Do the following sentences say the same thing?

The company posted a profit of $54.3 million, or 22 cents per share, in the year-ago period.
That was up from the year-ago quarter, when the company earned $54.3 million, or 22 cents a share.

Return your answer on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "not similar" and 5 is "very similar".
4