LARGO, Fla. (AP) _ Conmed Corp. (CNMD) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $24.4 million.

The Largo, Florida-based company said it had profit of 75 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs, came to $1.07 per share.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.05 per share.

The medical technology company posted revenue of $274 million in the period, falling short of Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $277.5 million.

For the year, the company reported profit of $62.5 million, or $1.94 per share. Revenue was reported as $1.01 billion.

Conmed expects full-year earnings in the range of $3.60 to $3.85 per share, with revenue in the range of $1.08 billion to $1.13 billion.

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