LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp. (OCSL) on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $36.6 million.

On a per-share basis, the Los Angeles-based company said it had net income of 20 cents. Earnings, adjusted for investment gains, were 16 cents per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 15 cents per share.

The specialty finance company posted revenue of $55.1 million in the period.

For the year, the company reported profit of $237.3 million, or $1.46 per share. Revenue was reported as $209.4 million.

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