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:

Reporting Tuesday

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Analysts’ % above/ 1997 Ticker est. Actual below 4th-qtr Company symbol EPS EPS estimate EPS Freeport-McMoran FCX $0.25 $0.26 +4% $0.15 Compuware CPWR 0.45 0.49 +9 0.29 Pfizer PFE 0.52 0.54 +4 0.38 Tyco Intl TYC 0.58 0.61 +5 0.43 Capital One Financial COF 1.04 1.04 0 0.86 Honeywell HON 1.63 1.64 +1 1.38 Associates First Cap AFS 0.47 0.47 0 0.40 Meredith MDP 0.47 0.47 0 0.40 Comerica CMA 0.97 0.97 0 0.85 Northern Trust NTRS 0.79 0.79 0 0.70 State Street STT 0.68 0.68 0 0.61 Delta Air Lines DAL 1.26 1.29 +2 1.20 Computer Assoc. Intl. CA 0.61 0.64 +5 0.60 Parametric Tech PMTC 0.18 0.16 --11 0.15 Parker-Hannifin PH 0.55 0.58 +5 0.63 Morton Intl. MII 0.41 0.40 --2 0.44 Archer-Daniels ADM 0.19 0.19 0 0.24 Champion Intl. CHA --0.01 0.13 NM 0.34

Yr- over-year Company % change Freeport-McMoran +73% Compuware +69 Pfizer +42 Tyco Intl +42 Capital One Financial +21 Honeywell +19 Associates First Cap +18 Meredith +18 Comerica +14 Northern Trust +13 State Street +11 Delta Air Lines +8 Computer Assoc. Intl. +7 Parametric Tech +7 Parker-Hannifin --8 Morton Intl. --9 Archer-Daniels --21 Champion Intl. --62

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Reporting Today

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Analysts’ 1997 Yr- Ticker est. 4th-qtr. over-yr Company symbol EPS EPS % change General Motors GM $2.61 $2.03 +29% Bristol-Myers Squibb BMY 0.90 0.78 +15 AlliedSignal ALD 0.62 0.54 +15 AMR AMR 1.16 1.09 +6 Texas Instruments TXN 0.54 0.55 --2 Caterpillar CAT 0.83 1.20 --31

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

Note: 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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