H&E Equipment Services Q4 Profit Up - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - H&E Equipment Services, Inc.'s (HEES) fourth-quarter 2014 net income advanced to $16.7 million, or $0.47 per share, from $14.6 million, or $0.41 per share, a year ago, an increase of 14.2%. On average, seven analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to earn $0.45 per share for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.

Quarterly revenues improved by 14.7% to $297.8 million from $259.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2013. Equipment rental revenues went up by 22.6% to $110.8 million. Analysts had a consensus revenue estimate of $279.52 million for the quarter.