DALLAS (AP) — DALLAS (AP) — AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (AMN) on Thursday reported first-quarter net income of $62.2 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

The Dallas-based company said it had profit of $1.59 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $2.10 per share.

The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.60 per share.

The health care staffing company posted revenue of $1.38 billion in the period.

AMN Healthcare shares have risen 43% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, shares hit $22.55, an increase of 15% in the last 12 months.

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