Banco Santander (NYSE:SAN) reported quarterly earnings of $0.42 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.28 by 50 percent. This is a 90.91 percent increase over earnings of $0.22 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $17.729 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $17.930 billion by 1.12 percent. This is a 8.50 percent increase over sales of $16.340 billion the same period last year.