GSI Lumonics Beats Third-Quarter Expectations
GSI Lumonics
(GSLI)
reported third-quarter earnings that beat analysts' expectations for the period.
Income for the third quarter rose to $7.2 million, or 17 cents a diluted share, from $2 million, or 6 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Wall Street expected the company to earn 16 cents a share in the latest third quarter, according to
First Call/Thomson Financial
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The company, which supplies laser-based manufacturing systems and services to the semiconductor and other markets and provides precision optics for fiber-optic telecommunication networks, said third-quarter sales rose 25% to $97.6 million from $78 million a year ago.
Backlog at Sept. 30 totaled $103 million, compared with $81 million at the end of the third quarter a year ago. Order bookings totaled $97.8 million, up from $86.1 million for the same period last year.
Based on backlog and expected new bookings, GSI believes fourth-quarter sales will increase and may reach $100 million. Before a gain in the range of $1.50 a share from the sale of
Life Sciences
, the company expects diluted earnings per share to "reflect continued modest improvement."
