BlackBerry Beats Sales Estimates as Software Push Pays Off

(Bloomberg) -- BlackBerry Ltd. reported quarterly sales that beat analysts’ forecasts, extending a run of positive surprises on that metric to six quarters and signaling its reinvention as a software company is taking hold.

The company swung to a profit of $59 million in the quarter ended Nov. 30 from a loss of $275 million a year earlier. On an adjusted basis, the company said it earned 5 cents a share, beating the average analyst estimate of 2 cents. Adjusted revenue in the third quarter was $228 million, compared with the average analyst projection of $215.7 million.

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The shares jumped 4.9 percent in New York to $7.71. BlackBerry is down 34 percent this year through Wednesday’s close.

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