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Novell reporta ganancias trimestrales (Inglés)

BOSTON – Business software maker Novell Inc. posted a preliminary quarterly profit on Tuesday, bouncing back from a year-earlier loss when it took a $38 million restructuring charge.

It reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income available to common stockholders of $23.7 million, or 6 cents a share, compared with a loss of $5.0 million, or 1 cent, a year earlier.

Revenue fell 15 percent from a year earlier to $244.9 million on weak sales of older products.

Wall Street was expecting revenue of $251.5 million, the average forecast of analysts polled by Reuters Estimates.

Full-year revenue fell to $967 million in the year ended October 31 from $1.04 billion in the previous year. The company told investors sales could fall again in the current year, which ends in October 2007.

Novell now expects fiscal 2007 revenue of between $945 million and $975 million. Analysts forecasts range from $949 million to $1.05 billion, with an average of $1.0 billion, according to Reuters Estimates.

«Overall these are disappointing results,» said Jefferies & Co. analyst Katherine Egbert, citing the lower-than-expected fourth-quarter sales figure and the 2007 revenue forecast.

The software maker’s shares fell 8 percent in after hours electronic trading, dropping to $5.80 from their Nasdaq close of $6.33.

Novell said the fourth-quarter results were preliminary because it is conducting a voluntary review of its historical stock options, which could lead to adjustments in its accounting.

Fuente: El Economista