ATLANTA (AP) _ NCR Corp. (NCR) on Tuesday reported third-quarter profit of $69 million.

The Atlanta-based company said it had profit of 46 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for costs related to mergers and acquisitions and non-recurring costs, were 80 cents per share.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 78 cents per share.

The maker of ATMs and other hardware and software to handle payments posted revenue of $1.97 billion in the period, which fell short of Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2 billion.

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