California Earnings

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Oct. 16, 1998 12 AM PT

A summary of companies reporting quarterly earnings Tuesday, ranked by year-over-year growth, and companies due to report today, ranked by analysts’ forecast change in earnings per share (EPS) from the year-ago quarter, compiled by First Call:

Reporting Thursday

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Pct. above/ 1997 Ticker Consensus Actual below 3rd-qtr. Company symbol EPS EPS estimate EPS Charles Schwab SCH $0.33 $0.35 +6% $0.28 Sun Microsystems SUNW 0.49 0.50 +2 0.47 Consolidated Frtw. CFWY 0.33 0.41 +24 0.50 Lam Research LRCX -0.70 -0.70 0 0.09

Year- over-year Company % growth Charles Schwab +25% Sun Microsystems +20 Consolidated Frtw. -18 Lam Research NM*

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Reporting Today

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Ticker Consensus Year-ago Predicted Company symbol EPS estimate quarter pct. chg. Peterson PTN $0.14 $0.02 600% Pinkerton’s PKT 0.26 0.26 0 Edison International EIX 0.69 0.70 -1 Quantum QNTM 0.11 0.62 -82

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* Note: For more information via the Internet, check https://www.firstcall.com.

NM=not meaningful. A loss in any period makes percentage change not calculable.