Cascade posts surprise profit; SeaChange beats revenue estimates


Lift truck maker Cascade Corp. (CASC) and video-on-demand TV solutions provider SeaChange International, Inc. (SEAC) both closed higher Wednesday ahead of their after-the-bell earnings reports.

Cascade reported that net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 came to $157,000, or 1 cent per share. That compared to a net income of $10.4 million (94 cents per share) for the same period of fiscal 2009, but was up from a net loss of $12.3 million ($1.14 loss per share) in the second quarter.

Net sales of $80.8 million for the three months that ended Oct. 31 were 42% lower than a year ago, but up 5% from the second quarter.

Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected a net loss of 9 cents per share on revenue of $83.9 million.

For its fiscal 2010 third quarter, SeaChange said net income totaled $0.7 million, or 2 cents per share, compared with $3.4 million (11 cents per share) for the same period of last year, as well as the 6 cents per share consensus forecast of analysts.

Total revenue for the three months that ended Oct. 31 came to $53.3 million, beating the analysts' forecast for $51.6 million and up from $51.8 million a year ago.

For fiscal 2011, the company foresees revenue in the range of $225 million to $235 million. Analysts expect to see $227.8 million.

Symbol Lookup
IndexesChangePrice
DJIA+127.8310,447.93
NASDAQ+33.742,233.75
S&P 500+14.411,104.51

Last updated: September 05, 2010: 11:23 PM

Hot Stocks

General Electric

15.3925+0.2425(+1.60)

Alcoa

10.88+0.05(+0.46)

Apple Inc

258.77+6.60(+2.62)

Google Inc 'A'

470.30+7.12(+1.54)

Bank of America

13.50+0.22(+1.66)

Wal-Mart Stores

52.04+0.28(+0.54)

Exxon Mobil Corp

61.32+0.26(+0.43)

Ford

12.07+0.36(+3.07)

Citigroup

3.91+0.03(+0.77)

IBM

127.58+2.54(+2.03)

Yahoo

13.62+0.11(+0.81)

Starbucks

25.07+0.41(+1.66)

Microsoft

24.29+0.35(+1.46)

Home Depot

29.85+0.44(+1.50)

DailyFinance Headlines

Benzinga Headlines

TheFlyOnTheWall.com Headlines

BioHealth Investor Headlines

WalletPop Headlines

DailyFinance BlackBerry App

My Portfolios

Track your stocks here!

Find out why more people track their portfolios on AOL Money & Finance then anywhere else.

BloggingStocks Partners

More from AOL Money & Finance

BioHealth Investor Headlines