ATLANTA (AP) _ Global Payments Inc. (GPN) on Monday reported third-quarter earnings of $290.5 million.

The Atlanta-based company said it had profit of $1.05 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and stock option expense, came to $2.48 per share.

The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.49 per share.

The electronics payment processing company posted revenue of $2.29 billion in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $2.06 billion, which topped Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.05 billion.

Global Payments expects full-year earnings in the range of $9.53 to $9.75 per share, with revenue in the range of $8.4 billion to $8.47 billion.

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