CINCINNATI (AP) — CINCINNATI (AP) — Cintas Corp. (CTAS) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $448.5 million.

On a per-share basis, the Cincinnati-based company said it had profit of $1.09.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.01 per share.

The uniform rental company posted revenue of $2.56 billion in the period, which met Street forecasts.

Cintas expects full-year earnings to be $4.28 to $4.34 per share, with revenue in the range of $10.26 billion to $10.32 billion.

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