California Earnings

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Oct. 21, 1998 12 AM PT

A sampling of companies reporting quarterly earnings Tuesday, ranke by year-over-year growth, and companies due to report today, ranked by analysts 3/8 forecast change in earnings per share (EPS) from the year-ago quarter, compiled by First Call:

Reporting Tuesday

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Pct. above/ 1997 Year- Ticker Consensus Actual below 3rd-qtr. over-year Company symbol EPS EPS estimate EPS % growth Peregrine Systems PRGN $0.17 $0.18 +6% $0.10 +80% Wells Fargo WFC 3.93 3.99 +2 3.23 +24 Avery Dennison AVY 0.54 0.54 0 0.50 +8 Health Care Prop. HCP 0.76 0.77 +1 0.73 +5 Rainbow Tech. RNBO 0.23 0.22 -4 0.23 -4 Hilton Hotels HLT 0.31 0.30 -3 0.35 -14

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Reporting Today

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Ticker Consensus Year-ago Predicted Company symbol EPS estimate quarter pct. chg. Mentor MNTR $0.28 $0.12 Fidelity National FNF 0.81 0.48 Minimed MNMD 0.23 0.14 +64 Arden Realty ARI 0.61 0.55 Union BanCal UNBC 1.73 1.77 National Golf Properties TEE 0.57 0.61 PG&E; PCG 0.47 0.62 Allergan AGN 0.46 0.66 Occidental OXY 0.00 0.57 Callaway Golf ELY -0.01 0.62 Read-Rite RDRT -0.68 0.61 Silicon Graphics SGI -0.45 -0.20 Protection One ALRM 0.40 -0.46

Ticker Company symbol Mentor +133% Fidelity National +69 Minimed MNMD Arden Realty +11 Union BanCal -2 National Golf Properties -7 PG&E; -24 Allergan -30 Occidental -100 Callaway Golf NM* Read-Rite NM* Silicon Graphics NM* Protection One NM*

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

not calculable.

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