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What: Shares of Unisys
So what: Revenue in the second quarter totaled $921.3 million, resulting in non-GAAP earnings per share of $1.41. The street was expected just $912.4 million in sales and would have been satisfied with just $0.48 per share in profit. The actual bottom line put the consensus to shame.
Now what: The quarter was boosted by strength in ClearPath sales, the company's enterprise software and services offering, which grew 23% on a constant currency basis. Unisys continues to reduce debt to bolster its balance sheet and is targeting further reductions of $84.5 million. After that's completed, Unisys will have achieved its debt reduction target and have reduced total debt by nearly $1 billion since 2008. Now that's something for investors to be happy about.
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