DUBLIN (AP) _ Icon PLC (ICLR) on Wednesday reported third-quarter net income of $160.2 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

On a per-share basis, the Dublin-based company said it had profit of $1.94. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $3 per share.

The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.93 per share.

The contract research organization posted revenue of $1.94 billion in the period, matching Street forecasts.

Icon PLC expects full-year earnings in the range of $11.65 to $11.85 per share, with revenue in the range of $7.69 billion to $7.81 billion.

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