BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) _ Encompass Health Corp. (EHC) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $67.6 million.

On a per-share basis, the Birmingham, Alabama-based company said it had profit of 68 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and to extinguish debt, came to 85 cents per share.

The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 87 cents per share.

The rehabilitation hospital operator posted revenue of $1.18 billion in the period, which also did not meet Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.19 billion.

For the year, the company reported profit of $358.7 million, or $3.61 per share. Revenue was reported as $4.61 billion.

Encompass Health expects full-year earnings in the range of $3.50 to $3.72 per share, with revenue in the range of $4.85 billion to $4.95 billion.

Encompass Health shares have risen 15% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, shares hit $79.79, an increase of 17% in the last 12 months.

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