Intuit: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Intuit Inc. (INTU) on Thursday reported a loss of $20 million in its fiscal fourth quarter.

The Mountain View, California-based company said it had a loss of 7 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.99 per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.86 per share.

The maker of TurboTax, QuickBooks and other accounting software posted revenue of $3.18 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.08 billion.

For the year, the company reported profit of $2.96 billion, or $10.43 per share. Revenue was reported as $16.29 billion.

For the current quarter ending in October, Intuit expects its per-share earnings to range from $2.33 to $2.38.

The company said it expects revenue in the range of $3.11 billion to $3.15 billion for the fiscal first quarter.

Intuit expects full-year earnings in the range of $19.16 to $19.36 per share, with revenue ranging from $18.16 billion to $18.35 billion.

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