DALLAS (AP) — DALLAS (AP) — Eagle Materials Inc. (EXP) on Thursday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $100.4 million.

The Dallas-based company said it had net income of $2.79 per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.35 per share.

The maker of gypsum wallboard and cement posted revenue of $470.1 million in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $464.6 million.

For the year, the company reported profit of $461.5 million, or $12.46 per share. Revenue was reported as $2.15 billion.

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