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Missed Estimates

10/19/98 - 10/23/98


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Missed Analyst Estimates by 9% or more (Alphabetical)

                                     First Call
                                     Consensus    Actual  Earnings
Company Name                  Ticker  Estimate     EPS    Surprise %
Alliance Bancorp              ABCL      0.36       0.32      -11.1%
American Bankers Ins.         ABI       0.59       0.50      -15.3%
Annaly Mortgage Mgmt.         NLY       0.24       0.21      -12.5%
Atchison Casting Corp.        FDY       0.12       0.04      -66.7%
Aviall Incorporated           AVL       0.42       0.38      -9.50%
Bank of Essex                 BSXT      0.31       0.27      -12.9%
Belden Incorporated           BWC       0.33       0.19      -42.4%
Belo (A.H.) Corp.             BLC       0.11       0.08      -27.3%
Bonded Motors Inc.            BMTR      0.18       0.15      -16.7%
Boyd Gaming Corp.             BYD       0.13       0.10      -23.1%
Brown & Sharpe Manuf.         BNS       0.23       0.09      -60.9%
Calgon Carbon Corp.           CCC       0.10       0.05      -50.0%
CCC Information Services      CCCG      0.17       0.11      -35.3%
CFC International Inc.        CFCI      0.23       0.18      -21.7%
Cincinnati Financial          CINF      0.34       0.24      -29.4%
Coastcast Corporation         PAR       0.19       0.08      -57.9%
Commonwealth Bancorp          CMSB      0.24       0.19      -20.8%
Compucom Systems Inc.         CMPC      0.12       0.02      -83.3%
Comsat Corporation            CQ        0.10       0.09      -10.0%
Cone Mills                    COE       0.12       0.08      -33.3%
Crawford & Company            CRDB      0.27       0.17      -37.0%
CSX Corporation               CSX       1.05       0.95       -9.5%
Dain Rauscher Corp.           DRC       0.78       0.27      -65.4%
Delta Financial Corp.         DFC       0.26       0.20      -23.1%
Donegal Group Inc.            DGIC      0.37       0.17      -54.1%
Drexler Technology Co.        DRXR      0.12       0.10      -16.7%
Eltron International          ELTN      0.42       0.35      -16.7%
Fidelity Bancorp Inc.         FBCI      0.38       0.33      -13.2%
Fleming Companies Inc.        FLM       0.22       0.05      -77.3%
General Chemical Group        GCG       0.64       0.54      -15.6%
Greyhound Lines Inc.          BUS       0.41       0.28      -31.7%
Hambrecht & Quist Group       HQ        0.19       0.14      -26.3%
II - Vi Incorporated          IIVI      0.18       0.10      -44.4%
Intelliquest Informat         IQST      0.12       0.08      -33.3%
JDA Software                  JDAS      0.22       0.17      -22.7%
Jevic Transportation          JEVC      0.25       0.22      -12.0%
Kaiser Aluminum Corp.         KLU       0.16       0.14      -12.5%
KLLM Transport Services       KLLM      0.11       0.05      -54.5%
Lubrizol Corporation          LZ        0.39       0.30      -23.1%
Lydall Incorporated           LDL       0.24       0.20      -16.7%
Lynx Therapeutics             LYNX      0.78       0.24     -130.8%
Mentor Corporation            MNTR      0.28       0.22      -21.4%
Morgan (J.P.) & Company       JPM       0.81       0.58      -28.4%
Nabors Industries             NBR       0.30       0.27      -10.0%
National Vision Assoc.        NVAL      0.11       0.09      -18.2%
NN Ball and Roller            NNBR      0.10       0.08      -20.0%
Ohio Casualty Corp.           OCAS      0.78       0.63      -19.2%
Ontrack Data Intl.            ONDI      0.16       0.13      -18.8%
Oregon Steel Mills Inc.       OS        0.25       0.22      -12.0%
Premier Financial Bank        PFBI      0.30       0.25      -16.7%
Profit Recovery Group         PRGX      0.26       0.20      -23.1%
Protection One Inc.           ALRM      0.40       0.04      -90.0%
Richmond County Finance       RCBK      0.22       0.20       -9.1%
Rubbermaid Inc.               RBD       0.30       0.21      -30.0%
Ryerson Tull                  RT        0.22       0.17      -22.7%
SCC Communications            SCCX      0.10       0.07      -30.0%
SM&A Corporation              WINS      0.15       0.12      -20.0%
SMC Corporation               SMCC      0.25      -0.38     -252.0%
Southern Energy Homes         SEHI      0.25       0.18      -28.0%
Southwest Georgia Fin.        SGB       0.41       0.36      -12.2%
Southwest Securities          SWS       0.53       0.44      -17.0%
Spacelabs Medical Inc.        SLMD      0.20       0.18      -10.0%
Special Metals Corp.          SMCX      0.34       0.26      -23.5%
Sport-Haley Incorporated      SPOR      0.22       0.18      -18.2%
Standard Management           SMAN      0.16       0.14      -12.5%
Sybron Chemical Ind.          SYC       0.29       0.19      -34.5%
Teche Holding Inc.            TSH       0.32       0.27      -15.6%
Tenneco Incorporated          TEN       0.64       0.56      -12.5%
Texaco Incorporated           TX        0.41       0.37      -9.80%
Thomas Industries Inc.        TII       0.48       0.43      -10.4%
Titanium Metals Corp.         TIE       0.65       0.50      -23.1%
Transatlantic Holding         TRH       1.30       0.96      -26.2%
Treadco Incorporated          TRED      0.21       0.13      -38.1%
Tuboscope Corp.               TBI       0.23       0.20      -13.0%
Tultex Corporation            TTX       0.10      -0.08     -180.0%
United Cos. Financial         UCFC      0.18      -0.06     -133.3%
United Video Satellite        UVSGA     0.22       0.20       -9.1%
Universal Stainless & Alloy   USAP      0.18       0.16      -11.1%
USX-Marathon Group            MRO       0.35       0.24      -31.4%
Valero Energy Corp.           VLO       0.14       0.08      -42.9%
Viagrafix Corporation         VIAX      0.13       0.03      -76.9%
Warren Bancorp                WRNB      0.20       0.17      -15.0%
Washington Water Power        WWP       0.16       0.14      -12.5%
Whitney Holding Corp.         WTNY      0.71       0.50      -29.6%
Williams Companies            WMB       0.21       0.17      -19.0%
Worthington Foods             WFDS      0.21       0.19       -9.5%
WPS Resources Corp.           WPS       0.56       0.45      -19.6%

Missed Analyst Estimates by 9% or more (Descending Percentages)

                                     First Call
                                     Consensus    Actual  Earnings
Company Name                  Ticker  Estimate     EPS    Surprise %
SMC Corporation               SMCC      0.25      -0.38     -252.0%
Tultex Corporation            TTX       0.10      -0.08     -180.0%
United Cos. Financial         UCFC      0.18      -0.06     -133.3%
Lynx Therapeutics             LYNX      0.78       0.24     -130.8%
Protection One Inc.           ALRM      0.40       0.04      -90.0%
Compucom Systems Inc.         CMPC      0.12       0.02      -83.3%
Fleming Companies Inc.        FLM       0.22       0.05      -77.3%
Viagrafix Corporation         VIAX      0.13       0.03      -76.9%
Atchison Casting Corp.        FDY       0.12       0.04      -66.7%
Dain Rauscher Corp.           DRC       0.78       0.27      -65.4%
Brown & Sharpe Manuf.         BNS       0.23       0.09      -60.9%
Coastcast Corporation         PAR       0.19       0.08      -57.9%
KLLM Transport Services       KLLM      0.11       0.05      -54.5%
Donegal Group Inc.            DGIC      0.37       0.17      -54.1%
Calgon Carbon Corp.           CCC       0.10       0.05      -50.0%
II - Vi Incorporated          IIVI      0.18       0.10      -44.4%
Valero Energy Corp.           VLO       0.14       0.08      -42.9%
Belden Incorporated           BWC       0.33       0.19      -42.4%
Treadco Incorporated          TRED      0.21       0.13      -38.1%
Crawford & Company            CRDB      0.27       0.17      -37.0%
CCC Information Services      CCCG      0.17       0.11      -35.3%
Sybron Chemical Ind.          SYC       0.29       0.19      -34.5%
Cone Mills                    COE       0.12       0.08      -33.3%
Intelliquest Informat         IQST      0.12       0.08      -33.3%
Greyhound Lines Inc.          BUS       0.41       0.28      -31.7%
USX-Marathon Group            MRO       0.35       0.24      -31.4%
Rubbermaid Inc.               RBD       0.30       0.21      -30.0%
SCC Communications            SCCX      0.10       0.07      -30.0%
Whitney Holding Corp.         WTNY      0.71       0.50      -29.6%
Cincinnati Financial          CINF      0.34       0.24      -29.4%
Morgan (J.P.) & Company       JPM       0.81       0.58      -28.4%
Southern Energy Homes         SEHI      0.25       0.18      -28.0%
Belo (A.H.) Corp.             BLC       0.11       0.08      -27.3%
Hambrecht & Quist Group       HQ        0.19       0.14      -26.3%
Transatlantic Holding         TRH       1.30       0.96      -26.2%
Special Metals Corp.          SMCX      0.34       0.26      -23.5%
Boyd Gaming Corp.             BYD       0.13       0.10      -23.1%
Lubrizol Corporation          LZ        0.39       0.30      -23.1%
Profit Recovery Group         PRGX      0.26       0.20      -23.1%
Delta Financial Corp.         DFC       0.26       0.20      -23.1%
Titanium Metals Corp.         TIE       0.65       0.50      -23.1%
Ryerson Tull                  RT        0.22       0.17      -22.7%
JDA Software                  JDAS      0.22       0.17      -22.7%
CFC International Inc.        CFCI      0.23       0.18      -21.7%
Mentor Corporation            MNTR      0.28       0.22      -21.4%
Commonwealth Bancorp          CMSB      0.24       0.19      -20.8%
NN Ball and Roller            NNBR      0.10       0.08      -20.0%
SM&A Corporation              WINS      0.15       0.12      -20.0%
WPS Resources Corp.           WPS       0.56       0.45      -19.6%
Ohio Casualty Corp.           OCAS      0.78       0.63      -19.2%
Williams Companies            WMB       0.21       0.17      -19.0%
Ontrack Data Intl.            ONDI      0.16       0.13      -18.8%
Sport-Haley Incorporated      SPOR      0.22       0.18      -18.2%
National Vision Assoc.        NVAL      0.11       0.09      -18.2%
Southwest Securities          SWS       0.53       0.44      -17.0%
Drexler Technology Co.        DRXR      0.12       0.10      -16.7%
Lydall Incorporated           LDL       0.24       0.20      -16.7%
Premier Financial Bank        PFBI      0.30       0.25      -16.7%
Eltron International          ELTN      0.42       0.35      -16.7%
Bonded Motors Inc.            BMTR      0.18       0.15      -16.7%
General Chemical Group        GCG       0.64       0.54      -15.6%
Teche Holding Inc.            TSH       0.32       0.27      -15.6%
American Bankers Ins.         ABI       0.59       0.50      -15.3%
Warren Bancorp                WRNB      0.20       0.17      -15.0%
Fidelity Bancorp Inc.         FBCI      0.38       0.33      -13.2%
Tuboscope Corp.               TBI       0.23       0.20      -13.0%
Bank of Essex                 BSXT      0.31       0.27      -12.9%
Standard Management           SMAN      0.16       0.14      -12.5%
Washington Water Power        WWP       0.16       0.14      -12.5%
Tenneco Incorporated          TEN       0.64       0.56      -12.5%
Kaiser Aluminum Corp.         KLU       0.16       0.14      -12.5%
Annaly Mortgage Mgmt.         NLY       0.24       0.21      -12.5%
Southwest Georgia Fin.        SGB       0.41       0.36      -12.2%
Jevic Transportation          JEVC      0.25       0.22      -12.0%
Oregon Steel Mills Inc.       OS        0.25       0.22      -12.0%
Universal Stainless & Alloy   USAP      0.18       0.16      -11.1%
Alliance Bancorp              ABCL      0.36       0.32      -11.1%
Thomas Industries Inc.        TII       0.48       0.43      -10.4%
Comsat Corporation            CQ        0.10       0.09      -10.0%
Nabors Industries             NBR       0.30       0.27      -10.0%
Spacelabs Medical Inc.        SLMD      0.20       0.18      -10.0%
Texaco Incorporated           TX        0.41       0.37       -9.8%
Worthington Foods             WFDS      0.21       0.19       -9.5%
Aviall Incorporated           AVL       0.42       0.38       -9.5%
CSX Corporation               CSX       1.05       0.95       -9.5%
United Video Satellite        UVSGA     0.22       0.20       -9.1%
Richmond County Finance       RCBK      0.22       0.20       -9.1%