million, or 3 cents per American depositary share. A year ago, the company took a loss of $89.7 million, or 16.9 cents per ADS. Revenue climbed 93 percent, to $733.7 million from $400.2 million.

Analysts expected a profit of 2 cents per ADS and $740.2 million in revenue, according to FactSet.

Melco said revenue from City of Dreams more than doubled to $488.7 million, and Altira Macau revenue rose 85 percent to $245.1 million.

For the full year, the company pared its loss to $10.5 million, or 2 cents per ADS, from a loss of $308.5 million, or 63.1 cents per ADS. Its revenue nearly doubled to $2.55 billion from $1.3 billion.

Shares of Melco Crown declined 16 cents, or 2.2 percent, to $7.03 Tuesday.

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