ATLANTA (AP) _ Genuine Parts Co. (GPC) on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $228.6 million.

On a per-share basis, the Atlanta-based company said it had profit of $1.59. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.88 per share.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.64 per share.

The auto and industrial parts distributor posted revenue of $4.82 billion in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $4.7 billion.

Genuine Parts expects full-year earnings in the range of $6.60 to $6.65 per share.

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