THOMASVILLE, N.C. (AP) _ Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. (ODFL) on Wednesday reported third-quarter net income of $286.6 million.

On a per-share basis, the Thomasville, North Carolina-based company said it had net income of $2.47.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.37 per share.

The trucking company posted revenue of $1.4 billion in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.36 billion.

This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on ODFL at https://www.zacks.com/ap/ODFL

Copyright by Automated Insights, Inc. All rights reserved., source Associated Press News