Stamps.com stock rallied Thursday after the company beat quarterly estimates. Stamps.com said it earned $7.3 million, or 42 cents a share, in the third quarter, compared with 58 cents a share in the year-ago period. Adjusted for one-time items, the El Segundo, Calif., company said it earned $1.14 a share in the quarter, compared with 72 cents a share a year ago. Total revenue reached $51.7 million in the quarter, up 37% compared with the third quarter of 2014. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected Stamps.com to report adjusted earnings of 86 cents a share on sales of $47.8 million. The company said it expects its previously announced $215 million cash deal to buy shipping technology company Endicia, a subsidiary of Newell Rubbermaid Inc. , to close on Nov. 18. Stamps.com raised its 2015 revenue outlook to $198 million to $208 million from $170 million to $190 million. The company also increased its full-year adjusted EPS forecast to $3.60 a share to $4 a share from $3.10 a share to $3.50 a share. Shares of Stamps.com rallied 18% in late trading Thursday after ending the regular trading day up 0.9%.
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