* Q4 adj loss/share 6 cents vs est EPS $0.01
* Q4 rev falls 9 pct, misses estimates
Feb 15 (Reuters) - Playboy Enterprises Inc posted a narrower but surprise quarterly loss, hurt by declining sales and costs related to its potential going-private transaction.
For the fourth quarter, the company reported net loss of $14.7 million, or 43 cents a share, compared with a loss of $27.8 million, or 83 cents a share, a year ago.
Revenue for the adult entertainment company fell to $55 million from $60.6 million. The Entertainment Group sales fell to $18.8 million from $23.7 million a year ago.
On an adjusted basis, it posted a loss of 6 cents a share.
Analysts on average had expected the company to earn 1 cent per share, before special items, on revenue of $56.2 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Shares of the Chicago, Illinois-based company closed at $6.12 on Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange.
(Reporting by Fareha Khan in Bangalore; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier) Keywords: PLAYBOYENTERPRISES/ (fareha.khan@thomsonreuters.com; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780; outside U.S. +91 80 4135 5800; Reuters Messaging:fareha.khan.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
* Q4 rev falls 9 pct, misses estimates
Feb 15 (Reuters) - Playboy Enterprises Inc posted a narrower but surprise quarterly loss, hurt by declining sales and costs related to its potential going-private transaction.
For the fourth quarter, the company reported net loss of $14.7 million, or 43 cents a share, compared with a loss of $27.8 million, or 83 cents a share, a year ago.
Revenue for the adult entertainment company fell to $55 million from $60.6 million. The Entertainment Group sales fell to $18.8 million from $23.7 million a year ago.
On an adjusted basis, it posted a loss of 6 cents a share.
Analysts on average had expected the company to earn 1 cent per share, before special items, on revenue of $56.2 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Shares of the Chicago, Illinois-based company closed at $6.12 on Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange.
(Reporting by Fareha Khan in Bangalore; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier) Keywords: PLAYBOYENTERPRISES/ (fareha.khan@thomsonreuters.com; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780; outside U.S. +91 80 4135 5800; Reuters Messaging:fareha.khan.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.