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BlackBerry Software Sales Hit New Record

By Reuters | Updated: 28 September 2017 18:11 IST

Highlights

BlackBerry has reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results
Net income of BlackBerry for the quarter was $19 million
Software & services revenue reached a record $196 million in the quarter

BlackBerry Ltd reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results and increased its fiscal-year revenue forecast after sales at its closely watched software business hit a record, sending its shares up more than 7 percent in Thursday premarket trading.

The Canadian company, which last year stopped manufacturing the iconic BlackBerry smartphone to focus on software, reported a profit of 5 cents a share before special items for the second quarter ended on Aug. 31, compared with break-even per share a year earlier.

Revenue fell to $249 million (roughly Rs. 1,630 crores) from $352 million (roughly Rs. 2,304 crores) a year earlier but rose slightly from $244 million in the prior quarter.

Analysts had on average expected BlackBerry to break even on revenue of $220 million (roughly Rs. 1,440 crores), excluding items, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Net income for the quarter was $19 million (roughly Rs. 124 crores), or 4 cents per share.

Excluding restructuring costs and other items, BlackBerry said it expected fiscal-year revenue of $920 million to $950 million and positive earnings per share. It also forecast positive free cash flow.

The Waterloo, Ontario-based company is aiming to notch 10 percent to 15 percent software revenue growth for its fiscal year, which runs until the end of February.

BlackBerry said software and services revenue reached a record $196 million in the quarter, more than the estimates of $174 million from RBC analyst Paul Trieber and $176.2 million from Macquarie's Gus Papageorgiou.

© Thomson Reuters 2017

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