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NW corporate results | aQuantive, Cascade, Expedia
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NW CORPORATE
RESULTS |
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| Dollar figures in thousands, except per share; parentheses denote losses. |
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| aQuantive |
| Digital marketing |
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March 31 |
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% |
| 1st QTR |
2007 |
2006 |
CHG. |
| Profit |
$14,242 |
$7,615 |
+87.0 |
| Per share |
0.16 |
0.10 |
+60.0 |
| Sales |
142,621 |
92,185 |
+54.7 |
| COMMENT: The Seattle company expects second-quarter sales between $148 million and $153 million and profit between $13 million and $14.5 million. |
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Cascade
Natural Gas
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| Gas utility |
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March 31 |
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% |
| 2nd QTR |
2007 |
2006 |
CHG. |
| Profit |
$10,367 |
$8,986 |
+15.4 |
| Per share |
0.90 |
0.78 |
+15.4 |
| Sales |
177,909 |
163,108 |
+9.1 |
| 1st HALF |
2007 |
2006 |
CHG. |
| Profit |
$17,156 |
$17,026 |
+0.8 |
| Per share |
1.49 |
1.49 |
— |
| Sales |
335,093 |
322,226 |
+4.0 |
| COMMENT: 2007 figures for the Seattle company include expenses related to Cascade's pending purchase by MDU Resources; those expenses reduced first-half net profit by $1.2 million, or 11 cents per share. The deal, in which MDU will buy Cascade for $26.50 a share, awaits formal approval from regulators in Washington and Oregon; Cascade said it expects those approvals sometime this summer. |
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| Expedia |
| Online travel agency |
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March 31 |
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% |
| 1st QTR |
2007 |
2006 |
CHG. |
| Profit |
$34,776 |
$23,335 |
+49.0 |
| Per share |
0.11 |
0.06 |
+83.3 |
| Sales |
550,511 |
493,898 |
+11.5 |
| COMMENT: After excluding several one-time items, the company's adjusted per-share profit of 18 cents was 2 cents below the Wall Street consensus estimate. That pushed the stock of Bellevue-based Expedia down 61 cents, or 2.5 percent, to close Tuesday at $24.20. Nonetheless, gross bookings were up 8 percent year-over-year, with European bookings up 32 percent (22 percent when the weaker dollar is factored in). |
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| Marchex |
| Search marketing |
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March 31 |
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% |
| 1st QTR |
2007 |
2006 |
CHG. |
| Profit |
$548 |
($1,196) |
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| Per share |
0.01 |
(0.03) |
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| Sales |
34,223 |
31,112 |
+10.0 |
| COMMENT: The Seattle company said it anticipates revenue to be as much as $150 million for the year. |
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| Scolr Pharma |
| Specialty pharmaceuticals |
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March 31 |
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% |
| 1st QTR |
2007 |
2006 |
CHG. |
| Profit |
($1,895) |
($3,088) |
+38.6 |
| Per share |
(0.05) |
(0.09) |
+44.4 |
| Revenue |
1,120 |
93 |
+1,104 |
| COMMENT: The Bellevue company's big revenue gain was due primarily to $609,000 of research-and-development income and $173,000 of licensing-fee income stemming from the company's terminated agreement with Wyeth Consumer Healthcare. CEO Daniel Wilds said the company was initially disappointed by Wyeth's decision to end the agreement involving extended-release ibuprofen delivery, but encouraged by the number of potential licensing and partnership inquiries from other pharmaceutical companies now interested in its program. |
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