DALLAS (AP) _ Eagle Materials Inc. (EXP) on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $139 million.
On a per-share basis, the Dallas-based company said it had net income of $3.72.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $3.58 per share.
The maker of gypsum wallboard and cement posted revenue of $605.1 million in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $603.6 million.
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