Estee Lauder's stock soars as profit beats expectations by a wide margin, and as the business has reached ‘an inflection point'

Shares of Estee Lauder Companies EL, -0.43% soared 10.7% in premarket trading Monday, after the beauty-products company reported fiscal second-quarter profit that beat expectations by a wide margin, and said the business has reached “an inflection point” that sets its up for a strong second half. Net income for the quarter to Dec. 31 fell to $313 million, or 87 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Excluding nonrecurring items, adjusted earnings per share of 88 cents beat the FactSet consensus of 54 cents ...