PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) _ Dycom Industries Inc. (DY) on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $54 million.

The Palm Beach Gardens, Florida-based company said it had profit of $1.80 per share. Earnings, adjusted for pretax gains, came to $1.69 per share.

The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.28 per share.

The provider of specialty contracting services posted revenue of $1.04 billion in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $974.1 million.

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