According to a message in the early morning of June September 22, Beijing time, red hat, a Linux operating system vendor, issued a financial report for the second quarter of FY 2012 today. According to the report, the total revenue of RedHat in the second quarter was 0.2813 billion US dollars, an increase of 0.2198 billion from 28% US dollars in the same period last year. The net profit was 40 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 28%, the same period last year was USD 23.7 million. Redhat's second-quarter performance exceeded Wall Street analyst expectations, pushing its post-market share price to rise by nearly 5%. In the quarter ended August 31, the net profit of RedHat was $40 million, with earnings of 20 cents per share.
According to a message in the early morning of June September 22, Beijing time, red hat, a Linux operating system vendor, issued a financial report for the second quarter of FY 2012 today. According to the report, the total revenue of RedHat in the second quarter was 0.2813 billion US dollars, an increase of 0.2198 billion from 28% US dollars in the same period last year. The net profit was 40 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 28%, the same period last year was USD 23.7 million. Redhat's second-quarter performance exceeded Wall Street analyst expectations, pushing its post-market share price to rise by nearly 5%.
In the quarter ended August 31, Redhat's net profit was $40 million and earnings per share was 20 cents, a performance better than the same period last year. In the second quarter of fiscal year 2011, the net profit of RedHat was $23.7 million, with 12 cents per share. Redhat's second-quarter revenue was $0.2813 billion, up 0.2198 billion from $ 28% in the same period last year.
It is not included in one-time projects. After the second quarter adjustment, RedHat earned 29 cents per share, exceeding analyst expectations. Market Research firm FactSet Research shows that analysts expect RedHat earnings per share for the second quarter to be 25 cents on average, with revenue of $0.2713 billion.
Red Hat's second-quarter operating cash flow was $77.1 million, up from $64.3 million in the same period last year. As of the end of the second quarter, the total deferred revenue of RedHat was $0.8132 billion, an increase of 25% over the same period last year. As of August 31, the cash, cash equivalents and total investment held by RedHat was USD 1.3 billion.
On that day, the share price of RedHat rose by $0.20 in regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, at $40.29, or 0.50%. Then, as of (, Beijing time) in the post-disk transaction, the share price of RedHat rose by $1.96 to $42.21, or 4.77%. In the past 52 weeks, the highest price for a red hat is $49.00 and the lowest price is $31.77.