earlier in the session.
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