The New Orleans-based company achieved net income of $60.9m or $1.22 per share, up from $54.2m or $1.09 per share last year.

Revenues for the quarter grew to $397.52m from $367.94m in the same quarter last year, while costs grew 10.6% to $312.8m.

The revenue outperformance was driven by strength in the Americas and Asia Pacific regions, which was only partially offset by lower-than-anticipated results in the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa segments.

Analysts