(Reuters) - Best Buy Co Inc , the world's largest consumer electronics chain, on Thursday reported a quarterly profit on lower costs.
Net earnings from continuing operations were $310 million, or 88 cents a share, in the fourth quarter ended on February 1, compared with a net loss of $461 million, or $1.36 a share, a year earlier.
Excluding special items, the company earned $1.24 a share.
Analysts on average were looking for a profit of $1.01 a share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
(Reporting by Dhanya Skariachan; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)
