That was up from $487 million, or 63 cents a share on a diluted basis, a year earlier.
The result compared with $120.7 million, or 88 cents a diluted share, a year earlier.
In the period a year earlier, WebMethods earned a penny a diluted share on $62 million in sales.
In the quarter a year earlier, the company earned $465 million, or 48 cents a diluted share.
A year earlier, the company earned $131.8 million, or 65 cents a diluted share, on sales of $1.30 billion.
It was a diluted compromise.
But it is a diluted triumph.
Morgan Stanley's profit amounted to 99 cents a diluted share.
The loss from operations was $24.6 million, or 48 cents a diluted share, compared with $26 million, or 51 cents a diluted share, in the period a year earlier.
Walgreen said it earned $194 million, or 19 cents a diluted share, in the quarter, up from $159 million, or 16 cents a diluted share in the period a year earlier.
The company's net profit rose to $335.9 million, or 75 cents a basic share and 73 cents a diluted share, from $224.2 million, or 50 cents a diluted share, a year earlier.
