Earnings Watch

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

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Reporting Tuesday

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Analysts’ % above/ 1997 Ticker estimated Actual below 4th--qtr. Company symbol EPS EPS est. EPS Jostens JOS $0.40 $0.47 +18% $0.39 MBIA MBI 1.16 1.16 0 0.98 Torchmark TMK 0.59 0.60 +2 0.51 Milacron MZ 0.60 0.62 +3 0.53 Lincoln National LNC 1.27 1.37 +8 1.19 Sprint FON 0.85 0.79 --7 0.72 Browning-Ferris BFI 0.48 0.48 0 0.44 Emerson Electric EMR 0.69 0.69 0 0.64 Chubb CB 0.90 0.90 0 1.01 Springs Ind. SMI 0.86 0.75 --13 0.86 PepsiCo PEP 0.23 0.24 +4 0.29 Apache APA --0.07 --0.03 NM 0.48 Reebok Intl. RBK --0.14 --0.13 NM 0.32 Sprint PCS PCS --1.62 --1.43 NM --1.12

Yr-- over--yr Company % change Jostens +21% MBIA +18 Torchmark +18 Milacron +17 Lincoln National +15 Sprint +10 Browning-Ferris +9 Emerson Electric +8 Chubb --11 Springs Ind. --13 PepsiCo --17 Apache NM Reebok Intl. NM Sprint PCS NM

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Reporting Today

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Ticker Analysts’ Year--ago Predicted Company symbol estimated EPS quarter pct. chg. HCR Manor Care HCR $0.46 $0.37 +24% Marriott MAR 0.43 0.36 +19 Jefferson-Pilot JP 0.86 0.73 +18 New York Times NYT 0.47 0.41 +15 Anheuser-Busch BUD 0.33 0.30 +10 Snap-On SNA 0.58 0.68 --15 PACCAR PCAR 1.34 1.70 --21 Goodyear Tire & Rubber GT 0.75 1.08 --31

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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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