CINCINNATI (AP) _ Cintas Corp. (CTAS) on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $294.7 million.

The Cincinnati-based company said it had net income of $2.76 per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.62 per share.

The uniform rental company posted revenue of $1.92 billion in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.91 billion.

Cintas expects full-year earnings to be $10.70 to $10.95 per share, with revenue in the range of $7.63 billion to $7.7 billion.

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