California Earnings

L.A. Times Archives

Jan. 27, 2000 12 AM PT

A sampling of companies reporting quarterly earnings Wednesday and expected to report today, ranked by year-over-year earnings-per-share (EPS) growth, compiled by First Call/Thomson Financial.

Reporting Wednesday

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Analysts’ % above/ Year- Year- Ticker est. Actual below ago over-year Company symbol EPS EPS estimate qtr. % change MTI Technology MTIC $0.11 $0.14 +27% $0.05 +180% Allergan AGN 0.39 0.40 +3 0.31 +29 Pimco Advisors PA 0.44 0.39 -11 0.40 -3 Bergen Brunswig BBC 0.11 0.11 0 0.27 -59 Exodus Comm. EXDS -0.27 -0.25 +7 0.13 NM

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Expected Today

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Ticker Analysts’ Year-ago Predicted Company symbol estimated EPS quarter pct. chg. Franklin Resources BEN $0.51 $0.40 +28% On Assignment ASGN 0.35 0.29 +21 Safeway SWY 0.57 0.50 +14 FirstFed Financial FED 0.47 0.42 +12 Clorox CLX 0.32 0.31 +3 Unova UNA 0.21 0.37 -43 Maxtor MXTR -0.21 0.31 NM NBC Internet NBCI -1.96 0.29 NM E-Loan EELN -0.31 NA NA Informatica INFA 0.04 NA NA Salon.com SALN -0.63 NA

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Notes: NA = not available 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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