Earnings Preview
A sampling of companies expected to report today, ranked by year-over-year earnings-per-share (EPS) growth, compiled by First Call/Thomson Financial.
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Ticker Analysts’ Year-ago Predicted Company symbol estimated EPS quarter pct. chg. Teradyne TER $0.74 $0.20 +270% Intel INTC 0.98 0.51 +92 Broadcom BRCM 0.19 0.10 +90 Veritas Softwares VRTS 0.12 0.07 +71 Schlumberger SLB 0.26 0.16 +63 SyBase SYBS 0.22 0.14 +57 Siebel Systems SEBL 0.18 0.12 +50 Weyerhaeuser WY 1.18 0.81 +46 Univision Communications UVN 0.24 0.17 +41 ICU Medical ICUI 0.32 0.25 +28 Apple Computer AAPL 0.44 0.35 +26 Guidant GDT 0.40 0.33 +21 Pacific Crest Capital PCCI 0.52 0.43 +21 Tricon Global Restaurants YUM 0.72 0.60 +20 Wells Fargo WFC 0.63 0.55 +15 Associates First Capital AFS 0.56 0.49 +14 Charter One Financial CF 0.56 0.49 +14 Jacobs Engineering JEC 0.72 0.63 +14 Johnson & Johnson JNJ 0.92 0.82 +12 Honeywell HON 0.75 0.67 +12 Philip Morris MO 0.95 0.85 +12 Freddie Mac FRE 0.83 0.75 +11 Pitney Bowes PBI 0.64 0.58 +10 Comerica CMA 1.13 1.03 +10 Merrill Lynch MER 1.70 1.57 +8 Southwest Airlines LUV 0.31 0.29 +7 General Motors GM 2.81 2.66 +6 Microsoft MSFT 0.42 0.40 +5 Boston Scientific BSX 0.28 0.27 +4 Dun & Bradstreet DNB 0.41 0.40 +2 Southern SO 0.46 0.45 +2 Washington Mutual WM 0.83 0.82 +1 V.F. VFC 0.69 0.70 -1 Huntington Bancshares HBAN 0.40 0.41 -2 KeyCorp KEY 0.56 0.60 -7 Potlatch PCH 0.30 0.33 -9 Boise Cascade BCC 0.45 0.52 -13 Public Service Enterprise PEG 0.71 0.83 -14 Dana DCN 1.00 1.17 -15 Time Warner TWX 0.08 0.12 -33 Jefferies JEF 0.39 0.61 -36 Healthsouth HRC 0.17 0.27 -37 Unisys UIS 0.19 0.37 -49 IDEC Pharmaceuticals IDPH 0.18 0.4 -55 Compuware CPWR 0.08 0.24 -67 Parametric Technology PMTC 0.00 0.13 NM Terayon Communications TERN 0.03 -0.09 NM Nextel Communications NXTL -0.36 -0.64 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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