Apogee Enterprises, Inc.(NASDAQ:APOG) reported a net
profit for the second quarter, sending its shares up more than 12 percent in
after-hours trades.
Higher revenues and lower costs contribute to its
profitability, the company said on Wednesday.
Apogee reported net income of $5.06 million, or 18
cents per share, for the quarter ended Sept. 1. That compares with a loss of
$1.68 million, or 6 cents per share, in the comparable period last year.
Analysts' consensus forecast called for earnings of 9
cents per share.
Quarterly revenue rose 6 percent to $175.9 million
from $165.6 million a year earlier.
Revenues from the architectural products and services
segment contributed revenues worth $156.4 million, up 5 percent on year.
The management raised its fiscal 2013 earnings per
share outlook to a range of 56 cents to 64 cents, up from a range of 48 cents
to 58 cents. Analysts have forecast full-year earnings of 56 cents per share.
Meanwhile Adobe Systems Incorporated(NASDAQ:ADBE)reported
58 cents a share earnings for the third quarter, meeting forecasts. For the
current quarter, the company has forecast earnings to range from 53 cents to 58
cents a share on revenue of $1.075 billion to $1.125 billion.
That's below analysts' average estimate of
fourth-quarter earnings of 67 cents per share on revenue of $1.2 billion.
Analysts expect that the company's new cloud
subscription service launched in the quarter will hurt its growth prospects in
the short term.
Adobe shares fell
0.7 percent in after-hours trading to $32.90, after closing up 1.69 percent at
$33.12.
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