Sunday, November 18, 2007

Loss at Hewitt

Hewitt Associates reported a fourth quarter loss of $266 million, or $2.51 per share, compared with a profit of $23 million, or 21 cents per share, in the previous year. Total operating expenses grew to $1.05 billion from $685 million. Quarterly revenue was $768 million, compared to $728 million a year ago.

For the fiscal year 10/1/2006-9/30/2007, Hewitt posted its second consecutive yearly loss. This year's loss was $175 million, or $1.62 per share, compared with a loss of $116 million, or $1.08 per share last year. Full-year sales were $2.99 billion, versus $2.86 billion in the prior year.

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