Hitachi (OTC:HTHIY) reported quarterly earnings of $0.27 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.22 by 22.73 percent. This is a 53.45 percent decrease over earnings of $0.58 per share from the same period last year. The company reported $17.002 billion in sales this quarter. This is a 8.83 percent increase over sales of $15.623 billion the same period last year.