TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. (PBH) on Thursday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $53 million.

The Tarrytown, New York-based company said it had net income of $1.06 per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.04 per share.

The medicine distributor posted revenue of $282.7 million in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $280.3 million.

Prestige Consumer Healthcare expects full-year earnings to be $4.33 per share, with revenue expected to be $1.14 billion.

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