LinkedIn revenue up 56% in last quarter, advertising passes $88M

LinkedIn Corp. posted a loss for the third quarter on Tuesday, but revenue was higher than Wall Street expected as the professional networking service boosted its user base and increased revenue. Such results have become routine for LinkedIn. The company has surpassed analysts’ expectations in each of its 10 quarters as a publicly traded company. […]

LinkedIn Corp. posted a loss for the third quarter on Tuesday, but revenue was higher than Wall Street expected as the professional networking service boosted its user base and increased revenue.

Such results have become routine for LinkedIn. The company has surpassed analysts’ expectations in each of its 10 quarters as a publicly traded company. Its outlook for the current quarter, however, was below estimates and its stock fell in extended trading after the results were released.

LinkedIn lost $3.4 million, or 3 cents per share, in the July-September period compared with earnings of $2.3 million, or 2 cents per share, in the same period a year ago. Adjusted earnings were $46.8 million, or 39 cents per share, in the latest quarter, which beat analysts’ expectations by 7 cents.

Revenue rose 56%, to $393 million from $252 million. Analysts predicted $384.8 million, according to FactSet.

For the current quarter, LinkedIn forecast a revenue range of $415 million to $420 million, which is below Wall Street’s expectations of $438.9 million. LinkedIn typically lowballs its forecasts.

The company raised its full-year revenue guidance for 2013 to about $1.5 billion, still slightly below analysts’ estimates of $1.51 billion.

LinkedIn’s membership grew 38% from a year earlier, to 259 million users. The company said its members used the site at record levels on desktop computers and mobile devices.

Advertising accounted for 23% of the quarter’s revenue, totalling $88.5 million. That’s up 38% from a year earlier. The remainder of the revenue came from subscriptions and fees LinkedIn charges to employers, headhunters and job seekers for special access to its member’s profiles and other data.

LinkedIn has seen its stock soar 449% since it went public two years ago at $45 per share. In comparison, Facebook closed at $49.40 on Tuesday, up 30% from its $38 IPO price.

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