Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ:VECO) reported quarterly earnings of $0.33 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.26 by 26.92 percent. This is a 8.33 percent decrease over earnings of $0.36 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $193.500 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $180.113 million by 7.43 percent. This is a 16.49 percent increase over sales of $166.104 million the same period last year.