DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) _ Heartland Financial USA Inc. (HTLF) on Monday reported second-quarter profit of $51.9 million.

The bank, based in Dubuque, Iowa, said it had earnings of $1.17 per share.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.06 per share.

The multibank holding company posted revenue of $187.4 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $177 million, which also topped Street forecasts.

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