DALLAS (AP) — DALLAS (AP) — Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) on Tuesday reported first-quarter earnings of $647 million.

The Dallas-based company said it had profit of $1.91 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $2.01 per share.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.61 per share.

The maker of consumer products such as Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissue posted revenue of $5.15 billion in the period, also topping Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $5.08 billion.

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