SAN DIEGO (AP) _ DexCom Inc. (DXCM) on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $19.4 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

On a per-share basis, the San Diego-based company said it had a loss of 20 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 68 cents per share.

The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 86 cents per share.

The medical device company posted revenue of $698.2 million in the period, beating Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $698 million.

For the year, the company reported profit of $154.7 million, or $1.55 per share. Revenue was reported as $2.45 billion.

DexCom expects full-year revenue in the range of $2.82 billion to $2.94 billion.

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