Earnings Preview
A sampling of companies expected to report today, ranked by estimated 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. Amerada Hess AHC $2.17 $0.41 +429% LSI Logic LSI 0.29 0.11 +164 Chevron CHV 1.74 0.73 +138 Newgen Results NWGN 0.13 0.07 +86 EBay EBAY 0.03 0.02 +50 Linear Technology LLTC 0.25 0.17 +47 Cheesecake Factory CAKE 0.23 0.17 +35 T. Rowe Price TROW 0.53 0.41 +29 Air Products & Chemicals APD 0.61 0.48 +27 Nortel Networks NT 0.15 0.12 +25 Reebok International RBK 0.10 0.08 +25 Aflac AFL 0.58 0.47 +23 Cardinal Health CAH 0.71 0.58 +22 Pharmacia PHA 0.47 0.40 +18 Snap-on SNA 0.76 0.65 +17 Ball BLL 1.12 0.96 +17 Schering-Plough SGP 0.43 0.37 +16 Omnicom Group OMC 0.68 0.59 +15 Lincoln National LNC 0.86 0.75 +15 Avery Dennison AVY 0.72 0.63 +14 Tupperware TUP 0.51 0.45 +13 Vet Centers VCAI 0.38 0.34 +12 Kimberly-Clark KMB 0.80 0.72 +11 Burlington Northern Santa BNI 0.60 0.54 +11 Ameren AEE 0.70 0.63 +11 AT&T; T 0.54 0.49 +10 Bemis BMS 0.66 0.60 +10 Kilroy Realty KRC 0.67 0.62 +8 Cooper Industries CBE 0.98 0.92 +7 Pulte PHM 0.90 0.85 +6 McDonald’s MCD 0.39 0.37 +5 Sigma-Aldrich SIAL 0.46 0.44 +5 Ticketmaster Online TMCS -0.13 -0.13 0 Paccar PCAR 1.59 1.77 -10 RemedyTemp REMX 0.38 0.45 -16 Centex CTX 0.77 0.95 -19 Cincinnati Financial CINF 0.38 0.47 -19 Armstrong World ACK 1.12 1.43 -22 McKesson HBOC MCK 0.22 0.30 -27 Thomas & Betts TNB 0.52 0.75 -31 Louisiana Pacific LPX 0.47 0.76 -38 Fidelity National Financial FNF 0.46 0.75 -39 BMC Software BMCS 0.19 0.42 -55 Compaq CPQ 0.21 -0.10 NM Inco N 0.49 -0.05 NM Cymer CYMI 0.35 -0.05 NM Marimba MRBA -0.01 -0.06 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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