DVI Inc.

The Irvine provider of equipment financing and related services to hospitals and outpatient facilities said second-quarter profit totaled $447,000, or 7 cents a share. That compares with $237,000, or 4 cents a share, for the corresponding period a year earlier, which included a loss of $261,000 from discontinued operations. Revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 rose 24%, to $5.1 million from $4.1 million. For the first half, the company reported a decline in profit to $777,000, or 12 cents a share, from $1.1 million, or 17 cents a share, for the first six months of the previous fiscal year. Revenue increased to $9.9 million from $9.2 million.