ValueClick 3Q Profit Up, Boosts Outlook

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ValueClick 3Q Profit Jumps, Company Boosts Outlook, Sending Shares Higher After-Hours

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. (AP) -- Digital marketing services company ValueClick Inc. said Wednesday third-quarter earnings rose 53 percent on higher revenue, prompting the company to boost its full-year financial forecast.

ValueClick shares surged 69 cents, or 3.7 percent, to $19.55 in after-hours trading, after closing the regular Nasdaq session at $18.86.

Net income rose to $16.8 million, or 17 cents per share, from $11 million, or 13 cents per share, last year. That surpassed the 14-cent average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson First Call.

Revenue expanded 69 percent to $137.9 million from $81.4 million last year, beating the Street's estimate for $134.4 million.

"Our large-scale network solutions enable our advertiser and publisher clients to benefit from the continued fragmentation of online media consumption," the company said in a press release.

ValueClick raised its full-year guidance and now expects profit between 57 cents and 58 cents per share on revenue of $531 million to $533 million. The forecast includes stock-based compensation expenses of 8 cents to 9 cents per share and a gain of 1 cent per share related to tax provisions.

Analysts expect net income of 53 cents and revenue of $527 million. In August, ValueClick told Wall Street to expect profit between 48 cents to 54 cents per share and revenue of $519 million to $529 million.

For the fourth quarter, ValueClick expects profit of 17 cents to 18 cents per share on revenue of $146 million to $148 million, ahead of the current Street estimates for 16 cents per share on revenue of $145.3 million. The company's forecast assumes stock expenses of 2 cents per share.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061101/earns_valueclick.html?.v=1

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