LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Dillard's Inc. (DDS) on Thursday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $124.6 million.

On a per-share basis, the Little Rock, Arkansas-based company said it had net income of $7.73.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $6.47 per share.

The department store operator posted revenue of $1.43 billion in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.42 billion.

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