Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,303.10	+8.60	0.06%
S&P 500	1,649.60	-0.91	-0.06%
Nasdaq	3,459.14	-0.27	-0.01%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,303.10

+8.60

0.06%

S&P 500

1,649.60

-0.91

-0.06%

Nasdaq

3,459.14

-0.27

-0.01%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,764.29	-12.49	-0.45%
FTSE 100	6,654.34	-42.45	-0.63%
DAX	8,305.32	-46.66	-0.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,764.29

-12.49

-0.45%

FTSE 100

6,654.34

-42.45

-0.63%

DAX

8,305.32

-46.66

-0.56%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	14,612.50	+128.47	0.89%
Hang Seng	22,618.70	-51.01	-0.23%
S&P/ASX 200	4,983.50	-78.95	-1.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

14,612.50

+128.47

0.89%

Hang Seng

22,618.70

-51.01

-0.23%

S&P/ASX 200

4,983.50

-78.95

-1.56%

U.S. Companies Reporting Lower Quarterly EPS, March 6

By Wendy Soong - 2012-03-06T22:02:47Z

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
========================================================================
ASTX    ASTEX PHARMACEUT     0.00   0.11      NM  -0.01      NM   Dec
BPI     BRIDGEPOINT EDUC     0.41   0.45    -8.9   0.38     7.9   Dec
RIGL    RIGEL PHARMACEUT    -0.36  -0.33    -9.1  -0.26   -38.5   Dec
MTN     VAIL RESORTS         1.29   1.48   -12.8   1.38    -6.5   Jan
LVB     STEINWAY MUSICAL     0.24   0.28   -14.3   0.37   -35.1   Dec
CORT#   CORCEPT THERA       -0.11  -0.09   -22.2  -0.09   -22.2   Dec
IRDM    IRIDIUM COMMUNIC     0.11   0.15   -26.7   0.09    22.2   Dec
ARCL#   ARCHIPELAGO LEAR     0.07   0.10   -30.0   0.02   250.0   Dec
DCO     DUCOMMUN INC         0.27   0.39   -30.8   0.37   -27.0   Dec
TICKER                                             EST
SYM     COMPANY               Q11    Q10   % CHG    Q11   % CHG   Q/E
========================================================================
ONTY    ONCOTHYREON INC     -0.27  -0.20   -35.0  -0.14   -92.9   Dec
VRNM#   VERENIUM CORP       -0.26  -0.19   -36.8  -0.06  -333.3   Dec
MDSO    MEDIDATA SOLUTIO     0.37   0.71   -47.9   0.37     0.0   Dec
AVAV#   AEROVIRONMENT IN     0.26   0.52   -50.0   0.42   -38.1   Jan
WRES    WARREN RESOURCES     0.04   0.08   -50.0   0.09   -55.6   Dec
AGEN    AGENUS INC          -0.29  -0.18   -61.1  -0.28    -3.6   Dec
ESC#    EMERITUS CORP       -0.51  -0.29   -75.9  -0.36   -41.7   Dec
AKRX    AKORN INC            0.07   0.38   -81.6   0.09   -22.2   Dec
STXS#   STEREOTAXIS INC     -0.10  -0.05  -100.0     na      na   Dec
NX      QUANEX BUILDING     -0.12  -0.04  -200.0  -0.03  -300.0   Jan
HK      HALCON RESOURCES    -1.32  -0.15  -780.0   0.06      NM   Dec

Number of companies reporting lower earnings today:            20
Total number of companies reporting earnings today:            65

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

To contact the reporter on this story: Wendy Soong in New York at at csoong@Bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Alex Tanzi at at atanzi@Bloomberg.net

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