Consulting firm CGI reports fourth-quarter profit and revenue up from year ago
CGI Inc. GIB-A-T +0.24%increase says it earned a fourth-quarter profit of $362.4-million, up from $345.9-million in the same quarter last year as its revenue rose eight per cent compared with a year ago.
The business and technology consulting firm says the profit amounted to $1.51 per diluted share for the quarter ended Sept. 30, up from a profit of $1.39 per diluted share in the same quarter last year.
Revenue for the three-month period totalled $3.25-billion, up from $3.01-billion a year earlier.
The company says its revenue was up 13.9 per cent compared with a year ago, when excluding $177.9-million of unfavourable foreign currency impact.
Excluding specific items, CGI says it earned $1.56 per diluted share in its latest quarter, up from $1.40 per diluted share in its fourth quarter last year.
Analysts on average had expected a profit of $1.55 per share and nearly $3.21-billion in revenue, according to estimates compiled by financial markets data firm Refinitiv.
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