Earnings Reports

L.A. Times Archives

July 14, 1999 12 AM PT

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/Thomson Financial.

Reporting Tuesday

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Analysts’ Pct. above/ Year- Ticker estimated Actual below ago Company symbol EPS EPS estimate qtr. Enron ENE $0.50 $0.54 +8% $0.42 MBNA KRB 0.26 0.27 +4 0.21 Dow Jones DJ 0.61 0.64 +5 0.56 Fannie Mae FNM 0.91 0.91 0 0.8 International Paper IP 0.23 0.24 +4 0.26 Phelps Dodge PD -0.01 0.02 NM 0.69

Year- over-year Company % change Enron +29% MBNA +29 Dow Jones +14 Fannie Mae +14 International Paper -8 Phelps Dodge -97

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Expected Wednesday

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Ticker Analysts’ Year-ago Predicted Company symbol estimated EPS quarter pct. chg. Polaroid PRD $0.33 $0.03 +1,000% Time Warner TWX 0.06 0.02 +200 Apple Computer AAPL 0.64 0.50 +28 AlliedSignal ALD 0.70 0.61 +15 U.S. Bancorp USB 0.54 0.48 +13 Fleet Financial FLT 0.73 0.65 +12 Wachovia WB 1.22 1.09 +12 Ford Motor F 1.95 1.91 +2 Boise Cascade BCC 0.44 -0.04 NM EarthLink ELNK -0.22 -0.20 NM Inktomi INKT -0.12 -0.13 NM Read-Rite RDRT -0.49 -0.89 NM Advanced Micro Devices AMD -1.26 -0.45 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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