Revenue increased to 326.5 million euros in the quarter, up 10 percent compared with the third quarter of last year. The average analyst forecast was 314.1 million euros, according to Bloomberg.
Operating profit for the quarter fell 31 percent compared with the third quarter of last year, to 46.1 million euros. But that was also slightly better than expected and higher than the profit in the second quarter.
The average forecast for profit was 45.3 million euros.