HOUSTON (AP) — HOUSTON (AP) — Quanta Services Inc. (PWR) on Thursday reported first-quarter profit of $118.4 million.

The Houston-based company said it had net income of 79 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs and stock option expense, came to $1.41 per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.26 per share.

The specialty contractor for utility and energy companies posted revenue of $5.03 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $4.96 billion.

Quanta Services expects full-year earnings in the range of $8.15 to $8.65 per share, with revenue in the range of $22.5 billion to $23 billion.

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