DALLAS (AP) _ Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. (SC) on Wednesday reported third-quarter profit of $763.3 million.

On a per-share basis, the Dallas-based company said it had net income of $2.49.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.80 per share.

The consumer finance company posted revenue of $1.89 billion in the period, which fell short of Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.99 billion.

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