WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) _ National Fuel Gas Co. (NFG) on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $169.7 million.

On a per-share basis, the Williamsville, New York-based company said it had profit of $1.84.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.65 per share.

The energy company posted revenue of $658.9 million in the period.

National Fuel Gas expects full-year earnings in the range of $5.35 to $5.75 per share.

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

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