EXTON, Pa. (AP) — EXTON, Pa. (AP) — West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. (WST) on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $214 million.

On a per-share basis, the Exton, Pennsylvania-based company said it had profit of $3.02. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $2.66 per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.18 per share.

The medical device company posted revenue of $874.5 million in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $825.9 million.

West Pharmaceutical expects full-year earnings in the range of $9.38 to $9.48 per share, with revenue in the range of $3.41 billion to $3.42 billion.

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