The Luxembourg-based satellite services provider and owner of Virginia-based Intelsat General posted $78.97 million in profit for the third quarter at a 15.08 percent increase from the same period last year.
Revenue came in at $580.85 million versus Wall Street analyst forecasts of $582.5 million and declined 4.56 percent from the third quarter in 2014.
Intelsat held to its full-year sales guidance of between $2.33 billion and $2.38 billion without an outlook for its earnings in fiscal 2015.
Sales in Intelsat’s government segment declined 3.31 percent year-over-year to $94.7 million.
As of Thursday morning pre-open, Intelsat shares were down 64.29Â percent from the year’s start and have declined 65.73Â percent over 12 months.