Earnings Watch
A sampling of companies reporting quarterly earnings Wednesday, 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 Wednesday
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Pct. above/ 1997 Year- Ticker Consensus Actual below 3rd-qtr. over-year Company symbol EPS EPS estimate EPS % growth AMR AMR $2.32 $2.48 +7% $1.78 Eli Lilly LLY 0.51 0.53 +4 0.40 US Airways Group U 1.43 1.49 +4 1.14 Central & S.W. CSR 0.94 1.06 +13 0.87 Ingersoll-Rand IR 0.70 0.72 +3 0.60 United Tech. UTX 1.36 1.41 +4 1.18 Meredith MDP 0.32 0.32 0 0.27 Harrah 3/8s Enter. HET 0.49 0.45 -8 0.38 +18 Tandy TAN 0.44 0.45 +2 0.39 Armco AS 0.16 0.23 +44 0.20 V.F. VFC 0.93 0.96 +3 0.84 US West USW 0.74 0.75 +1 0.66 +14 Ryder System R 0.51 0.51 0 0.45 FMC FMC 1.56 1.60 +3 1.43 Bell Atlantic BEL 0.68 0.69 +1 0.62 Newell NWL 0.60 0.60 0 0.54 Fleet Financial FLT 0.66 0.66 0 0.60 +10 Johnson Controls JCI 1.07 1.09 +2 1.00 Armstrong World ACK 1.51 1.53 +1 1.41 +9 Allstate ALL 0.74 0.74 0 0.69 Barrick Gold ABX 0.18 0.20 +11 0.19 Rubbermaid RBD 0.30 0.21 -30 0.20 Genuine Parts GPC 0.49 0.48 -2 0.47 Stanley Works SWK 0.54 0.55 +2 0.54 UST UST 0.64 0.63 -2 0.62 Liz Claiborne LIZ 0.97 0.96 -1 0.95 Tenneco TEN 0.64 0.62 -3 0.62 0 Mercantile Banc. MTL 0.71 0.71 0 0.71 Harris HRS 0.51 0.53 +4 0.55 Allegheny Tele. ALT 0.31 0.33 +6 0.36 -8 C.R. Bard BCR 0.43 0.42 -2 0.46 Williams WMB 0.21 0.17 -19 0.20 Exxon XON 0.56 0.58 +4 0.73 DuPont DD 0.66 0.67 +2 0.85 Amoco AN 0.32 0.31 -3 0.65 Texaco TX 0.41 0.38 -7 0.91 Citigroup CCI 0.29 0.30 +3 0.86 Burlington Res. BR 0.03 0.08 +167 0.37 -78 Apache APA 0.00 0.03 +100 0.33 Republic N.Y. RNB 0.05 -0.96 NM* 0.99 Jostens JOS -0.24 -0.20 NM* -0.16 NM*
Pct. above/ Ticker Company symbol AMR +39% Eli Lilly +33 US Airways Group +31 Central & S.W. +22 Ingersoll-Rand +20 United Tech. +19 Meredith +19 Harrah 3/8s Enter. HET Tandy +15 Armco +15 V.F. +14 US West USW Ryder System +13 FMC +12 Bell Atlantic +11 Newell +11 Fleet Financial FLT Johnson Controls +9 Armstrong World ACK Allstate +7 Barrick Gold +5 Rubbermaid +5 Genuine Parts +2 Stanley Works +2 UST +2 Liz Claiborne +1 Tenneco TEN Mercantile Banc. 0 Harris -4 Allegheny Tele. ALT C.R. Bard -9 Williams -15 Exxon -21 DuPont -21 Amoco -52 Texaco -58 Citigroup -65 Burlington Res. BR Apache -91 Republic N.Y. NM* Jostens JOS
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Reporting Today
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Ticker Consensus Year-ago Predicted Company symbol EPS estimate quarter pct. chg. Maytag MYG $0.77 $0.50 +54% Tyco International TYC 0.55 0.37 +49 Lucent Technologies LU 0.39 0.29 +34 Banc One ONE 0.86 0.66 +30 Fort James FJ 0.67 0.52 +29 U.S. Bancorp USB 0.51 0.43 +19 Adolph Coors ACCOB 0.54 0.46 +17 Xerox XRX 1.04 0.89 +17 Avon Products AVP 0.30 0.26 +15 Quaker Oats OAT 0.90 0.79 +14 Sara Lee SLE 0.50 0.44 +14 American Intl. Group AIG 0.89 0.79 +13 R.R. Donnelley & Sons DNY 0.61 0.56 +9 Baxter International BAX 0.61 0.56 +9 Kimberly-Clark KMB 0.62 0.57 +9 Procter & Gamble PG 0.77 0.73 +5 Cooper Industries CBE 0.81 0.79 +3 Sears Roebuck S 0.75 0.76 -1 First Data FDC 0.41 0.42 -2 Minn. Mining & Mfg. MMM 0.98 1.03 -5 Schlumberger SLB 0.62 0.68 -9 Cincinnati Financial CINF 0.34 0.38 -11 Dow Chemical DOW 1.29 1.82 -29 Snap-On SNA 0.38 0.58 -34 RJR Nabisco Holdings RN 0.47 0.75 -37 USX-Marathon Group MRO 0.35 0.58 -40 Reebok International RBK 0.52 0.94 -45 USX-U.S. Steel Group X 0.47 1.25 -62 Phillips Petroleum P 0.26 0.94 -72 W.R. Grace GRA 0.29 0.91 -68 Union Pacific UNP 0.12 0.96 -88 Bankers Trust BT -3.70 2.16 NM* Amerada Hess AHC -0.25 0.13 NM* Boeing BA 0.27 -0.67 NM* Gateway GTW 0.47 -0.08 NM*
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* NM = not meaningful. A loss in any period makes percentage change not calculable.
Note: Year-over-year growth and percentage changes are based on earnings-per-share figures and may differ from percentage changes based on total profit.
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