LONDON (AP) _ IHS Markit Ltd. (INFO) on Friday reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $737.2 million.

On a per-share basis, the London-based company said it had profit of $1.83. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 85 cents per share.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 84 cents per share.

The financial information services provider posted revenue of $1.18 billion in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.14 billion.

For the year, the company reported profit of $1.21 billion, or $3.01 per share. Revenue was reported as $4.66 billion.

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