ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) _ D.R. Horton Inc. (DHI) on Thursday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $1.65 billion.

On a per-share basis, the Arlington, Texas-based company said it had profit of $4.67.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 16 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $4.51 per share.

The homebuilder posted revenue of $8.79 billion in the period, which did not meet Street forecasts. Fourteen analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $8.9 billion.

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