DALLAS (AP) _ Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. (SC) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $146.1 million.

On a per-share basis, the Dallas-based company said it had profit of 43 cents.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 37 cents per share.

The consumer finance company posted revenue of $2.01 billion in the period.

For the year, the company reported profit of $994.4 million, or $2.86 per share. Revenue was reported as $7.86 billion.

Santander Consumer shares have decreased nearly 1% since the beginning of the year. The stock has climbed 20% in the last 12 months.

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