Las Vegas Sands Profit Tops Estimates - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS) Thursday reported first-quarter net earnings of $776.2 million or $0.95 per share, compared with $572 million or $0.69 per share last year.

Excluding items, adjusted earnings for the quarter were $794 million or $0.97 per share, compared with $584 million or $0.71 per share a year ago.

On average, 20 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters estimated earnings of $0.93 per share for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.

Revenues for the quarter were up 21.4 percent at $4.01 billion, compared with $3.30 billion in the prior year.

Sixteen analysts had a consensus revenue estimate of $3.88 billion for the quarter.