BALTIMORE (AP) _ T. Rowe Price Group Inc. (TROW) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $343.1 million.

The Baltimore-based company said it had net income of $1.41 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $1.87 per share.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.85 per share.

The financial services firm posted revenue of $1.46 billion in the period, also topping Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.42 billion.

T. Rowe shares have fallen 13% since the beginning of the year, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index has dropped 11%.

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