SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Sunrun Inc. (RUN) on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $24.1 million.

On a per-share basis, the San Francisco-based company said it had profit of 11 cents.

The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 5 cents per share.

The solar energy products distributor posted revenue of $438.8 million in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $406.5 million.

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