Old Republic International Q1 Profit Up - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Old Republic International Corp. (ORI) reported that its first-quarter net income significantly increased to $194.4 million from last year's $56.2 million, with earnings per share improving to $0.67 from $0.21 last year.

Total net operating income grew to $0.25 from $0.20 in the same quarter last year. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to report earnings of $0.26 per share. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.

Total revenues for the quarter were $1.431 billion, up from $1.27 billion in the prior year quarter. Two analysts had consensus revenue estimate of $1.25 million for the quarter.