
SAO PAULO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau GGBR4.SA reported on Wednesday a 9% decline in its forth-quarter adjusted net profit from a year earlier, to total 666 million reais ($116.4 million).
The result came in below the 810.3 million reais profit expected by analysts polled by LSEG.
($1 = 5.7214 reais)