MELVILLE, N.Y. (AP) _ MSC Industrial Direct Co. (MSM) on Wednesday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $99.7 million.

On a per-share basis, the Melville, New York-based company said it had profit of $1.78. Earnings, adjusted for restructuring costs and costs related to mergers and acquisitions, came to $1.82 per share.

The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.75 per share.

The distributor of industrial tools and supplies posted revenue of $958.6 million in the period, which fell short of Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $963.3 million.

This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on MSM at https://www.zacks.com/ap/MSM

Copyright by Automated Insights, Inc. All rights reserved., source Associated Press News