ST LOUIS (AP) _ Centene Corp. (CNC) on Tuesday reported third-quarter earnings of $584 million.

The St. Louis-based company said it had profit of 99 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.26 per share.

The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.29 per share.

The healthcare company posted revenue of $32.41 billion in the period, exceeding Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $31.82 billion.

Centene expects full-year earnings in the range of $5.05 to $5.15 per share, with revenue in the range of $125.2 billion to $126.4 billion.

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