BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) _ Encompass Health Corp. (EHC) on Tuesday reported first-quarter earnings of $87 million.

The Birmingham, Alabama-based company said it had profit of 87 cents per share.

The results met Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was also for earnings of 87 cents per share.

The rehabilitation hospital operator posted revenue of $1.18 billion in the period, missing Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.2 billion.

Encompass Health shares have declined slightly more than 2% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $67.63, an increase of 8% in the last 12 months.

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