In the past week, companies have been releasing their financial results for the second quarter. There’s a mix of good and bad news from Seattle’s public tech companies weathering the economic storm, with surprisingly positive news from some quarters.
—Bellevue, WA-based metasearch developer InfoSpace announced its revenue was $43.8 million for the quarter, up 14 percent from the same period last year. InfoSpace (NASDAQ: [[ticker:INSP]]) now has $208.3 million in cash and securities. This was better than analysts had expected from InfoSpace, which has undergone some significant growth recently, including a new charity search website Xconomy previously wrote about.
—Good news was also reported by Seattle-based supercomputer manufacturer Cray (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CRAY]]), which turned a profit with $62.7 million in revenue last quarter, up 34 percent from the same period last year. Cray’s success has a lot to do with recent, lucrative contracts the company has landed. Xconomy recently profiled Cray here.
—Things were less positive for Seattle-based digital media company RealNetworks (NASDAQ: [[ticker:RNWK]]), which reported $135.7 million in second-quarter revenue, an 11 percent decrease from last year. For this quarter, RealNetworks had a net loss of $188.3 million. The company said it hopes to show some improvement for the second half of the year.
—Online diamond retailer Blue Nile (NASDAQ: [[ticker:NILE]]) also reported a slight decrease in revenue. The Seattle-based company posted net sales of $69.9 million, a decrease of 5.2 percent from the same period last year, although sales are continuing to increase slightly from year-to-year for the company.
—Slightly more cheerful news was posted by embedded device software developer Bsquare (NASDAQ: [[ticker:BSQR]]). The Bellevue, WA-based company earned $16.1 million in revenue, up 5 percent from the second quarter of 2008. The company announced last month it will start working with Coca-Cola to create the Coca-Cola Freestyle software-driven fountain dispenser.