WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (DD) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $257 million.

The Wilmington, Delaware-based company said it had profit of 56 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs and restructuring costs, were 84 cents per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 81 cents per share.

The specialty chemicals maker posted revenue of $3.02 billion in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.94 billion.

DuPont de Nemours expects full-year earnings in the range of $3.55 to $3.70 per share, with revenue in the range of $12.3 billion to $12.5 billion.

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