Quarterly Earnings Preview
A sample of quarterly earnings expected this week:
Today
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Company Estimated EPS* Year-ago EPS* 3M $1.24 $1.14 Conoco 0.76 0.41 Corning 0.34 0.19 HCA 0.31 0.27 SBC Communications 0.56 0.57
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Tuesday
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Company Estimated EPS* Year-ago EPS* Amazon.com -0.33 0.26 Avery Dennison 0.73 0.65 Chevron 1.98 1.07 Compaq Computer 0.29 0.07 ExxonMobil 1.16 0.62 Halliburton 0.23 0.13 Lucent 0.17 0.25 McKesson-HBOC 0.23 0.23 Nortel Networks 0.17 0.11 Pfizer 0.25 0.21 Schering-Plough 0.40 0.35 Tyco International 0.63 0.46 Xerox -0.19 0.47
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Wednesday
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Company Estimated EPS* Year-ago EPS* AT&T; 0.36 0.54 Bethlehem Steel -0.28 -0.77 Clorox 0.41 0.37 Hilton Hotels 0.16 0.15 Unocal 0.93 0.18 VeriSign 0.06 0.02 Viacom 0.00 0.23 WellPoint Health Networks 1.30 1.11
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Thursday
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Company Estimated EPS* Year-ago EPS* Amgen 0.28 0.25 EDS 0.58 0.51 Inktomi 0.05 -0.05 JDS Uniphase 0.16 0.08 Lockheed Martin 0.24 0.48 Sempra Energy 0.48 0.45 WorldCom 0.47 0.37
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Friday
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Company Estimated EPS* Year-ago EPS* Chubb 1.03 0.43 UnitedHealth Group 1.04 0.81
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* EPS: Earnings per share
Source: First Call/Thomson FinancialLos Angeles Times
