Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,318.20	+138.38	0.91%
S&P 500	1,651.81	+12.77	0.78%
Nasdaq	3,482.18	+30.05	0.87%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,700.93	-1.76	-0.07%
FTSE 100	6,374.21	+43.72	0.69%
DAX	8,229.51	+13.78	0.17%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	13,268.60	+261.28	2.01%
Hang Seng	21,225.90	-0.02	0.00%
S&P/ASX 200	4,836.30	+21.95	0.46%

U.S. Companies Reporting Negative EPS Surprises, Aug. 2

By Wendy Soong - 2012-08-02T21:57:54Z

The following U.S. companies reported negative earnings surprises today. This list ranks percent surprises of actual earnings to earnings estimates.

Earnings estimates provided by Bloomberg.


TICKER                                             EST          PRICE   PRICE
SYM     COMPANY               Q12    Q11   % CHG    Q12   % CHG    CHG   % CHG
========================================================================
KTOS#   KRATOS DEFENSE &    -0.36  -0.22   -63.6  -0.09  -300.0  -0.01   -0.18
ABTL#   AUTOBYTEL INC        0.02   0.00      na   0.06   -66.7  -0.14   -3.66
SQI#    SCIQUEST INC         0.03   0.03     0.0   0.06   -50.0   0.05    0.30
SBAC#   SBA COMM CORP-A     -0.22  -0.26    15.4  -0.16   -37.5   0.07    0.12
DEPO#   DEPOMED INC         -0.28  -0.11  -154.5  -0.21   -33.3   0.03    0.55
CSV#    CARRIAGE SERVICE     0.16   0.16     0.0   0.22   -27.3  -0.19   -2.39
ACTV#   ACTIVE NETWORK I     0.11   0.18   -38.9   0.15   -26.7  -0.08   -0.57
AGNC#   AMERICAN CAPITAL     0.94   1.41   -33.3   1.26   -25.4   0.07    0.20
KND#    KINDRED HEALTHCA     0.29   0.53   -45.3   0.37   -21.6   0.27    2.96
TICKER                                             EST          PRICE   PRICE
SYM     COMPANY               Q12    Q11   % CHG    Q12   % CHG    CHG   % CHG
========================================================================
OYOG#   OYO GEOSPACE COR     1.67   1.44    16.0   2.08   -19.7  -5.16   -5.34
LMOS#   LUMOS NETWORKS C     0.18     na      na   0.22   -18.2  -0.21   -2.36
RP#     REALPAGE INC         0.09   0.05    80.0   0.11   -18.2   0.23    1.05
BAGL#   EINSTEIN NOAH RE     0.19   0.18     5.6   0.23   -17.4  -0.09   -0.54
SCOR#   COMSCORE INC         0.20  -0.01      NM   0.24   -16.7   0.41    2.73
ERIE#   ERIE INDEMNITY-A     0.82   0.87    -5.7   0.94   -12.8  -0.03   -0.04
ACCL#   ACCELRYS INC         0.07   0.08   -12.5   0.08   -12.5  -0.12   -1.52
ZIOP#   ZIOPHARM ONCOLOG    -0.29  -0.16   -81.3  -0.26   -11.5   0.23    4.29
MTSI#   MA-COM TECHNOLOG     0.24     na      na   0.27   -11.1  -0.18   -1.07
OMPI#   OBAGI MEDICAL PR     0.18   0.18     0.0   0.20   -10.0   0.17    1.15
PEET#   PEETS COFFEE &       0.30   0.38   -21.1   0.33    -9.1  -0.12   -0.16
EBS#    EMERGENT BIOSOLU     0.21   0.39   -46.2   0.23    -8.7   0.21    1.49
CADX#   CADENCE PHARMACE    -0.25  -0.30    16.7  -0.23    -8.7  -0.04   -0.97
PSA*#   PUBLIC STORAGE       1.38   1.39    -0.7   1.51    -8.6   0.19    0.13
AEL#    AMER EQUITY INVT     0.43   0.45    -4.4   0.47    -8.5   0.07    0.62
NILE#   BLUE NILE INC        0.11   0.19   -42.1   0.12    -8.3  -0.40   -1.66
DRC#    DRESSER-RAND GRO     0.45   0.16   181.3   0.49    -8.2  -1.14   -2.44
BIRT#   ACTUATE CORP         0.12   0.14   -14.3   0.13    -7.7   0.02    0.32
TICKER                                             EST          PRICE   PRICE
SYM     COMPANY               Q12    Q11   % CHG    Q12   % CHG    CHG   % CHG
========================================================================
HAYN#   HAYNES INTL INC      1.11   0.75    48.0   1.18    -5.9   0.13    0.27
DLB#    DOLBY LABORATO-A     0.57   0.65   -12.3   0.60    -5.0  -0.23   -0.64
ICFI#   ICF INTERNATIONA     0.52   0.45    15.6   0.54    -3.7  -0.32   -1.32
SHO#    SUNSTONE HOTEL       0.32   0.30     6.7   0.33    -3.0  -0.07   -0.71
PEB#    PEBBLEBROOK HOTE     0.33   0.18    83.3   0.34    -2.9  -0.13   -0.59
FFG#    FBL FINL GROUP-A     0.72   1.19   -39.5   0.74    -2.7   0.29    0.97
MCP#    MOLYCORP INC        -0.03   0.52      NM   0.08      NM  -0.55   -3.31
EXLP#   EXTERRAN PARTNER    -0.04  -0.07    42.9   0.14      NM  -0.07   -0.31
ECYT#   ENDOCYTE INC        -0.12  -0.35    65.7   0.39      NM   0.17    2.22
EDG#    EDGEN GROUP INC     -0.35     na      na   0.31      NM   0.05    0.68

* - 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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