GOLETA, Calif. (AP) _ Deckers Outdoor Corp. (DECK) on Thursday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $278.7 million.

The Goleta, California-based company said it had profit of $10.48 per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $9.57 per share.

The maker of Ugg footwear posted revenue of $1.35 billion in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.26 billion.

Deckers expects full-year earnings to be $18 to $18.50 per share, with revenue in the range of $3.5 billion to $3.53 billion.

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