Earnings Reports
A sampling of companies reporting quarterly earnings Thursday, ranked by year-over-year earnings-per-share (EPS) growth, compiled by First Call/Thomson Financial.
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Analysts’ % above/ Year- Ticker est. Actual below ago Company symbol EPS EPS estimate qtr. Burlington Resources BR $0.44 $0.43 -2% $0.11 Phelps Dodge PD 0.04 0.06 +50 0.02 Perkin Elmer PKI 0.49 0.51 +4 0.22 Timken TKR 0.44 0.40 -9 0.20 Nucor NUE 1.00 0.98 -2 0.58 Ryder System R 0.49 0.50 +2 0.30 Springs Industries SMI 1.04 1.16 +12 0.73 Peoples Energy PGL 0.31 0.31 0 0.20 Andrew ANDW 0.25 0.26 +4 0.18 NCR NCR 0.58 0.61 +5 0.45 99 Cent Only NDN 0.25 0.26 +4 0.20 On Assignment ASGN 0.19 0.20 +5 0.16 Danaher DHR 0.54 0.56 +4 0.46 Reliance Steel & Alum. RS 0.58 0.60 +3 0.49 Coors RKY 1.40 1.43 +2 1.23 Synovus Financial SNV 0.22 0.22 0 0.19 UnionBanCal UB 0.79 0.80 +1 0.69 Caterpillar CAT 0.87 0.90 +3 0.78 Bristol-Myers Squibb BMY 0.54 0.54 0% 0.47 Illinois Tool Works ITW 0.90 0.90 0 0.79 Sherwin-Williams SHW 0.71 0.71 0 0.63 PPG Industries PPG 1.19 1.17 -2 1.05 FMC FMC 2.27 2.31 +2 2.10 Consolidated Edison ED 0.32 0.33 +3 0.30 Brunswick BC 0.97 0.97 0 0.89 Golden State Bancorp GSB 0.59 0.60 +2 0.55 Fortune Brands FO 0.64 0.65 +2 0.60 U.S. Bancorp USB 0.54 0.54 0 0.51 Equifax EFX 0.39 0.39 0 0.37 Becton, Dickinson BDX 0.43 0.40 -7 0.38 Intl Flav/Frag IFF 0.48 0.48 0 0.48 UST UST 0.68 0.69 +1 0.70 Crane CR 0.54 0.52 -4 0.53 Cooper Tire & Rubber CTB 0.48 0.48 0 0.50 Barrick Gold ABX 0.18 0.18 0 0.20 Fort James FJ 0.54 0.54 0 0.62 Crown Cork & Seal CCK 0.50 0.50 0 0.76 K-Swiss KSWS 0.24 0.37 +54 0.58 Newhall NHL 0.21 0.22 +5 0.40 Inktomi INKT 0.02 0.04 +100 -0.05 Eastern Enterprises EFU -0.13 -0.13 0 -0.11
Year- over-year Company % change Burlington Resources +291% Phelps Dodge +200 Perkin Elmer +132 Timken +100 Nucor +69 Ryder System +67 Springs Industries +59 Peoples Energy +55 Andrew +44 NCR +36 99 Cent Only +30 On Assignment +25 Danaher +22 Reliance Steel & Alum. +22 Coors +16 Synovus Financial +16 UnionBanCal +16 Caterpillar +15 Bristol-Myers Squibb +15 Illinois Tool Works +14 Sherwin-Williams +13 PPG Industries +11 FMC +10 Consolidated Edison +10 Brunswick +9 Golden State Bancorp +9 Fortune Brands +8 U.S. Bancorp +6 Equifax +5 Becton, Dickinson +5 Intl Flav/Frag 0 UST -1 Crane -2 Cooper Tire & Rubber -4 Barrick Gold -10 Fort James -13 Crown Cork & Seal -34 K-Swiss -36 Newhall -45 Inktomi NM Eastern Enterprises 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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