DULUTH, Ga. (AP) _ Agco Corp. (AGCO) on Thursday reported second-quarter profit of $177.7 million.

On a per-share basis, the Duluth, Georgia-based company said it had net income of $2.37. Earnings, adjusted for restructuring costs, were $2.38 per share.

The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.18 per share.

The farm equipment maker posted revenue of $2.95 billion in the period, which missed Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.96 billion.

Agco expects full-year earnings in the range of $11.70 to $11.90 per share, with revenue in the range of $12.4 billion to $12.6 billion.

Agco shares have decreased 11% since the beginning of the year. The stock has decreased 17% in the last 12 months.

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