APKT Drops 14%: Cuts Year View Below Estimates

Shares of networking equipment vendor Acme Packet (APKT) were halted before the company reported Q2 revenue and profit more or less in-line Q2, in keeping with a warning two weeks ago, and cut its year EPS view below analysts’ estimates.

Revenue in the three months ended in June fell 15%, year over year, to $67.6 million, yielding EPS of 13 cents.

Analysts had been modeling $67.3 million and 13 cents.

For the full year, the company sees revenue in a range of $270 million to $275 million, and EPS of 43 cents to 47 cents. That is below the original forecast of 96 cents to $1 per share offered back on February 2nd. It is also below the average view of $302.6 million and 76 cents for this year.

Acme is hosting a conference call with analysts starting at 4:30 pm, Eastern time, and you can access the webcast of it here.

Update: The stock has resumed trading and is now down $1.96, or 12%, at $14.23� down $2.29, or 14%, at $13.90.

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