ST. LOUIS (AP) — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Post Holdings Inc. (POST) on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $88.1 million.

On a per-share basis, the St. Louis-based company said it had net income of $1.35. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $1.69 per share.

The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.07 per share.

The cereal maker posted revenue of $1.97 billion in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.92 billion.

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