Commercial Metals (NYSE: CMC) reported quarterly earnings of $1.73 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $1.77 by 2.26 percent. This is a 133.78 percent increase over earnings of $0.74 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $2.483 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.411 billion by 3.00 percent. This is a 22.98 percent increase over sales of $2.019 billion the same period last year.