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Qualcom Trades Up After Hours On FQ3 Beat; Buy-Back Plan

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Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM) shares gained nearly five percent after-hours Wednesday after fiscal third-quarter results beat expectations and the company said it will buy back $1 billion in shares in the current period.

The communications products company also offered a fourth-quarter forecast below expectations, but raised its full-year outlook based on the buyback plan unveiled Wednesday.

Adjusted profits rose 35 percent from a year earlier to $2.47 billion or $1.44 a share, on revenue growth of 9 percent to $6.81 billion.

Wall Street expected earnings of $1.22 a share on revenue of $6.52 billion.

Qualcomm expects fiscal fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of $1.20 to $1.35 a share, on revenue of $6.5 billion to $7.4 billion. Analysts expect $1.39 a share on revenue of $7.15 billion.

A continuing investigation of Qualcomm’s business practices in China by a government agency there will hurt results, the company said. Also it said certain license holders in China aren’t reporting their sales to Qualcomm.

For fiscal 2014 it raised its outlook for adjusted earnings to $5.21 to $5.36 a share, from $5.05 to $5.25 a share, including effects of the buyback. Wall Street expects $5.17.

In the recent quarter, MSM chip shipments rose 31 percent to 225 million units; total device sales grew three percent to $58.1 billion and 3G/4G device shipment totaled 250 million to 254 million units.

In after-hours trading, Qualcomm was up 4.77 percent to $77.71.

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