shares of luxury home retailer rh rose more than 11 after the company reported betterthanexpected results for the third quarter and lifted the lowend of its revenue outlook the company said thirdquarter revenue was 101 billion up from 844 million a year earlier analysts polled by factset were expecting 982 million adjusted earnings per share were 703 compared with analysts expectations of 661 a share rh expects fiscal 2021 revenue growth to be 32 to 33 raising the low end of its range by one percentage point it is expecting an adjusted operating margin of 253 to 255 the low end of its guidance was previously 249 while we believe a conservative view of revenues in the fourth quarter is prudent due to the uncertainties posed by the new virus variant the postponed opening of our new san francisco gallery until the spring and the continued shipping and port delays the power of our operating model gives us the confidence to raise our outlook chairman and chief executive gary friedman said in prepared remarks shares of rh closed wednesday at 57696 roughly flat from the prior day shares are up nearly 29 so far this year