MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) _ Robert Half International Inc. (RHI) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $112.8 million.

On a per-share basis, the Menlo Park, California-based company said it had net income of 98 cents.

The results met Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was also for earnings of 98 cents per share.

The staffing firm posted revenue of $1.54 billion in the period, which also matched Street forecasts.

For the year, the company reported profit of $454.4 million, or $3.90 per share. Revenue was reported as $6.07 billion.

Robert Half shares have decreased 4% since the beginning of the year, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index has increased almost 2%. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, shares hit $60.64, a fall of 7% in the last 12 months.

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