shares of taylor devices inc were trading higher on the nasdaq friday after the company reported higher earnings and revenue for its fourth quarter at 1207 pm edt the companys shares were trading 187 higher at 10 per share volume at the time was just over 85000 shares above the stocks 65day average volume of 2989 shares before the bell friday taylor devices reported earnings per share of 43 cents on sales of 96 million in the year ago period the company reported eps of 2 cents on sales of 72 million for the full year taylor said its sales were 308 million up from last years 225 million tim sopko the companys chief executive said all three of our customer product groups aerospacedefense structural and industrial finished at levels greater than their respective averages over the prior five years for bookings sales and backlog which is indicative of the overall relative improvement across the business taylor devices said it designs makes and sells shock absorption rate control and energy storage devices