{"id":46298,"date":"2013-07-31T03:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T03:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/take-two-interactive-reports-lower-than-expected-q1-loss-lifts-fy-2014-guidance-ttwo\/46298\/"},"modified":"2013-07-31T03:22:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T03:22:00","slug":"take-two-interactive-reports-lower-than-expected-q1-loss-lifts-fy-2014-guidance-ttwo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/take-two-interactive-reports-lower-than-expected-q1-loss-lifts-fy-2014-guidance-ttwo\/46298\/","title":{"rendered":"Take-Two Interactive Reports Lower than Expected Q1 Loss, Lifts FY 2014 Guidance (TTWO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - News Links *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3490797620\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=TTWO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASDAQ: TTWO<\/a>) reported that its fiscal first-quarter loss narrowed as dip in expenses helped to offset flagging sales.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-46298\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Shares gained in afterhours trading as revenue exceeded Street\u2019s consensus estimate while loss per share was also narrower-than-expected.<\/p>\n<p>The New York based videogame publisher also raised its full-year fiscal outlook; however guidance for the current quarter was weak.<\/p>\n<p>For the fiscal 2014, the videogame publisher expects non-GAAP\/adjusted earnings to be in the range of $2.25 to $2.50 a share on revenue of $1.775 billion to $1.875 billion. Earlier the Company had provided guidance for earnings of $2.05 to $2.30 a share on adjusted revenue of $1.75 to $1.85 billion.<\/p>\n<p>For the fiscal first quarter, Take-Two reported a loss of $61.9 million or 71 cents a share down from $110.8 million or $1.30 a share, in the same quarter of last year.<\/p>\n<p>Stripping out onetime items, the loss stood at 54 cents a share compared to $1.16 a share, in the same quarter of last fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts\u2019 consensus estimate was for a loss of 57 cents a share, according to a poll conducted by Thomson Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Revenue contracted to $142.7 million from $226.1 million, in the year-earlier quarter. Excluding deferred items, revenue stood at $144.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts had forecasted revenue of $124.68 million.<\/p>\n<p>For the current quarter, the Company expects earnings to be in the range of $1.20 to $1.35 a share on revenue of $750 million to $800 million. 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