NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII) on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $153 million.

On a per-share basis, the Newport News, Virginia-based company said it had profit of $3.87.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $3.50 per share.

The shipbuilder posted revenue of $2.81 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Ten analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.8 billion.

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