WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) _ DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (DD) on Tuesday reported third-quarter net income of $391 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

The Wilmington, Delaware-based company said it had profit of 75 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and to account for discontinued operations, came to $1.15 per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.12 per share.

The specialty chemicals maker posted revenue of $4.27 billion in the period.

DuPont de Nemours expects full-year earnings in the range of $4.18 to $4.22 per share, with revenue in the range of $16.34 billion to $16.4 billion.

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