ARTNA reported $0.65 per share, down from $0.68, but its $6.8 million profit was described only as changing by $0.2 million. Since the report does not say whether profit rose or fell, it gives no clear sign of a changed outlook.
The lower amount earned per share points to a decline, but the report does not say whether total profit rose or fell by $0.2 million. Those figures do not establish a clear change in the business.
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