Feb 2 (Reuters) - Saputo Inc SAP.TO , one of Canada's largest dairy producers, reported larger quarterly profit on Thursday, boosted by increased international prices.
For its fiscal third quarter, net income rose to C$197.4 million, or 49 Canadian cents a share, from C$175.2 million, or 44 Canadian cents, a year earlier.
Revenue during the quarter, which ended Dec. 31, rose 2 percent to C$3 billion.
Analysts were expecting Saputo to earn 51 Canadian cents per share on revenue of C$3 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Montreal-based Saputo's shares eased 0.4 percent to C$47.14 in Toronto.
Saputo, whose brands include Dairyland milk and Armstrong cheese, won majority control in 2014 of Australia's Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company Holdings Ltd (WCB) , and this week offered to buy the remaining shares.
(By Rod Nickel in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Editing by Chris Reese) (([email protected])(1 204 947 3548)(Reuters Messaging: [email protected]. Twitter: @ReutersWinnipeg))
