Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ:VECO) reported quarterly earnings of $0.14 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.23 by 39.13 percent. This is a 62.16 percent decrease over earnings of $0.37 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $158.341 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $162.672 million by 2.66 percent. This is a 5.35 percent decrease over sales of $167.292 million the same period last year.