The Chicago-based company said it had net income of $2.95 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $3.26 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $3.01 per share.

QCR Holdings Inc. (QCRH) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $30.2 million. The bank, based in Moline, Illinois, said it had earnings of $1.77 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs,

Alaska Air Group Inc. (ALK) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $71 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the Seattle-based company said it had profit of 55 cents.