It’s good news, bad news for investors in Advanced Medical Optics Inc. on Tuesday.
The Santa Ana-based maker of eye surgery and contact lens care products said it expects earnings to fall short of Wall Street expectations this year, but to beat them in 2006.
Advanced Medical said it expects earnings of $61 million to $64 million in 2005. Analysts were expecting about $66 million in profit. But the company forecasts earnings of $81 million to $84 million in 2006, more than the $80 million Wall Street expects.
Advanced Medical’s shares were down 1.3% to $43 in afternoon trading.
Meanwhile, Advanced Medical said it posted a 14% jump in operating profit to $24 million in the fourth quarter, versus a year earlier. Sales rose 35% to $225 million.
