(Updates)
** Shares of nutrition bars maker Simply Good Foods SMPL.O
rise as much as 6.6% to $36.87
** Co beats Q3 sales and profit expectations, boosted by
higher prices
** Q3 sales rises 2.6% to $324.8 mln, compared with
analysts' average estimate of $321.4 mln, per Refinitiv data
** Adjusted EPS of 44 cents tops expectations of 41 cents
** Co reiterates annual sales and profit forecasts
** Stock has fallen over 5% YTD
(Reporting by Anne Florentyna Gnanaraja Sekar in Bengaluru)
((AnneFlorentyna.GnanarajaSekar@thomsonreuters.com;))