Let's hope there's no "guilt by association" in the morning....
NEW YORK, June 15 (Reuters) - The stock of Jabil Circuit Inc. (NYSE:JBL), the No. 3 circuit-board manufacturer in the United States, slumped 11 points to 43 in after-hours trade on the Instinet electronic trading system. The stock plunged after the St. Petersburg, Fla.-based company reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of 29 cents per diluted share -- exactly matching Wall Street's expectations, according to First Call's consensus estimate. A year ago, Jabil Circuit earned 23 cents per diluted share. Net income rose to $24.4 million for the third quarter from $17.3 million a year ago. Third-quarter revenues totaled $522.5 million, up from $309.6 million in the year-ago quarter, Jabil Circuit said. Jabil Circuit makes circuit board assemblies for equipment manufacturers in the communications, personal computer and computer peripheral, automotive and consumer markets. Its biggest customers include Cisco Systems Inc.(NASDAQ:CSCO), 3Com Corp. (NASDAQ:COMS) and Hewlett-Packard Co.(NYSE:HWP), according to Hoover's Company Profiles.
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