U.S. Companies Issuing Profit Outlooks for Sept. 16
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Sep 16, 2011
The following U.S. companies provided their financial outlooks today:
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Sept. 16
2011 Q3/11 Q4/11 2011 2012 Total
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Total: 3 416 2 2,348 153 6,268
Up: 0 56 0 529 39 23%
Down 0 164 1 516 17 25%
Neutral 1 189 1 1,188 45 46%
Ex-Item Charges 2 7 0 115 52 5%
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S&P 500: 0 110 0 695 66 1,779
Up: 0 10 0 142 18 22%
Down 0 45 0 148 6 23%
Neutral 0 51 0 360 18 48%
Ex-Item Charges 0 4 0 45 24 7%
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Up/
Company Period Down Guidance
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BABY Natus Medical Inc 2012 X Expects $0.08 eps addition from
acquisition of Embla Systems.
Mean estimate is $0.73;
range $0.69 to $0.87.
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RLOG Rand Logistics Inc 2011 N Expects eps of $0.41 to $0.50.
No estimate available.
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VIVO Meridian Bioscience Inc 2012 X Expects $0.02 to $0.01 eps charge from
consolidation of Life Science
operations.
Mean estimate is $0.86;
range $0.77 to $1.00.
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NOTE: * Denotes company is in the S&P 500. Cumulative figures
begin in July 2010. Up (U), Down (D) and Neutral (N) ratings are
based on a comparison between the company forecast and the
consensus analyst estimate. Ex-item (X) charges are company
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Up/
Company Period Down Guidance
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announced extraordinary items which will have an impact on
future earnings per share.
SOURCE: Bloomberg
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To contact the editor responsible for this story: Alex Tanzi at atanzi@bloomberg.net