DALLAS (AP) — DALLAS (AP) — Tenet Healthcare Corp. (THC) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $371 million.

On a per-share basis, the Dallas-based company said it had net income of $4.22. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $4.70 per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $4.08 per share.

The hospital operator posted revenue of $5.53 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $5.45 billion.

For the year, the company reported profit of $1.41 billion, or $15.49 per share. Revenue was reported as $21.31 billion.

Tenet expects full-year earnings in the range of $16.19 to $18.47 per share, with revenue in the range of $21.5 billion to $22.3 billion.

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