Hitachi (OTC:HTHIY) reported quarterly earnings of $0.24 per share. This is a 20 percent increase over earnings of $0.20 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $17.622 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $18.040 billion by 2.32 percent. This is a 8.87 percent increase over sales of $16.187 billion the same period last year.