India, Feb. 10 -- Insperity, Inc. (NSP), a provider of human resources and business performance solutions, Monday reported a net loss for the fourth quarter compared with profit in the year-ago period, primarily impacted by stock based compensation of $14 million. Excluding one-time items, adjusted earnings beat analysts' expectations. The company's shares were more than 9 percent up in pre-market.
Insperity posted net loss of $9 million or $0.22 per share for the fourth quarter, compared with net income of $19 million or $0.52 per share in the same quarter a year ago.
Adjusted earnings were $1 million or $0.05 per share, above the consensus estimate of $0.02 per share. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.
Operating loss ...