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Sony raises guidance on gaming strength, quarterly operating profit beats estimates

Sony’s PlayStation 5. Thiago Prudencio | Lightrocket | Getty Images Sony raised sales guidance for the full year Thursday and posted operating profit that smashed analyst expectations after a strong quarter for its gaming business. Here’s how the company did in the September quarter, versus LSEG consensus estimates: Revenue: 2.97 trillion Japanese yen ($19.4 billion),…

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Affirm beats on top and bottom lines

Affirm, the provider of buy now, pay later loans, reported better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter results. Here is how the company did, compared to analysts’ consensus estimates from LSEG. Loss per share: 31 cents adjusted vs. a loss of 35 cents expected Revenue: $698 million vs. $664 million expected Affirm reported gross merchandise volume, or GMV, of $7.6 billion,…