crescent point energy corp on thursday reported significantly higher profit in the first quarter as production rose and said it increased its quarterly dividend by 40 the calgary albertabased oil and gas company said earnings per share were 203 canadian dollars us156 up from c004 a year earlier according to factset analysts were expecting c040 a share adjusted earnings from operations more than doubled to c041 a share from c018 net income was c118 billion compared with c217 million the company said cash flow from operating activities rose to c4261 million from c3037 million it said total output rose to 132788 barrels of oil equivalent a day up from 119384 barrels a day in line with analyst expectations the company said it increased its dividend to c0065 a share