Internet radio company Pandora Media Inc. said Tuesday that its third-quarter net profit more than tripled to $2 million as revenue rose slightly faster than costs. But it predicted a loss in the fourth quarter, a bad surprise for investors, who sent shares tumbling.
Net income in the three months to Oct. 31 amounted to a penny per share. Excluding the cost of compensating executives with stock, adjusted earnings came to 5 cents per share, beating the penny per share expected by analysts polled by FactSet. Revenue rose 60 percent to $120 million. Pandora, however, predicted a loss in the fourth quarter of between 6 cents and 9 cents per share. That’s worse than the penny per share profit analysts were looking for.
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