LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Dillard's Inc. (DDS) on Thursday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $155.3 million.

On a per-share basis, the Little Rock, Arkansas-based company said it had net income of $9.49.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $7.06 per share.

The department store operator posted revenue of $1.48 billion in the period, which did not meet Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.51 billion.

_____

This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on DDS at https://www.zacks.com/ap/DDS

For copyright information, check with the distributor of this item, STATS Perform dba Automated Insights. , source Associated Press News