SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) _ Snap Inc. (SNAP) on Thursday reported a loss of $359.6 million in its first quarter.

On a per-share basis, the Santa Monica, California-based company said it had a loss of 22 cents. Losses, adjusted for stock option expense and non-recurring costs, were 2 cents per share.

The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was breakeven on a per-share basis.

The company behind Snapchat posted revenue of $1.06 billion in the period, which met Street forecasts.

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