BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) _ Encompass Health Corp. (EHC) on Tuesday reported first-quarter earnings of $107.3 million.

The Birmingham, Alabama-based company said it had profit of $1.07 per share. Earnings, adjusted for pretax gains, came to $1.05 per share.

The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 80 cents per share.

The rehabilitation hospital operator posted revenue of $1.23 billion in the period, matching Street forecasts.

Encompass Health expects full-year earnings in the range of $3.94 to $4.16 per share, with revenue in the range of $5.06 billion to $5.23 billion.

Encompass Health shares have risen roughly 3% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $84.81, a rise of 21% in the last 12 months.

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