Procter & Gamble, the Cincinatti consumer-products company, reported fiscal first-quarter net income fell 1.9% on 8.9% higher sales.
For the quarter ended Sept. 30, earnings slipped to $3.02 billion from $3.08 billion in the year-earlier period.
Earnings per share rose to $1.03 from $1.02 as shares outstanding declined 2.6% to 2.95 billion.
Revenue reached $21.92 billion from $20.12 billion.
A survey of analysts by FactSet Research produced consensus estimates of $1.03 a share of profit on $21.58 billion of revenue.
For fiscal 2012, P&G expects to earn $4.17 to $4.33 a share.
FactSet's survey is looking for $4.21.
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