Earnings Watch
A sampling of companies reporting quarterly earnings Thursday, 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 Unisys UIS $0.25 $0.26 +4% $0.13 Guidant GDT 0.53 0.54 +2 0.27 Champion Intl. CHA 0.24 0.32 +33 0.21 Capital One Fin. COF 1.00 1.00 0 0.73 B.F. Goodrich GR 0.77 0.80 +4 0.59 Georgia-Pacific GP 0.45 0.60 +33 0.45 Delta Air Lines DAL 3.95 4.16 +5 3.26 Ceridian CEN 0.45 0.45 0 0.36 Bausch & Lomb BOL 0.64 0.65 +2 0.53 Sun Microsys. SUNW 0.49 0.50 +2 0.41 Federal Home Ln. FRE 0.58 0.58 0 0.48 SBC Comm. SBC 0.53 0.53 0 0.45 5th Third Bancorp FITB 0.52 0.53 +2 0.45 Ameren AEE 1.64 1.84 +12 1.57 AlliedSignal ALD 0.58 0.58 0 0.50 Comerica CMA 0.95 0.95 0 0.83 Colgate-Palmolive CL 0.66 0.66 0 0.58 Norwest Corp NOB 0.50 0.50 0 0.44 Parametric Tech. PMTC 0.17 0.17 0 0.15 McGraw-Hill MHP 1.58 1.62 +3 1.44 Ameritech AIT 0.58 0.58 0 0.52 PNC Bank Corp PNC 0.91 0.91 0 0.83 FPL Group FPL 1.60 1.66 +4 1.52 TRW TRW 0.85 0.92 +8 0.85 KeyCorp KEY 0.57 0.57 0 0.53 Nicor GAS 0.42 0.43 +2 0.40 Parker-Hannifin PH 0.67 0.71 +6 0.70 Alza AZA 0.31 0.31 0 0.31 PPG Industries PPG 0.92 0.93 +1 0.95 Hasbro HAS 0.55 0.55 0 0.57 Archer Daniels ADM 0.14 0.20 +43 0.22 Bankboston BKB 0.65 0.66 +2 0.73 Coca-Cola KO 0.35 0.36 +3 0.40 Case CSE 0.82 0.82 0 0.98 Aeroquip-Vickers ANV 0.83 0.85 +2 1.05 Gillette G 0.30 0.30 0 0.38 Polaroid PRD 0.47 0.40 -15 0.55 Union Camp UCC 0.18 0.20 +11 0.40 Cummins Engine CUM 0.52 0.52 0 1.38 KLA-Tencor KLAC 0.12 0.11 -8 0.56 Millipore MIL -0.10 -0.06 +40 0.39 Nextel Comm. NXTL -1.35 -1.39 -3 -1.26
Year- over-year Company % growth Unisys +100% Guidant +100 Champion Intl. +52 Capital One Fin. +37 B.F. Goodrich +36 Georgia-Pacific +33 Delta Air Lines +28 Ceridian +25 Bausch & Lomb +23 Sun Microsys. +22 Federal Home Ln. +21 SBC Comm. +18 5th Third Bancorp +18 Ameren +17 AlliedSignal +16 Comerica +14 Colgate-Palmolive +14 Norwest Corp +14 Parametric Tech. +13 McGraw-Hill +13 Ameritech +12 PNC Bank Corp +10 FPL Group +9 TRW +8 KeyCorp +8 Nicor +7 Parker-Hannifin +1 Alza 0 PPG Industries -2 Hasbro -4 Archer Daniels -9 Bankboston -10 Coca-Cola -10 Case -16 Aeroquip-Vickers -19 Gillette -21 Polaroid -27 Union Camp -50 Cummins Engine -62 KLA-Tencor -80 Millipore NM* Nextel Comm. NM*
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Reporting Today
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Ticker Consensus Year-ago Predicted Company symbol EPS estimate quarter pct. chg. Paccar PCAR $1.25 $1.05 +19% GPU GPU 1.08 0.94 +15 Merck MRK 1.11 0.97 +14 Carolina Power & Light CPL 1.23 1.15 +7 Owens-Illinois OI 0.69 0.65 +6 Cooper Tire & Rubber CTB 0.42 0.40 +5 Baltimore Gas & Electric BGE 1.15 1.11 +4 Dover DOV 0.46 0.46 0 Edison EIX 0.70 0.70 0 Dominion Resources D 1.06 1.12 -5 Entergy ETR 0.90 1.05 -14 Unicom UCM 1.03 1.30 -21 Alcan Aluminium AL 0.36 0.47 -23
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* NM = not meaningful. A loss in any period makes percentage change not calculable.
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