(Corrects year-earlier net income in paragraph 2)

The Miami-based company, best known for its Whopper hamburgers, said net income rose to $51 million, or 37 cents per share, in the quarter that ended on June 30, from $36 million, or 26 cents per share, a year earlier.

(Reporting by Aarthi Sivaraman; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)