DALLAS (AP) — DALLAS (AP) — Eagle Materials Inc. (EXP) on Thursday reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $129.1 million.

The Dallas-based company said it had profit of $3.72 per share.

The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $3.56 per share.

The maker of gypsum wallboard and cement posted revenue of $558.8 million in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $537.2 million.

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