Software
Profit Jumps at Accenture
TSC Staff
03/27/07 - 04:34 PM EDT
Accenture(ACN Quote) beat the Street's second-quarter expectations and guided higher for the rest of its fiscal year.
The information technology services company said Tuesday that net income for the quarter ended Feb. 28 rose to $408 million, or 47 cents a share, from $102.3 million, or 11 cents a share, a year earlier.
Revenue excluding reimbursements rose to $4.75 billion from $4.1 billion a year ago.
A Thomson Financial survey of analysts had expected, on average, that the company would earn 42 cents a share on $4.69 billion in revenue.
Consulting and outsourcing revenue both grew by double digits in U.S. dollars, Accenture said.
For its current third quarter, Accenture expects revenue of $4.9 billion to $5.1 billion, above analysts' expectation of $4.87 billion.
For the full year, Accenture said it now expects revenue growth will be at the high end of its current estimate of 9% to 12% in local currency.
EPS is now expected to be $1.88 to $1.93, up from its previous range of $1.80 to $1.85.
Analysts were expecting the company to earn $1.87 a share on revenue of $18.82 billion for fiscal 2007.
Shares of Accenture rose 2.3% in after-hours trading to $37.04.