CHICAGO (AP) _ Mondelez International Inc. (MDLZ) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $583 million.

On a per-share basis, the Chicago-based company said it had profit of 42 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 73 cents per share.

The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 71 cents per share.

The maker of Oreo cookies, Cadbury chocolate and Trident gum posted revenue of $8.7 billion in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $8.37 billion.

For the year, the company reported profit of $2.72 billion, or $1.96 per share. Revenue was reported as $31.5 billion.

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