XL Group Q2 Profit Tops View - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - XL Group plc (XL) reported second-quarter net income attributable to ordinary shareholders of $272.7 million or $0.93 per share, compared to $221.2 million or $0.71 per share for the year-ago quarter.

Operating net income for the latest second quarter declined to $221.59 million from $221.94 million last year. Operating earnings per share rose to $0.75, from $0.71 in the comparable quarter last year.

Total revenue for the second quarter rose to $1.89 billion from $1.75 billion a year ago.

Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to earn $0.61 per share on revenue of $1.54 billion for the second quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.