Earnings Reports

L.A. Times Archives

April 24, 1999 12 AM PT

A sampling of companies reporting quarterly earnings Friday and expected to report Monday, ranked by year-over-year earnings-per-share (EPS) growth, compiled by First Call/Thomson Financial. For expanded listings, check the Times Web site at https://www.latimes.com/earnings.

Reporting Friday

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Analysts’ Pct. above/ Year- Ticker estimated Actual below ago Company symbol EPS EPS estimate qtr. Emulex EMLX $0.18 $0.20 +11% $0.02 K-Swiss KSWS 0.75 1.15 +53 0.31 Dole Foods DOL 0.52 0.52 0 0.37 Barrick Gold ABX 0.21 0.23 +10 0.20 Merck MRK 0.54 0.54 0 0.47 Kellogg K 0.35 0.36 +3 0.42 Mobil MOB 0.54 0.59 +9 0.88 Eastman Chemical EMN 0.28 0.44 +57 0.94 Data General DGN 0.05 0.03 -40 -0.09

Year- over-year Company % change Emulex +900% K-Swiss +271 Dole Foods +41 Barrick Gold +15 Merck +15 Kellogg -14 Mobil -33 Eastman Chemical -53 Data General NM

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Expected Monday

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Ticker Analysts’ Year-ago Predicted Company symbol estimated EPS quarter pct. chg. EBay EBAY $0.02 $0.01 +100% Peregrine Systems PRGN 0.13 0.08 +63 Warner-Lambert WLA 0.44 0.33 +33 AT&T; T 0.58 0.45 +29 Marsh & McLennan MMC 0.98 0.87 +13 Safeco SAFC 0.69 0.66 +5 Armstrong World ACK 1.18 1.15 +3 Owens-Illinois OI 0.40 0.46 -13 Bankers Trust BT 1.08 2.01 -46 Atlantic Richfield ARC 0.29 0.62 -53 Union Carbide UK 0.45 1.01 -55 Homestake Mining HM 0.00 0.01 -100 Cymer CYMI -0.12 0.09 NM Read-Rite RDRT -0.17 -1.29 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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