SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) _ Zscaler Inc. (ZS) on Thursday reported a loss of $101.4 million in its fiscal third quarter.

The San Jose, California-based company said it had a loss of 72 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 17 cents per share.

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

The cloud-based information security provider posted revenue of $286.8 million in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Nine analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $271.8 million.

For the current quarter ending in July, Zscaler expects its per-share earnings to range from 20 cents to 21 cents.

The company said it expects revenue in the range of $304 million to $306 million for the fiscal fourth quarter.

Zscaler expects full-year earnings in the range of 64 cents to 65 cents per share, with revenue expected to be $1.08 billion.

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