Earnings Roundup: Agency.com, Macrovision beat Street
Internet consulting firm Agency.com Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOM) posted a smaller-than-expected loss in its fourth quarter Monday, losing $1.8 million, or 6 cents a share, on sales of $31.3 million.
First Call consensus expected it to lose 10 cents a share in the quarter.
Its shares closed up 5 1/2, or 13 percent, to 49 1/2.
"We have been building Agency.com since 1995 as a powerful engine for leadership in the interactive professional services market industry," said CEO Chan Suh in a prepared release. "Our record results including positive EBITDA demonstrate that we are executing our strategy of investing in our growth platform with improving financial performance."
The $31.3 million in sales represents 317 percent improvement from the year-ago quarter when it lost $3 million, or 11 cents a share, on sales of $7.5 million.
For the year, it lost $12.8 million, or 53 cents a share, on sales of $87.8 million versus a loss of $2.5 million, or 15 cents a share, on sales of $26.4 million.
Agency.com shares moved up to a 52-week high of 98 in December before falling to a low of 35 earlier this month.
First Call consensus expects it to earn 1 cent a share in fiscal 2000.
Among other technology companies making news after the bell Monday:
The company reported a loss from continuing operations of 24 cents a share before depreciation and amortization, equity in loss of investments carried on the equity method, and non-cash charges associated with convertible preferred securities.
In either case, the results fell short. First Call consensus expected it to lose 19 cents a share in the quarter.
The $17.6 million in sales marks a 719 percent improvement from the year-ago quarter when it lost $7.2 million, or 26 cents a share, on sales of $2.2 million.
Its shares closed up 1 5/8 to 49 1/2 Monday.
First Call consensus expected Macrovision, which develops technology to prevent the pirating of videos, to earn 18 cents a share in the quarter.
Its shares closed up 1 1/8 to 106 5/8 ahead of the earnings report.
Company officials also set a 2-for-1 stock split.
The $12.8 million in sales represents a 76 percent jump from the year-ago quarter when it earned $2.2 million, or 12 cents a share, on sales of $7.3 million.