CINCINNATI (AP) — CINCINNATI (AP) — Cintas Corp. (CTAS) on Wednesday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $551.7 million.

On a per-share basis, the Cincinnati-based company said it had net income of $1.36. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $1.39 per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.35 per share.

The uniform rental company posted revenue of $3.01 billion in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.97 billion.

Cintas expects full-year earnings in the range of $5.45 to $5.54 per share, with revenue in the range of $12.15 billion to $12.27 billion.

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