HOUSTON (AP) — HOUSTON (AP) — Sysco Corp. (SYY) on Tuesday reported fiscal first-quarter profit of $526 million.

On a per-share basis, the Houston-based company said it had profit of $1.09. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.19 per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.17 per share.

The food distributor posted revenue of $21.74 billion in the period, which fell short of Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $22.19 billion.

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