(Reuters) - PARIS, April 26 - Sodexho Alliance , the world's second-largest contract caterer, said on Thursday first-half net profit rose a stronger-than-expected 24.2 percent and revised up its full-year guidance.
Net earnings in the six months to end-February rose to 198 million euros from 160 million euros a year earlier, it said in a statement. That compared to the average forecast in a Reuters analyst poll for 186 million. Operating profit rose to 364 million euros from 315 million, which it said represented growth excluding currency swings of 20.4 percent. Its small service vouchers business reported comparable growth in operating profit of 29.7 percent to 66 million euros.
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