Four companies with ties to the midstate recently reported financial results for the first quarter of 2012.

North Carolina-based snack food maker Snyder's-Lance Inc. today reported first-quarter net income attributable to the company of about $14.2 million, or 21 cents per diluted share, compared with about $10.8 million, or 16 cents per diluted share, in the year-ago period.

Snyder's-Lance formed about a year and a half ago from a merger of Charlotte, N.C.-based Lance Inc. and York County-based Snyder's of Hanover.

Shares are traded on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LNCE.

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Port Washington, N.Y.-based Cedar Realty Trust Inc. on Monday reported a first-quarter net loss attributable to common shareholders of about $9.3 million, or 14 cents per diluted share, compared with about $12.3 million, or 18 cents per diluted share, in the year-ago period.

Shares of Cedar are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CDR.
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Northumberland County-based grocer Weis Markets Inc. last week reported first-quarter net income of about $20 million, or 74 cents per diluted share, compared with about $18.6 million, or 69 cents per diluted share, in the year-ago period.

Shares of Weis Markets are traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol WMK.
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New Jersey-based consumer products maker Church & Dwight Co. Inc., with a facility in York County, last week reported first-quarter net income attributable to the company of about $95.8 million, or 66 cents per diluted share, compared with about $83.6 million, or 58 cents per diluted share, in the year-ago period.

Shares of Church & Dwight are traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol CHD.