Strong sales in emerging markets boosted Hewlett-Packard's second-quarter earnings to US$2.2 billion, or 87 cents a share, up 24 percent from a year earlier.
Revenue for the quarter rose 11 percent to US$28.3 billion, the company said Tuesday.
Those figures beat analyst estimates of earnings per share of 85 cents and revenue of US$28.1 billion, according to Thomson First Call.
Earnings excluding one-time items were US$2.1 billion, or 80 cents a share.
HP forecast revenue for the third quarter to be about US$27.3 billion to US$27.4 billion and earnings per share excluding items to be 82 cents to 83 cents.
HP raised its full-year revenue forecast to between US$114.2 billion and US$114.4 billion, from previous guidance of US$113.5 billion to US$114 billion. Full-year per-share earnings excluding items are forecast to be US$3.54 to US$3.58.
Analysts were forecasting third-quarter earnings per share of 82 cents and revenue of US$27.35 billion and full-year earnings per share of US$3.53 and revenue of US$114.2 billion.
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