NEW YORK (Reuters) - Printer maker Lexmark International Inc reported on Tuesday a higher quarterly net profit and predicted better-than-expected first quarter earnings, sending shares up more than 10 percent.
The company, whose competitors include Hewlett-Packard Co and Canon Inc , reported fourth-quarter net income of $99.0 million, or $1.04 a share, versus $89.9 million, or 91 cents a share in the year-ago quarter.
Excluding items, Lexmark posted a fourth quarter profit of $1.29, handily beating Wall Street estimates of 58 cents per share, according to Reuters Research.
Quarterly revenue at the Lexington, Kentucky, company, fell to $1.31 billion from $1.37 billion.
It forecast first-quarter earnings to be in the range of 66 cents to 76 cents per share.
Excluding restructuring charges, the company said it expects a first-quarter profit per share in the range of 80 cents to 90 cents, ahead of Wall Street estimates of 78 cents.
(Reporting by Ritsuko Ando and Kenneth Li)
