DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) — DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) — Curtiss-Wright Corp. (CW) on Wednesday reported first-quarter earnings of $76.5 million.

The Davidson, North Carolina-based company said it had profit of $1.99 per share.

The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.75 per share.

The engineering firm posted revenue of $713.2 million in the period, also topping Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $665 million.

Curtiss-Wright expects full-year earnings in the range of $10.10 to $10.40 per share, with revenue in the range of $2.99 billion to $3.04 billion.

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