Earnings Preview

L.A. Times Archives

April 23, 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. Protection One POI $0.48 $0.01 +4,700% Emulex EMLX 0.18 0.02 +800 K-Swiss KSWS 0.75 0.31 +142 Dole Foods DOL 0.52 0.37 +41 Hollywood Entertainment HLYW 0.29 0.21 +38 Merck MRK 0.54 0.47 +15 PNC Bank Corp PNC 0.93 0.87 +7 Fortune Brands FO 0.32 0.30 +7 Kellogg K 0.35 0.42 -17 Hershey Foods HSY 0.42 0.52 -19 CSX CSX 0.32 0.41 -22 Mobil MOB 0.54 0.88 -39 Eastman Chemical EMN 0.28 0.94 -70 USX-U.S. Steel Group X 0.00 0.98 -100 Data General DGN 0.05 -0.09 NP Cypress Bioscience CYPB -0.06 -0.05 NM

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Notes:

NA = not available

NP = Negative to positive

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.

For expanded listings, check The Times’ Web site at https://www.latimes.com/earnings.

For more information on First Call, visit https://www.firstcall.com.