U.S. Companies Reporting Positive EPS Surprises, June 27

The following U.S. companies reported positive surprises or matched expectations today. This list ranks percent surprises of actual earnings estimates.

Earnings estimates provided by Bloomberg.

TICKER                                             EST          PRICE   PRICE
SYM     COMPANY               Q12    Q11   % CHG    Q12   % CHG    CHG   % CHG
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ZZ      SEALY CORP           0.02   0.02     0.0   0.01   100.0   0.13    7.65
LEN*    LENNAR CORP-A        0.21   0.07   200.0   0.16    31.3   1.31    4.78
UNF     UNIFIRST CORP/MA     1.16   0.93    24.7   0.99    17.2   5.59    9.74
AVAV    AEROVIRONMENT IN     0.80   0.79     1.3   0.72    11.1   0.67    2.63
LNN     LINDSAY CORP         1.47   1.20    22.5   1.36     8.1   5.62    9.99
MON*    MONSANTO CO          1.63   1.26    29.4   1.60     1.9   3.02    3.88
GIS*    GENERAL MILLS IN     0.60   0.52    15.4   0.59     1.7  -0.60   -1.57
PAYX*#  PAYCHEX INC          0.34   0.33     3.0   0.34     0.0   0.17    0.54

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

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