Thursday, October 25, 2012

RackSpace Up 5% on Q4 Beat

Shares of Rackspace Hosting (RAX) are up $2.57, or over 5%, at $51.80 in late trading after the company reported Q4 revenue and profit ahead of consensus.

Revenue in the three months ended in December rose 32%, year over year, and 7%, quarter to quarter, to $283 million, yielding EPS of 18 cents a share.

Analysts had been expecting $281 million and 15 cents a share.

CFO Karl Pichler said the company was “pleased” with the results and that the year “ended really strong.”

Rackspace’s conference call with analysts will be starting at 4:30 pm, Eastern time, and you can catch the webcast of it here.

Fin.

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