SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Zendesk Inc. (ZEN) on Thursday reported a loss of $66.9 million in its first quarter.

On a per-share basis, the San Francisco-based company said it had a loss of 55 cents. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and costs related to mergers and acquisitions, were 12 cents per share.

The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 14 cents per share.

The customer-service software maker posted revenue of $388.3 million in the period, exceeding Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $384.3 million.

For the current quarter ending in July, Zendesk said it expects revenue in the range of $402 million to $408 million.

The company expects full-year revenue in the range of $1.69 billion to $1.71 billion.

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