DALLAS (AP) _ Atmos Energy Corp. (ATO) on Wednesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $48.7 million.

On a per-share basis, the Dallas-based company said it had profit of 37 cents.

The results matched Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was also for earnings of 37 cents per share.

The natural gas utility posted revenue of $568.4 million in the period.

For the year, the company reported profit of $665.6 million, or $5.12 per share. Revenue was reported as $3.41 billion.

Atmos expects full-year earnings to be $5.40 to $5.60 per share.

Atmos shares have declined slightly more than 1% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, shares hit $94.07, a decrease of 8% in the last 12 months.

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