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PLEASANTON, Calif. (AP) _ Veeva Systems Inc. (VEEV) on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $10.5 million.

The Pleasanton, California-based company said it had profit of 7 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 12 cents per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 11 cents per share.

The provider of cloud-based software services for the life sciences industry posted revenue of $106.9 million in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $103.2 million.

For the current quarter ending in January, Veeva expects its per-share earnings to be 11 cents.

The company said it expects revenue in the range of $109 million to $111 million for the fiscal fourth quarter.

Veeva expects full-year earnings in the range of 46 cents to 47 cents per share, with revenue ranging from $404 million to $406 million.

Veeva shares have increased nearly 4 percent since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $27.36, a drop of roughly 5 percent in the last 12 months.