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Avant!(AVNT) handily topped third-quarter earnings estimates, as sales of both software and services rose from a year ago.
The Fremont, Calif., software company said that before various charges, it earned $24.2 million, or 64 cents a share, in the third quarter compared with $18.5 million, or 45 cents a share, a year ago. Analysts were expecting earnings of 49 cents a share.
Revenue was $101 million, the first time the company had topped $100 million for a quarter, compared with $91 million a year ago. Software revenue was $59.5 million in the latest quarter, up from $55.0 million a year ago, while services revenue was $41.3 million in the latest quarter, up from $35.5 million a year ago.
On the bottom line, the company earned 45 cents a share compared with 50 cents a share last year.
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