U.S. Companies Reporting Lower Quarterly EPS, Jan. 23

The following U.S. companies reported lower earnings per share for their latest quarter (end date of the quarter is noted in the last column).

Earnings estimates provided by Bloomberg.

TICKER                                             EST
SYM     COMPANY               Q11    Q10   % CHG    Q11   % CHG   Q/E
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PETS    PETMED EXPRESS       0.19   0.20    -5.0   0.16    18.8   Dec
CHCO    CITY HOLDING CO      0.65   0.69    -5.8   0.66    -1.5   Dec
TUES#   TUESDAY MORNING      0.37   0.40    -7.5   0.36     2.8   Dec
BSRR#   SIERRA BANCORP       0.11   0.12    -8.3   0.16   -31.2   Dec
CSBC#   CITIZENS SOUTH B    -0.20  -0.18   -11.1  -0.01 -1900.0   Dec
STBA    S & T BANCORP        0.33   0.41   -19.5   0.36    -8.3   Dec
JJSF#   J & J SNACK FOOD     0.29   0.38   -23.7   0.40   -27.5   Dec
ZION*#  ZIONS BANCORP        0.30   0.40   -25.0   0.33    -9.1   Dec
TXN*#   TEXAS INSTRUMENT     0.25   0.78   -67.9   0.23     8.7   Dec

Number of companies reporting lower earnings today:             9
Total number of companies reporting earnings today:            27

* - Company in Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.
# - Company reported in the late afternoon.

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