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Unity Software shares gains 10% in early trading.

Unity posted a Q2 loss of $0.02 per share on sales of $273.6 million to top the analyst consensus of a loss of $0.11 per share on sales of $242.3 million. Unity previously guided for Q2 sales of $242.5 million, at the midpoint of guidance.

“At Unity, our goal is to provide creators with the best tools to succeed as RT3D creators. Unity is designed to enable creators to build anything digital and to instantly deploy their work across dozens of platform types and devices, which is to make participating in building the metaverse accessible to all creators,” said John Riccitiello, President and Chief Executive Officer, Unity.

The company also delivered a beat on the outlook as it projects for Q3 revenue to come between $260 million and $265 million to beat the consensus of $253.3 million. Full-year, the company is projecting revenue between $1.05 billion and $1.06 billion for the year, higher than the company’s prior forecast of $1 billion to $1.02 billion for the year and analyst consensus of $1.01 billion.

Furthermore, the company reported it will acquire remote desktop and streaming technology company Parsec for roughly $320 million in cash.

Oppenheimer analyst Martin Yang raised the price target to $125.00 per share from $103.00 on the Outperform-rated stock after the company delivered better than expected 2Q results with “impressive operating momentum.