California Earnings

A sampling of companies reporting quarterly earnings Monday, 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 Monday

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Con- % above/ 1997 Year- Ticker sensus Actual below 3rd-qtr. over-year Company symbol EPS EPS estimate EPS % growth FirstFed Financial FED $0.41 $0.41 0% $0.28 +46% Computer Sciences CSC 0.45 0.45 0 0.37 +22 CorVel CRVL 0.63 0.62 --2 0.55 +13 Cymer CYMI 0.05 0.05 0 0.23 --78

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Reporting Today

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Ticker Consensus Year-ago Predicted Company symbol EPS estimate quarter pct. chg. Tekelec TKLC 0.15 0.11 +36 Guitar Centers GTRC 0.15 0.11 +36 McKesson MCK 0.50 0.40 +25 Amgen AMGN 0.79 0.66 +20 Pimco Advisors PA 0.40 0.40 0 Unocal UCL 0.06 0.38 --84

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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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