TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) _ Prestige Brands Holdings Inc. (PBH) on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $55.3 million.

The Tarrytown, New York-based company said it had net income of $1.09 per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.03 per share.

The medicine distributor posted revenue of $277.1 million in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $268.2 million.

Prestige Brands expects full-year earnings to be $4.18 to $4.23 per share, with revenue in the range of $1.12 billion to $1.13 billion.

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