egain corp shares were up 22 to 964 after the company reported a nearly flat loss compared to a larger loss analysts were expecting and a share buyback program the ai knowledge company said it had a quarterly loss of 16000 or 0 cents a share compared with earnings of 551000 or 2 cents a share in the same quarter last year analysts polled by factset were looking for a loss of 21 million or 6 cents a share adjusted earnings were 6 cents a share compared with the 1 cent a share analysts had forecast revenue for the quarter came in at 248 million compared with last years 215 million and the 242 million analysts were expecting egain said it expects secondquarter revenue of 25 million to 254 million analysts are looking for secondquarter revenue of 251 million the company sees a secondquarter loss of 2 cents to 3 cents while analysts are forecasting a loss of 3 cents a share for fiscal 2023 the company is expecting revenue of 100 million to 102 million and a loss of 7 cents to 10 cents a share analysts are looking for revenue of 1015 million and a loss of 7 cents a share the company also said its board authorized a stock repurchase program of up to 20 million of its common shares