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A sampling of companies reporting Wednesday and expected to report today, ranked by year-over-year earnings-per-share (EPS) growth or estimated growth, compiled by First Call/Thomson Financial.
Reporting Tuesday
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Analysts’ % above/ Year- Ticker est. Actual below ago Company symbol EPS EPS estimate qtr. Kerr-McGee KMG 1.71 2.13 +25 0.57 Rainbow Technologies RNBO 0.24 0.27 +13 0.15 Imperial Bancorp IMP 0.40 0.44 +10 0.31 Entergy ETR 0.87 0.98 +13 0.72 Syncor Intl. SCOR 0.63 0.67 +6 0.50 Varian Medical VAR 0.39 0.43 +10 0.36 Marsh & McLennan MMC 0.96 0.96 0 0.82 DuPont DD 0.88 0.90 +2 0.78 Ecolab ECL 0.36 0.36 0 0.32 Wrigley WWY 0.83 0.81 -2 0.75 Garden Fresh Rest. LTUS 0.32 0.33 +3 0.35 Maxtor MXTR 0.07 0.11 +57 -0.51 Covad Comm. COVD -1.00 -0.86 NM -0.41 MarketWatch.com MKTW -0.76 -0.64 NM -0.58
Year- over-year Company % change Kerr-McGee +274% Rainbow Technologies +80 Imperial Bancorp +42 Entergy +36 Syncor Intl. +34 Varian Medical +19 Marsh & McLennan +17 DuPont +15 Ecolab +13 Wrigley +8 Garden Fresh Rest. -6 Maxtor NM Covad Comm. NM MarketWatch.com NM
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Expected Today
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Ticker Analysts’ Year-ago Predicted Company symbol estimated EPS quarter pct. chg. Unocal UCL 0.63 0.08 +688% Apache APA 1.13 0.28 +304 Phillips Petroleum P 1.56 0.46 +239 KLA-Tencor KLAC 0.43 0.14 +207 Texaco TX 1.18 0.52 +127 Scientific-Atlanta SFA 0.27 0.17 +59 MCI WorldCom WCOM 0.46 0.29 +59 Starbucks SBUX 0.18 0.13 +38 Sempra Energy SRE 0.55 0.40 +38 NewellRubbermaid NWL 0.51 0.40 +28 Dow Chemical DOW 0.74 0.61 +21 Union Pacific UNP 0.93 0.77 +21 Electronic Data Systems EDS 0.53 0.44 +20 ITLA Capital ITLA 0.63 0.54 +17 Young & Rubicom YNR 0.43 0.37 +16 Alberto-Culver ACV 0.44 0.40 +10 Kennedy Wilson KWIC 0.12 0.11 +9 Donnelley (R.R.) DNY 0.44 0.41 +7 CIT Group CIT 0.58 0.59 -2 Chubb CB 0.97 1.00 -3 CenturyTel CTL 0.39 0.43 -9 Ralston Purina RAL 0.23 0.27 -15 CSX CSX 0.25 0.45 -44 Bebe Stores BEBE 0.16 0.30 -47 EToys ETYS -0.39 -0.17 NM EarthLink ELNK -0.36 -0.21 NM E-Loan EELN -0.26 -0.30 NM Beyond.com BYND -0.35 -0.62 NM Western Digital WDC -0.17 -0.90 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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