SEATTLE (AP) _ Zillow Group Inc. (ZG) on Thursday reported a loss of $261.2 million in its fourth quarter.

On a per-share basis, the Seattle-based company said it had a loss of $1.03. Losses, adjusted for stock option expense and asset impairment costs, came to 42 cents per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of $1.24 per share.

The online real estate marketplace posted revenue of $3.88 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.09 billion.

For the year, the company reported a loss of $527.8 million, or $2.11 per share. Revenue was reported as $8.15 billion.

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