| The First Cut: Positive Earnings Surprises With Below-Average P/Es | |||||||||
| Company (Exchange: Ticker) | Quarterly EPS | Current Fiscal- Year EPS |
P/E Ratio (Est EPS) (X) |
Price Change | Description | ||||
| Est (%) |
Actual (%) |
Surprise (%) |
Ann'l Est ($) |
Monthly Change (%) |
4-Wk (%) |
52-Wk (%) |
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| Hutchinson Technology (M: HTCH) | 0.12 | 0.32 | 166.7 | 1.19 | 3.5 | 21.9 | (6) | 9 | disk drive components; biomeasure |
| America's Car-Mart, Inc. (M: CRMT) | 0.16 | 0.29 | 81.3 | 1.01 | 32.9 | 11.5 | 2 | 4 | used car market |
| W&T Offshore, Inc. (N: WTI) | 0.31 | 0.53 | 71.0 | 1.91 | 2.1 | 15.2 | 5 | (11) | oil & gas company |
| Terra Industries Inc. (N: TRA) | 0.46 | 0.75 | 63.0 | 2.32 | 0.4 | 17.2 | 12 | 273 | nitrogen prods for agri & indus |
| CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (N: CF) | 0.97 | 1.52 | 56.7 | 5.83 | 4.1 | 16.6 | 14 | 308 | nitrogen & phosphate fertilizer |
| Western Digital Corp. (N: WDC) | 0.57 | 0.79 | 38.6 | 3.25 | 19.0 | 9.2 | 12 | 45 | hard drive mfr & sales |
| Perrigo Company (M: PRGO) | 0.26 | 0.36 | 38.5 | 1.38 | 7.0 | 23.6 | 8 | 94 | pharmaceuticals & nutrition prods |
| SiRF Technology Holdings (M: SIRF) | 0.22 | 0.29 | 31.8 | 1.05 | 1.0 | 23.0 | (10) | (8) | GPS semiconductor solutions |
| American Physicians Capital (M: ACAP) | 0.94 | 1.21 | 28.7 | 4.54 | 1.6 | 9.5 | 3 | 9 | medical liability insurance |
| hhgregg, Inc. (N: HGG) | 0.14 | 0.18 | 28.6 | 1.00 | 5.3 | 14.0 | (7) | 0 | appliances & audio/video prods |
| Fossil, Inc. (M: FOSL) | 0.34 | 0.43 | 26.5 | 1.68 | 1.2 | 25.8 | 5 | 95 | consumer fashion accessories |
| Bristow Group Inc. (N: BRS) | 0.76 | 0.93 | 22.4 | 3.43 | 1.2 | 16.1 | 3 | 50 | helicopters to offshore indus |
| Infinity Property & Casualty (M: IPCC) | 0.82 | 1.00 | 22.0 | 3.82 | 0.5 | 9.6 | (7) | (23) | auto insurance |
| Tech Data Corporation (M: TECD) | 0.60 | 0.73 | 21.7 | 2.42 | 6.6 | 15.3 | 2 | (8) | distribs info technology prods |
| Travelers Companies, Inc. (N: TRV) | 1.49 | 1.81 | 21.5 | 6.69 | 0.3 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | property & casualty insurance |
| Archer Daniels Midland (N: ADM) | 0.59 | 0.71 | 20.3 | 2.63 | 1.5 | 14.9 | 3 | 20 | agri commodities & prods |
| Humana Inc. (N: HUM) | 1.49 | 1.78 | 19.5 | 4.79 | 0.4 | 15.8 | 4 | 37 | health insurance coverage |
| Casey's General Stores (M: CASY) | 0.46 | 0.54 | 17.4 | 1.72 | 8.9 | 16.4 | (3) | 16 | convenience stores |
| Verigy Ltd. (M: VRGY) | 0.50 | 0.58 | 16.0 | 2.03 | 9.7 | 13.1 | 31 | 49 | tests & solutions for semicond |
| Aladdin Knowledge Systems (M: ALDN) | 0.26 | 0.30 | 15.4 | 1.14 | 0.9 | 23.3 | 7 | 50 | network security & software rights |
| Plexus Corp. (M: PLXS) | 0.48 | 0.55 | 14.6 | 1.90 | 0.5 | 14.0 | (8) | 9 | prod realization servs to equip mfrs |
| Clean Harbors, Inc. (M: CLHB) | 0.57 | 0.63 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 0.5 | 25.5 | (7) | 11 | environmental services |
| Donaldson Company, Inc. (N: DCI) | 0.48 | 0.53 | 10.4 | 2.05 | 3.0 | 22.2 | 13 | 29 | filtration systems & parts |
| Comtech Telecomm. Corp. (M: CMTL) | 0.49 | 0.54 | 10.2 | 2.58 | 1.2 | 20.3 | 5 | 35 | sys & servs for communications |
| Hasbro, Inc. (N: HAS) | 0.71 | 0.78 | 9.9 | 2.03 | 1.0 | 12.7 | (6) | (5) | games and toys |
| Tyco Electronics Ltd. (N: TEL) | 0.54 | 0.59 | 9.3 | 2.45 | 4.3 | 14.9 | 4 | 0 | electronic components |
| Aircastle Limited (N: AYR) | 0.45 | 0.49 | 8.9 | 1.76 | 0.6 | 15.1 | (5) | (8) | aircraft leasing |
| National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (N: NOV) | 0.94 | 1.02 | 8.5 | 3.73 | 0.3 | 20.7 | 20 | 127 | oil & gas drilling equip |
| Copart, Inc. (M: CPRT) | 0.38 | 0.41 | 7.9 | 1.75 | 4.2 | 23.9 | 18 | 37 | vehicle remarketing servs |
| optionsXpress Holdings (M: OXPS) | 0.38 | 0.40 | 5.3 | 1.53 | 2.0 | 20.7 | 8 | 31 | brokerage servs |
| Exchange Key: N=New York Stock Exchange; A=American Stock Exchange; M=NASDAQ. Source: AAII's Stock Investor Pro and Reuters Research, Inc. Data as of 12/14/2007. |
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