DALLAS (AP) — DALLAS (AP) — Eagle Materials Inc. (EXP) on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $77.1 million.

On a per-share basis, the Dallas-based company said it had net income of $2.24.

The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.72 per share.

The maker of gypsum wallboard and cement posted revenue of $476.7 million in the period, which also fell short of Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $478.6 million.

For the year, the company reported profit of $477.6 million, or $13.61 per share. Revenue was reported as $2.26 billion.

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