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Strategies & Market Trends : Market Gems-Trading Strong Earnings Growth and Momentum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: greenehugh who wrote (3543)	1/31/2001 4:34:47 PM
From: Jenna	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6445

WEBM ---> webMethods posts third quarter operating profit vs loss FAIRFAX, Va., Jan 31 (Reuters) - Systems integration software maker, webMethods Inc. (NasdaqNM:WEBM - news) on Wednesday reported fiscal third-quarter operating earnings that blew past Wall Street's expectations, fueled by increased penetration of both large companies and online business-to-business exchanges. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, the company said it earned $2.7 million, or 5 cents a share, compared with a loss of $5.9 million, or 13 cents a share in the year-ago quarter. Results exclude acquisition and non-cash charges related to amortization of deferred stock compensation, goodwill and acquired intangibles. Analysts had on average expected the company to earn a penny a share, according to First Call/Thomson Financial. Revenues grew 237 percent to $59.4 million, up from $17.76 million in the fiscal-third quarter 1999.