SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (AP) _ The Ensign Group Inc. (ENSG) on Wednesday reported third-quarter earnings of $47.3 million.

On a per-share basis, the San Juan Capistrano, California-based company said it had profit of 83 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 91 cents per share.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 90 cents per share.

The provider of nursing and rehabilitative care services posted revenue of $668.5 million in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $660.2 million.

Ensign Group expects full-year earnings to be $3.60 to $3.68 per share, with revenue in the range of $2.62 billion to $2.69 billion.

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