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Sohu.com posts better-than-expected profit, but shares fall on weak 1Q outlook

By The Associated Press  | February 07, 2012
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BEIJING, China - Sohu.com Inc., which operates a popular Chinese Web portal, said Tuesday its quarterly profit fell 40 per cent and issued a first-quarter outlook that was below expectations, sending its U.S.-traded shares tumbling.

Profit for the three months ended Dec. 31 was $25 million, or 65 cents per share, the Beijing-based company said. That was down from $44 million in the same period of 2010.

Revenues rose 42 per cent over a year earlier to $246 Million.

Quarterly profit topped expectations, but Sohu shares fell in U.S. trading after the company said it expects profit this quarter of 50 to 55 cents per share. That was less than half the $1.20 that Wall Street was looking for, according a poll by FactSet.

Sohu.com shares fell 15 per cent in U.S. trading to $53.80.

Projected revenue of between $219 million and $225 million also fell short of analysts' expectations of $237.9 million.

For the full year 2011, Sohu said profit rose 9.6 per cent to $162.7 million, or $3.93 per share. Revenue rose 31.8 per cent to $279.2 million.

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Sohu.com Inc.: www.sohu.com

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