NORTH BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — NORTH BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT) on Thursday reported a key measure of profitability in its fourth quarter. The results matched Wall Street expectations.

The real estate investment trust, based in North Bethesda, Maryland, said it had funds from operations of $147.6 million, or $1.73 per share, in the period.

The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of $1.73 per share.

Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.

The company said it had net income of $63.5 million, or 75 cents per share.

The real estate investment trust, based in North Bethesda, Maryland, posted revenue of $311.4 million in the period, which did not meet Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $311.8 million.

For the year, the company reported funds from operations of $570.2 million. Revenue was reported as $1.2 billion.

Federal Realty Investment Trust expects full-year funds from operations to be $7.10 to $7.22 per share.

_____

This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on FRT at https://www.zacks.com/ap/FRT