SEATTLE (AP) _ Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $912.9 million.

On a per-share basis, the Seattle-based company said it had profit of 79 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 84 cents per share.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 13 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 77 cents per share.

The coffee chain posted revenue of $8.15 billion in the period, which missed Street forecasts. Eleven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $8.22 billion.

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

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