Shares of ScanSource jumped after the company beat Wall Street estimates for its latest completed quarter and said it would acquire the solutions integrator MicroAge.
The stock rose 24% to $63.82 after the opening bell. Shares are now up 66% year-to-date.
The electronics distributor on Thursday said before the market opened that it posted a higher net profit in the fiscal fourth quarter and adjusted earnings of $1.46 a share, well ahead of analyst projections for $1.14 a share consensus estimate of analysts polled by FactSet.
The bottom line was lifted by a 17% jump in revenue to $953.1 million, topping analyst forecasts for $814.4 million.
Along with the strong results, ScanSource on Thursday unveiled an agreement to buy IT solutions integrator MicroAge for $220.5 million in cash.
The acquisition is expected to close before Sept. 30 and be accretive to adjusted earnings within its first year.