ATLANTA (AP) _ PulteGroup Inc. (PHM) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $882.2 million.

On a per-share basis, the Atlanta-based company said it had profit of $3.85. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to $3.63 per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.88 per share.

The homebuilder posted revenue of $5.17 billion in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $4.6 billion.

For the year, the company reported profit of $2.62 billion, or $11.01 per share. Revenue was reported as $16.23 billion.

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