ACTON, Mass. (AP) _ Insulet Corp. (PODD) on Thursday reported a second-quarter loss of $25 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

The Acton, Massachusetts-based company said it had a loss of 37 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted to extinguish debt, were 10 cents per share.

The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 11 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 12 cents per share.

The maker of insulin infusion systems posted revenue of $263.2 million in the period, which beat Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $257.8 million.

Insulet shares have climbed 9.5% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, shares hit $279.83, an increase of 30% in the last 12 months.

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