A Cray XC30 supercomputerCray announced today that it brought in $307.4 million in revenue last quarter, up almost 63 percent from $188.8 million during the year-ago quarter. The company reported earnings of $1.48 per diluted share on profits of $59.2 million, up from $14 million the previous year.

Those numbers are well above analyst expectations, which predicted the company would bring in $300.56 million in revenue, with earnings of $1.31 per share.

“We had a great year in 2013, led by strong growth in both supercomputing and big data,” Peter Ungaro, Cray’s President and CEO, said in a press release. “We set company records for annual and quarterly revenue as we completed the acceptance of more supercomputers during the fourth quarter than we have in any quarter in our history.”

It’s good news for Cray, which posted rough third quarter results in 2013 because of the government shutdown. Looking forward, Ungaro is bullish about Cray’s prospects in 2014.

“2013 was undoubtedly a great year for Cray and with continued strength in our supercomputing business and expanding big data solutions, I am excited about our potential to deliver continued growth in 2014 and beyond,” he said.

The Seattle-based supercomputer company recently landed a pair of contracts worth more than $40 million with the U.S. Department of Defense to supply three supercomputers to the Air Force and Navy. Last quarter, the University of Stuttgart in Germany awarded Cray a $30 million contract to expand the university’s XC30 system.

Wall Street certainly seems to be feeling positive about Cray following the news, which is up more than 9 percent in after hours trading as of this writing.

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