The company also reported a 4% decrease in its net revenue to 25.41 billion reais, slightly above a Refinitv poll of 25.11 billion reais.

Its recurring earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) were of 3.92 billion reais, a 58% drop in comparison to the previous year and missing expectations of 4.14 billion reais from analysts polled by Refinitiv.

($1 = 5.0947 reais)

(Reporting by Carolina Pulice and Gabriel Araujo; Editing by Brendan O'Boyle)