SAO PAULO, March 2 (Reuters) - Brazilian payments and banking firm StoneCo STNE.O reported on Monday an about 12% increase in its fourth-quarter adjusted net profit from a year earlier.
Stone&Co posted a 707 million real ($136.6 million) adjusted net profit for the October-to-December quarter, while analysts polled by LSEG had projected a 743 million real profit.
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(Reporting by Andre Romani, Editing by Natalia Siniawski)
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