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ValueClick's In-Line Numbers Surprisingly Well Tolerated (VCLK)
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ValueClick Inc. (NASDAQ:VCLK) posted revenues of $156.9 million and EPS of $0.17, versus prior forecasts of $156 to $157 million and $0.16 to $0.17 EPS.
Third quarter 2007 revenue was negatively impacted primarily by continued weakness in the lead generation portion of the Company’s Media business segment, partially offset by better than expected results in the Comparison Shopping segment.
The guidance for next quarter is $172 to $177 million and adjusted EPS $0.17 to $0.18. Consensus estimates are $0.20 EPS and $177.75 million. Fourth quarter 2007 guidance for diluted net income per common share includes a reduction of $0.03 per diluted common share for stock-based compensation expense and assumes a 42.5% net effective income tax rate.
The company is lucky the reaction wasn’t worse, because it is trading up under 1% in after-hours trading. There must at least be some relief that Microsoft-aQuantive and Google-DoubleClick (if that one is allowed) is not going to destroy the company. Shares closed down 7.7% at $25.08 in regular trading, and the 52-week trading range is $18.06 to $36.70.
Jon C. Ogg
November 1, 2007
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