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’ Pct. above/ Year- Ticker estimated Actual below ago Company symbol EPS EPS estimate qtr. Newhall Land & Farm. NHL $0.26 $0.25 -4% $0.01 Georgia-Pacific Group GP 1.02 1.13 +11 $0.17 Providian Financial PVN 0.72 0.78 +8 0.39 THQ THQI 0.75 0.83 +11 0.57 Kennedy-Wilson KWIC NA 0.16 NA 0.11 McKesson HBOC MCK 0.60 0.62 +3 0.43 Quaker Oats OAT 0.42 0.51 +21 0.36 Avon Products AVP 0.26 0.28 +8 0.20 Sears, Roebuck S 0.34 0.38 +12 0.28 Tandy TAN 0.48 0.51 +6 0.39 Gateway GTW 0.60 0.62 +3 0.48 Omnicom Group OMC 0.36 0.37 +3 0.29 Maytag MYG 0.91 0.95 +4 0.75 Starbucks SBUX 0.10 0.10 0 0.08 American Int’l Grp. AIG 0.93 0.94 +1 0.78 UnionBanCal UNBC 0.64 0.65 +2 0.54 Ralston Purina RAL 0.27 0.3 +11 0.26 Xerox XRX 0.48 0.48 0 0.42 Raytheon RTNB 0.71 0.72 +1 0.63 American Express AXP 1.25 1.26 +1 1.11 Sara Lee SLE 0.26 0.26 0 0.23 McDonald’s MCD 0.29 0.29 0 0.26 Procter & Gamble PG 0.70 0.72 +3 0.65 First Data FDC 0.31 0.32 +3 0.29 Reliance Steel RS 0.62 0.68 +10 0.62 Alberto-Culver ACV 0.32 0.35 +9 0.32 Clorox CLX 0.84 0.84 0 0.77 Baxter International BAX 0.61 0.61 0 0.58 PepsiCo PEP 0.24 0.25 +4 0.24 ALZA AZA 0.32 0.28 -13 0.27 UST UST 0.61 0.60 -2 0.58 Snap-On SNA 0.56 0.57 +2 0.56 20th Century Ind. TW 0.33 0.33 0 0.34 Air Products & Chem. APD 0.53 0.53 0 0.55 Duke Energy DUK 0.89 0.83 -7 0.89 Franklin Resources BEN 0.41 0.44 +7 0.50 Dow Chemical DOW 1.31 1.47 +12 1.77 Int’l. Flav/Frag IFF 0.46 0.46 0 0.58 Varco Int’l. VRC 0.19 0.18 -5 0.23 Monsanto MTC 0.16 0.20 +25 0.32 RJR Nabisco Holdings RN 0.28 0.24 -14 0.52 Union Pacific UNP 0.45 0.56 +24 -0.18 VeriSign VRSN -0.10 -0.08 NM -0.27 Lam Research LRCX -0.48 -0.38 NM -0.13 Silicon Graphics SGI -0.30 -0.23 NM -0.36

Year- over-year Company % change Newhall Land & Farm. +2,400% Georgia-Pacific Group +565 Providian Financial +100 THQ +46 Kennedy-Wilson +45 McKesson HBOC +44 Quaker Oats +42 Avon Products +40 Sears, Roebuck +36 Tandy +31 Gateway +29 Omnicom Group +28 Maytag +27 Starbucks +25 American Int’l Grp. +21 UnionBanCal +20 Ralston Purina +15 Xerox +14 Raytheon +14 American Express +14 Sara Lee +13 McDonald’s +12 Procter & Gamble +11 First Data +10 Reliance Steel +10 Alberto-Culver +9 Clorox +9 Baxter International +5 PepsiCo +4 ALZA +4 UST +3 Snap-On +2 20th Century Ind. -3 Air Products & Chem. -4 Duke Energy -7 Franklin Resources -12 Dow Chemical -17 Int’l. Flav/Frag -21 Varco Int’l. -22 Monsanto -38 RJR Nabisco Holdings -54 Union Pacific NM VeriSign NM Lam Research NM Silicon Graphics 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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