DALLAS (AP) — DALLAS (AP) — Eagle Materials Inc. (EXP) on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $111.5 million.

On a per-share basis, the Dallas-based company said it had net income of $3.63.

The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $3.71 per share.

The maker of gypsum wallboard and cement posted revenue of $652.7 million in the period, surpassing Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $628.2 million.

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