Midmorning Positive EPS Surprises for U.S. Companies, March 5

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               Q11    Q10   % CHG    Q10   % CHG   Q/E
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SUP     SUPERIOR INDS        1.50   0.82    82.9   0.24   525.0   Dec
ARCL    ARCHIPELAGO LEAR     0.07   0.10   -30.0   0.02   250.0   Dec
GCO     GENESCO INC          1.97   1.33    48.1   1.67    18.0   Jan
CONM    CONMED HEALTHCAR     0.05   0.03    66.7   0.05     0.0   Dec

* - Company in Standard & Poor’s 500 Index

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