Earnings Watch
A sampling 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 Tuesday
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Con- Act- % above/ 1997 Year- Ticker sensus ual below 3rd-qtr. over-year Company symbol EPS EPS estimate EPS % growth Placer Dome PDG $0.07 $0.12 +71 $0.02 +500% Foster Wheeler FWC 0.49 0.50 +2 0.19 +163 General Instrmt GIC 0.21 0.22 +5 0.15 +47 Northern Telecm NT 0.37 0.42 +14 0.30 +40 Interpublic Grp IPG 0.32 0.33 +3 0.24 +38 Cardinal Health CAH 0.61 0.63 +3 0.49 +29 HealthSouth HRC 0.28 0.28 0 0.24 +17 Hartford Fin Svc HIG 0.86 0.87 +1 0.77 +13 Cons. Edison ED 1.46 1.49 +2 1.49 0 Amer. Elec. Pwr. AEP 1.04 1.02 --2 1.07 --5 Columbia/HCA COL 0.24 0.20 --17 0.21 --5 Nalco Chemical NLC 0.54 0.54 0 0.57 --5 Milacron MZ 0.46 0.47 +2 0.51 --8 Sealed Air SEE 0.36 0.29 --19 0.50 --42 Cyprus Amax Mn. CYM --0.12 --0.18 NM* 0.34 NM* Inco N --0.13 --0.19 NM* --0.04 NM* Eastern Enterp EFU --0.20 --0.17 NM* --0.13 NM*
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Reporting Today
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Ticker Consensus Year-ago Predicted Company symbol EPS estimate quarter pct. chg. Conseco CNC $0.89 $0.72 +24% CVS CVS 0.25 0.21 +19 Jefferson-Pilot JP 0.83 0.71 +17 American General AGC 1.01 0.88 +15 Northern States Power NSP 0.69 0.62 +11 Hershey Foods HSY 0.74 0.67 +10 Wrigley (Wm) Jr. WWY 0.66 0.60 +10 PP&L; Resources PPL 0.49 0.45 +9 Norfolk Southern NSC 0.47 0.44 +7 Russell RML 0.68 0.64 +6 Anheuser-Busch BUD 0.83 0.79 +5 DTE Energy DTE 0.89 0.91 --2 Bethlehem Steel BS 0.21 0.26 --19 Mobil MOB 0.60 1.11 --46 Newmont Mining NEM 0.06 0.28 --79
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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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