BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (AP) _ Tractor Supply Co. (TSCO) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $144.2 million.

The Brentwood, Tennessee-based company said it had profit of $1.21 per share.

The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.23 per share.

The retailer for farmers and ranchers posted revenue of $2.19 billion in the period, which also fell short of Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.24 billion.

For the year, the company reported profit of $562.4 million, or $4.66 per share. Revenue was reported as $8.35 billion.

Tractor Supply expects full-year earnings to be $4.90 to $5.10 per share, with revenue in the range of $8.75 billion to $8.9 billion.

Tractor Supply shares have increased nearly 2% since the beginning of the year, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index has risen slightly more than 1%. The stock has climbed roughly 6% in the last 12 months.

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