shares of american woodmark corp were up 15 to 5433 tuesday after the manufacturer and distributor of kitchen cabinets and vanities posted firstquarter earnings and sales that were above wall street expectations the company logged net income of 201 million or 121 a share for the three months ended july 31 up from 3 million or 18 cents a share in the same period a year earlier stripping out onetime items adjusted earnings were 171 a share analysts surveyed by factset had been expecting 129 a share sales rose 23 to 5429 million above analyst expectations for 5141 million according to factset the company said the strong results were largely due to price increases and higher efficiencies offset by higher material and logistics costs