ATLANTA (AP) _ HD Supply Holdings Inc. (HDS) on Tuesday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $72 million.

On a per-share basis, the Atlanta-based company said it had profit of 45 cents. Earnings, adjusted for pretax expenses and non-recurring costs, came to 67 cents per share.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 56 cents per share.

The industrial distributor posted revenue of $1.4 billion in the period, falling short of Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.41 billion.

HD Supply shares have decreased 12% since the beginning of the year. The stock has declined 15% in the last 12 months.

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