Earnings Watch

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April 16, 1999 12 AM PT

A sampling of companies expected to report quarterly earnings today, ranked by year-over-year earnings-per-share (EPS) growth, compiled by First Call/Thomson Financial:

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Ticker Analysts’ Year-ago Predicted Company symbol estimated EPS quarter pct. chg. Regions Financial RGBK $0.61 $0.52 +17% Morton International MII 0.52 0.46 +13 Eastman Kodak EK 0.76 0.69 +10 Baltimore Gas & Electric BGE 0.55 0.50 +10 FPL Group FPL 0.66 0.63 +5 Equifax EFX 0.31 0.31 0 Dominion Resources D 0.71 0.72 -1 Nalco Chemical NLC 0.46 0.49 -6 Parker-Hannifin PH 0.65 0.79 -18 Caterpillar CAT 0.42 1.15 -63 Coastcast PAR 0.09 0.44 -80 Boise Cascade BCC 0.09 -0.11 NM

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Notes:NM = not meaningful. A loss in any period makes percentage change not calculable.

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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