The company's net income for the three months ended Sept. 30 was US$384 million or 43 cents per share, up from $359 million, or 41 cents per share, in the year-ago period.
The results for this quarter include investment losses of $32 million US, or four cents per share. With the exception of that figure, Sprint earned $416 million, or 47 cents per share, down from $419 million, or 41 cents per share, in the year-ago period.
Analysts estimated earnings would be 46 cents per share. Revenue increased slightly by 2.4%, to $4.4 billion from $4.3 billion.