PHILADELPHIA (AP) — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter profit of $3.26 billion.

On a per-share basis, the Philadelphia-based company said it had profit of 81 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 84 cents per share.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 80 cents per share.

The cable provider posted revenue of $31.25 billion in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $30.41 billion.

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