Midmorning Positive EPS Surprises for U.S. Companies, April 30
By Wendy Soong -
2012-04-30T14:37:26Z
The following U.S. companies reported positive surprises or matched expectations today. This list ranks percent surprises of actual earnings to earnings estimates.
Earnings estimates provided by Bloomberg.
TICKER EST SYM COMPANY Q12 Q11 % CHG Q11 % CHG Q/E ======================================================================== DRH DIAMONDROCK HOSP 0.09 0.07 28.6 -0.08 NM Mar PBIB PORTER BANCORP I 0.08 0.03 166.7 -0.13 NM Mar ECBE ECB BANCORP INC 0.04 0.47 -91.5 -0.09 NM Mar TGE TGC INDUSTRIES 0.57 0.31 83.9 0.36 58.3 Mar DSPG DSP GROUP INC -0.05 -0.05 0.0 -0.12 58.3 Mar NTLS NTELOS HOLDINGS 0.38 0.56 -32.1 0.28 35.7 Mar HMST HOMESTREET INC 3.55 na na 2.67 33.0 Mar CNA CNA FINL CORP 0.84 0.80 5.0 0.68 23.5 Mar ALR ALERE INC 0.77 0.61 26.2 0.65 18.5 Mar TICKER EST SYM COMPANY Q12 Q11 % CHG Q11 % CHG Q/E ======================================================================== WDR WADDELL & REED-A 0.55 0.53 3.8 0.49 12.2 Mar HAR* HARMAN INTL 0.74 0.36 105.6 0.67 10.4 Mar MCY MERCURY GEN CORP 0.71 0.72 -1.4 0.68 4.4 Mar LPLA LPL INVESTMENT H 0.56 0.52 7.7 0.54 3.7 Mar WPI* WATSON PHARM 1.64 0.89 84.3 1.59 3.1 Mar UDR UDR INC 0.35 0.30 16.7 0.34 2.9 Mar NSP INSPERITY INC 0.54 0.33 63.6 0.53 1.9 Mar AHGP ALLIANCE HOLDING 0.82 0.86 -4.7 0.81 1.2 Mar ONB OLD NATL BANCORP 0.24 0.17 41.2 0.24 0.0 Mar WSO WATSCO INC 0.24 0.21 14.3 0.24 0.0 Mar FFCH FIRST FIN HLDGS 0.13 -0.08 NM 0.13 0.0 Mar CFFN CAPITOL FEDERAL 0.12 0.10 20.0 0.12 0.0 Mar NOVB NORTH VALLEY BNC 0.07 0.06 16.7 0.07 0.0 Mar
* - Company in Standard & Poor’s 500 Index
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