DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Primerica Inc. (PRI) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $197 million.

On a per-share basis, the Duluth, Georgia-based company said it had profit of $6.13.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $5.69 per share.

The life insurance and financial products company posted revenue of $853.7 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $853.5 million, also beating Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $841.4 million.

For the year, the company reported profit of $751.2 million, or $22.91 per share. Revenue was reported as $3.29 billion.

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