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Kirkland’s Inc. (NASDAQ:KIRK) delivered a profit and beat Wall Street’s expectations, AND beat the revenue expectation. Adjusted Earnings Per Share increased 14.86% to $0.85 in the quarter versus EPS of $0.74 in the year-earlier quarter. Revenue Rose 9.25% to $162.9 million from the year-earlier quarter.

Kirkland’s Inc. reported adjusted EPS income of $0.85 per share. By that measure, the company beat the mean analyst estimate of $0.74. It beat the average revenue estimate of $162.59 million.