pure storage inc on wednesday reported earnings for its fiscal third quarter heres what you need to know net loss pure storage posted a quarterly loss of 787000 narrowing from a loss of 287 million a year ago the company was forecast to report a loss of 89 million according to factset revenue the flashbased storage solutions provider said revenue for the quarter ended nov 6 grew 20 to 6761 million ahead of market views for revenue of 6721 million according to factset this compares with reportedrevenue of 5627 million for the yearearlier period  afterhours trading shares of the company rose 14 to 2986 in afterhours trading following pure storages significantly narrowed thirdquarter loss  outlook the company guided for revenue of 810 million for the fourth quarter and left its revenue outlook for the financial year as a whole unchanged at about 275 billion