PICO Holdings Inc. said its first-quarter normalized net income amounted to a loss of 33 cents per share, compared with the S&P Capital IQ consensus estimate of a loss of 29 cents per share.
The per-share loss widened year over year from 13 cents.
Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was a loss of $7.7 million, compared with a loss of $3.0 million in the year-earlier period.
The normalized profit margin climbed to negative 5.1% from negative 11.5% in the year-earlier period.
Total revenue rose year over year to $84.7 million from $26.4 million, and total operating expenses increased on an annual basis to $99.8 million from $34.9 million.
Reported net income came to a loss of $16.8 million, or a loss of 73 cents per share, compared to a loss of $9.1 million, or a loss of 40 cents per share, in the prior-year period.
