Earnings Reports

A sampling of companies reporting Tuesday 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. Amerada Hess AHC $2.17 $2.24 +3% $0.41 Nortel Networks NT 0.15 0.18 +20 0.11 Cheesecake Factory CAKE 0.23 0.25 +9 0.17 Pulte PHM 0.90 1.15 +28 0.85 Air Products & Chem. APD 0.61 0.64 +5 0.48 T. Rowe Price TROW 0.53 0.54 +2 0.41 Schering-Plough SGP 0.43 0.43 0 0.37 Snap-on SNA 0.76 0.75 -1 0.65 Torchmark TMK 0.71 0.70 -1 0.63 Burlington Northern Santa BNI 0.60 0.60 0 0.54 Vet Centers VCAI 0.38 0.37 -3 0.34 Paccar PCAR 1.59 1.71 +8 1.77 Cincinnati Financial CINF 0.38 0.45 +18 0.47 RemedyTemp REMX 0.38 0.38 0 0.45 McKesson HBOC MCK 0.22 0.22 0 0.28 Fidelity Natl. Financial FNF 0.46 0.46 0 0.75 Louisiana Pacific LPX 0.47 0.42 -11 0.76

Year- over-year Company % change Amerada Hess +446% Nortel Networks +64 Cheesecake Factory +47 Pulte +35 Air Products & Chem. +33 T. Rowe Price +32 Schering-Plough +16 Snap-on +15 Torchmark +11 Burlington Northern Santa +11 Vet Centers +9 Paccar -3 Cincinnati Financial -4 RemedyTemp -16 McKesson HBOC -21 Fidelity Natl. Financial -39 Louisiana Pacific -45

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Ticker Analysts’ Year-ago Predicted Company symbol estimated EPS quarter pct. chg. Lam Research LRCX $0.44 $0.09 +389% JDS Uniphase JDSU 0.12 0.06 +100 Callaway Golf ELY 0.61 0.35 +74 Rainbow Technologies RNBO 0.24 0.15 +60 Imperial Bancorp IMP 0.40 0.31 +29 RadioShack RSH 0.36 0.30 +20 Allergan AGN 0.38 0.32 +19 Wellpoint Health Networks WLP 1.22 1.03 +18 Tenet Healthcare THC 0.49 0.42 +17 Minn. Mining & Mfg. MMM 1.16 1.03 +13 Wrigley WWY 0.83 0.75 +11 TRW TRW 1.33 1.25 +6 Great Lakes Chemical GLK 0.74 0.73 +1 Garden Fresh Rest LTUS 0.32 0.35 -9 Halliburton HAL 0.16 0.19 -16 Castle & Cook CCS 0.16 0.23 -30 Bergen Brunswick BBC 0.14 0.26 -46 Xerox XRX 0.30 0.62 -52 Clear Channel Commun CCU 0.04 0.33 -88 Aurora Biosciences ABSC 0.04 -0.03 NM Covad Communications COVD -0.99 -0.41 NM Marketwatch.com MKTW -0.76 -0.58 NM Read-Rite RDRT -0.62 -0.95 NM NBCinternet NBCI -0.85 -1.55 NM Verisign VRSN -0.02 0.00 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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