Xircom’s Profit Jumps 59% in 2nd Quarter

Xircom Inc., a Calabasas maker of equipment for linking personal computers, said its fiscal second-quarter profit surged 59% from a year earlier on a 32% sales gain.

In the quarter ended March 31, Xircom’s net income rose to $2.13 million from $1.35 million a year earlier, while its sales climbed to $18.7 million from $14.2 million. The introduction of new products and cost controls helped produce the gains, Xircom said.

Xircom’s earnings for the first half of its fiscal year rose 47%, to $3.92 million from $2.67 million a year earlier, and its six-month sales advanced 31%, to $35.9 million from $27.5 million.