Earnings Reports
A sampling of companies reporting quarterly earnings Thursday, ranked by year-over-year earnings-per-share (EPS) growth, compiled by First Call/Thomson Financial:
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Analysts’ Pct. above/ Year- Ticker estimated Actual below ago Company symbol EPS EPS estimate qtr. Boeing BA $0.43 $0.50 +16% $0.05 Owens Corning OWC 0.74 0.77 +4 0.12 Unisys UIS 0.24 0.32 +33 0.14 Charles Schwab SCH 0.33 0.34 +3 0.16 Hasbro HAS 0.05 0.07 +40 0.04 Bausch & Lomb BOL 0.35 0.39 +11 0.25 General Motors GM 2.89 3.04 +5 2.27 Federal Home Loan FRE 0.65 0.69 +6 0.54 Pfizer PFE 0.62 0.62 0 0.49 ICU Medical ICUI 0.25 0.25 0 0.20 Briggs & Stratton BGG 1.47 1.79 +22 1.45 Capital One Financial COF 1.18 1.18 0 0.96 B.F. Goodrich GR 0.81 0.88 +9 0.72 Safeway SWY 0.38 0.40 +5 0.33 McGraw-Hill MHP 0.11 0.12 +9 0.10 Ford Motor F 1.39 1.46 +5 1.22 Fifth Third Bancorp FITB 0.55 0.55 0 0.46 Sun Microsystems SUNW 0.35 0.35 0 0.30 National City NCC 1.04 1.07 +3 0.92 Automatic Data Proc. AUD 0.35 0.36 +3 0.31 Delta Air Lines DAL 1.29 1.42 +10 1.23 Marriott MAR 0.36 0.38 +6 0.33 Western Bancorp WEBC 0.42 0.43 +2 0.38 Golden West Fincl. GDW 1.97 2.11 +7 1.89 Comerica CMA 0.98 0.98 0 0.88 Summit Bancorp SUB 0.68 0.68 0 0.63 KeyCorp KEY 0.58 0.57 -2 0.53 Guidant GDT 0.31 0.33 +6 0.31 First Union FTU 0.88 0.88 0 0.83 Edison International EIX 0.41 0.40 -2 0.38 Gillette G 0.24 0.24 0 0.23 Columbia Energy CG 1.78 1.80 +1 1.77 GBC Bancorp GBCB 0.47 0.47 0 0.46 Dover DOV 0.32 0.32 0 0.33 BankBoston BKB 0.73 0.75 +3 0.79 Eaton ETN 1.21 1.17 -3 1.42 PPG Industries PPG 0.78 0.81 +4 1.07 FileNet FILE 0.05 0.06 +20 0.08 Downey Financial DSL 0.46 0.44 -4 0.62 Cummins Engine CUM 0.63 0.63 0 0.96 Potlatch PCH 0.17 0.18 +6 0.37 Andrew ANDW 0.06 0.09 +50 0.27 Alcan Aluminium AL 0.14 0.16 +14 0.50 Champion Intl. CHA 0.00 0.03 NM 0.20 Polaroid PRD -0.35 -0.34 NM -0.39 Inktomi INKT -0.12 -0.09 NM -0.13
Year- over-year Company % change Boeing +900% Owens Corning +542 Unisys +129 Charles Schwab +113 Hasbro +75 Bausch & Lomb +56 General Motors +34 Federal Home Loan +28 Pfizer +27 ICU Medical +25 Briggs & Stratton +23 Capital One Financial +23 B.F. Goodrich +22 Safeway +21 McGraw-Hill +20 Ford Motor +20 Fifth Third Bancorp +20 Sun Microsystems +17 National City +16 Automatic Data Proc. +16 Delta Air Lines +15 Marriott +15 Western Bancorp +13 Golden West Fincl. +12 Comerica +11 Summit Bancorp +8 KeyCorp +8 Guidant +6 First Union +6 Edison International +5 Gillette +4 Columbia Energy +2 GBC Bancorp +2 Dover -3 BankBoston -5 Eaton -18 PPG Industries -24 FileNet -25 Downey Financial -29 Cummins Engine -34 Potlatch -51 Andrew -67 Alcan Aluminium -68 Champion Intl. -85 Polaroid NM Inktomi NM
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Notes:
NM = not meaningful, since 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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