SAO PAULO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Brazilian pulpmaker Suzano

on Wednesday posted a 5-billion-real ($915.90

million) net profit in the second quarter, reversing the

3.77-billion-real net loss posted a year earlier.

Analysts polled by LSEG expected a net profit of 3.97

billion reais.

Core earnings, as measured by adjusted earnings before

interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), stood

at 6.09 billion reais in the April-to-June period, down 3% but

slightly above the 5.87 billion reais expected by analysts.

($1 = 5.4591 reais)