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04/12/99 - 04/16/99


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Beat Analyst Estimates by 9% or more (Alphabetical)

                                     First Call
                                     Consensus    Actual  Earnings
Company Name                  Ticker  Estimate     EPS    Surprise %
Advantage Learning Sys.       ALSI      0.11       0.13       18.2%
Alexander & Baldwin Inc.      ALEX      0.33       0.36        9.1%
Altera Corporation            ALTR      0.44       0.48        9.1%
American Buildings Co.        ABCO      0.35       0.42       20.0%
American Management Sys.      AMSY      0.28       0.37       32.1%
Apex PC Solutions             APEX      0.17       0.19       11.8%
Ardent Software               ARDT      0.15       0.18       20.0%
Arkansas Best Corp.           ABFS      0.16       0.32      100.0%
Astec Industries Inc.         ASTE      0.36       0.43       19.4%
Bank of Essex                 BSXT      0.24       0.30       25.0%
Bausch & Lomb Inc.            BOL       0.35       0.39       11.4%
Bear Stearns & Company        BSC       1.15       1.42       23.5%
Boeing Company                BA        0.43       0.50       16.3%
Boise Cascade Corp.           BCC       0.11       0.26      136.4%
Briggs & Stratton Corp.       BGG       1.47       1.79       21.8%
Carbo Ceramics                CRBO      0.23       0.28       21.7%
Catapult Communications       CATT      0.20       0.30       50.0%
Caterpillar Inc.              CAT       0.42       0.57       35.7%
C-Cor Electronics Inc.        CCBL      0.27       0.30       11.1%
CFI Proservices Inc.          PROI      0.21       0.24       14.3%
CNBT Bancshares               CNBT      0.22       0.25       13.6%
Coastal Bancorp Inc.          CBSA      0.38       0.44       15.8%
Columbia Bancshares           CBMD      0.24       0.27       12.5%
Continental Airlines          CAIB      0.93       1.03       10.8%
Cree Research Inc.            CREE      0.22       0.26       18.2%
Delta Air Lines, Inc.         DAL       1.29       1.42       10.1%
DM Management Company         DMMC      0.11       0.13       18.2%
Donaldson,Lufkin,Jenrette     DLJ       0.70       0.84       20.0%
Dow Jones & Co. Inc.          DJ        0.38       0.44       15.8%
Electronics For Imaging       EFII      0.25       0.31       24.0%
E-Tek Dynamics                ETEK      0.11       0.14       27.3%
Exponent Incorporated         EXPO      0.19       0.23       21.1%
First Western Bancorp         FWBI      0.41       0.47       14.6%
Flexsteel Industries          FLXS      0.33       0.41       24.2%
Florida Progress Corp.        FPC       0.57       0.69       21.1%
Flushing Financial Co.        FFIC      0.28       0.31       10.7%
Forward Air Corporation       FWRD      0.22       0.24        9.1%
Genentech Inc.                GNE       0.34       0.44       29.4%
Geotel Communications         GEOC      0.12       0.14       16.7%
Glatfelter Co. P.H.           GLT       0.13       0.19       46.2%
Global Marine Inc.            GLM       0.19       0.21       10.5%
Graco Inc.                    GGG       0.42       0.54       28.6%
Harbor FLA Bancshares         HARB      0.16       0.18       12.5%
Haverty Furniture Co.         HVT       0.45       0.55       22.2%
Hertz Corporation             HRZ       0.39       0.45       15.4%
Highland Bancorp              HBNK      0.97       1.07       10.3%
Illinova Corporation          ILN       0.13       0.24       84.6%
Insteel Industries Inc.       III       0.20       0.30       50.0%
International Integratn.      ICUB      0.10       0.11       10.0%
Investment Technology         ITGI      0.45       0.52       15.6%
Jakks Pacific Inc.            JAKK      0.15       0.25       66.7%
Jefferies Group Inc.          JEF       0.74       0.83       12.2%
KLA-Tencor                    KLAC      0.14       0.22       57.1%
Kronos Incorporated           KRON      0.28       0.35       25.0%
Ladd Furniture Inc.           LADF      0.36       0.45       25.0%
Landstar System Inc.          LSTR      0.51       0.71       39.2%
Manitowoc Company Inc.        MTW       0.43       0.47        9.3%
McGraw-Hill Inc.              MHP       0.11       0.12        9.1%
Merrill Lynch & Co.           MER       1.23       1.44       17.1%
Metropolitian Financial       METF      0.16       0.19       18.8%
Midland Company               MLA       0.56       0.76       35.7%
Mississippi Valley Banc.      MVBI      0.49       0.57       16.3%
Morgan (J.P.) & Co.           JPM       1.73       3.01       74.0%
Motorola Incorporated         MOT       0.24       0.28       16.7%
O'Sullivan Industries         OSU       0.40       0.47       17.5%
Paine Webber Group            PWJ       0.73       1.01       38.4%
Pam Trans Service Inc.        PTSI      0.28       0.33       17.9%
Queens County Bancorp         QCSB      0.37       0.43       16.2%
Quest Diagnostics             DGX       0.22       0.24        9.1%
Rational Software Corp.       RATL      0.21       0.23        9.5%
Raymond James Fincl.          RJF       0.39       0.45       15.4%
Rental Service +              RSV       0.29       0.32       10.3%
Roadway Express               ROAD      0.36       0.42       16.7%
Ruby Tuesday                  RI        0.31       0.35       12.9%
SanDisk Corporation           SNDK      0.13       0.15       15.4%
Scripps (E.W.) Co.            SSP       0.33       0.36        9.1%
Seacoast Banking Corp.        SBCFA     0.48       0.55       14.6%
Stanley Furniture Co.         STLY      0.47       0.54       14.9%
Telespectrum Worldwide        TLSP      0.15       0.17       13.3%
Teppco Partners L.P.          TPP       0.44       0.64       45.5%
The Source Company            SORC      0.11       0.12        9.1%
TranSwitch Corporatio         TXCC      0.16       0.18       12.5%
U.S. Trust Corp.              USTC      0.80       0.88       10.0%
UCBH Holdings                 UCBH      0.37       0.42       13.5%
Unisys Corporation            UIS       0.24       0.32       33.3%
United Security Bancorp       USBN      0.25       0.30       20.0%
United States Cellular        USM       0.23       0.32       39.1%
Vastar Resources Inc.         VRI       0.11       0.19       72.7%
Virginia Capital Banc.        VCAP      0.19       0.22       15.8%
Westcorp Inc.                 WES       0.21       0.32       52.4%
WestPoint Stevens Inc.        WPSN      0.24       0.27       12.5%
Weyerhaeuser Co.              WY        0.36       0.51       41.7%
WFS Financial                 WFSI      0.19       0.45      136.8%
Whirlpool Corp.               WHR       0.91       1.15       26.4%
Willamette Industries         WLL       0.20       0.28       40.0%

Beat Analyst estimates by 9% or more (Descending Percentages)

                                     First Call
                                     Consensus    Actual  Earnings
Company Name                  Ticker  Estimate     EPS    Surprise %
WFS Financial                 WFSI      0.19       0.45      136.8%
Boise Cascade Corp.           BCC       0.11       0.26      136.4%
Arkansas Best Corp.           ABFS      0.16       0.32      100.0%
Illinova Corporation          ILN       0.13       0.24       84.6%
Morgan (J.P.) & Co.           JPM       1.73       3.01       74.0%
Vastar Resources Inc.         VRI       0.11       0.19       72.7%
Jakks Pacific Inc.            JAKK      0.15       0.25       66.7%
KLA-Tencor                    KLAC      0.14       0.22       57.1%
Westcorp Inc.                 WES       0.21       0.32       52.4%
Catapult Communications       CATT      0.20       0.30       50.0%
Insteel Industries Inc.       III       0.20       0.30       50.0%
Glatfelter Co. P.H.           GLT       0.13       0.19       46.2%
Teppco Partners L.P.          TPP       0.44       0.64       45.5%
Weyerhaeuser Co.              WY        0.36       0.51       41.7%
Willamette Industries         WLL       0.20       0.28       40.0%
Landstar System Inc.          LSTR      0.51       0.71       39.2%
United States Cellular        USM       0.23       0.32       39.1%
Paine Webber Group            PWJ       0.73       1.01       38.4%
Midland Company               MLA       0.56       0.76       35.7%
Caterpillar Inc.              CAT       0.42       0.57       35.7%
Unisys Corporation            UIS       0.24       0.32       33.3%
American Management Sys.      AMSY      0.28       0.37       32.1%
Genentech Inc.                GNE       0.34       0.44       29.4%
Graco Inc.                    GGG       0.42       0.54       28.6%
E-Tek Dynamics                ETEK      0.11       0.14       27.3%
Whirlpool Corp.               WHR       0.91       1.15       26.4%
Bank of Essex                 BSXT      0.24       0.30       25.0%
Ladd Furniture Inc.           LADF      0.36       0.45       25.0%
Kronos Incorporated           KRON      0.28       0.35       25.0%
Flexsteel Industries          FLXS      0.33       0.41       24.2%
Electronics For Imaging       EFII      0.25       0.31       24.0%
Bear Stearns & Company        BSC       1.15       1.42       23.5%
Haverty Furniture Co.         HVT       0.45       0.55       22.2%
Briggs & Stratton Corp.       BGG       1.47       1.79       21.8%
Carbo Ceramics                CRBO      0.23       0.28       21.7%
Exponent Incorporated         EXPO      0.19       0.23       21.1%
Florida Progress Corp.        FPC       0.57       0.69       21.1%
American Buildings Co.        ABCO      0.35       0.42       20.0%
Donaldson,Lufkin,Jenrette     DLJ       0.70       0.84       20.0%
United Security Bancorp       USBN      0.25       0.30       20.0%
Ardent Software               ARDT      0.15       0.18       20.0%
Astec Industries Inc.         ASTE      0.36       0.43       19.4%
Metropolitian Financial       METF      0.16       0.19       18.8%
Advantage Learning Sys.       ALSI      0.11       0.13       18.2%
DM Management Company         DMMC      0.11       0.13       18.2%
Cree Research Inc.            CREE      0.22       0.26       18.2%
Pam Trans Service Inc.        PTSI      0.28       0.33       17.9%
O'Sullivan Industries         OSU       0.40       0.47       17.5%
Merrill Lynch & Co.           MER       1.23       1.44       17.1%
Roadway Express               ROAD      0.36       0.42       16.7%
Motorola Incorporated         MOT       0.24       0.28       16.7%
Geotel Communications         GEOC      0.12       0.14       16.7%
Boeing Company                BA        0.43       0.50       16.3%
Mississippi Valley Banc.      MVBI      0.49       0.57       16.3%
Queens County Bancorp         QCSB      0.37       0.43       16.2%
Dow Jones & Co. Inc.          DJ        0.38       0.44       15.8%
Coastal Bancorp Inc.          CBSA      0.38       0.44       15.8%
Virginia Capital Banc.        VCAP      0.19       0.22       15.8%
Investment Technology         ITGI      0.45       0.52       15.6%
Raymond James Fincl.          RJF       0.39       0.45       15.4%
Hertz Corporation             HRZ       0.39       0.45       15.4%
SanDisk Corporation           SNDK      0.13       0.15       15.4%
Stanley Furniture Co.         STLY      0.47       0.54       14.9%
Seacoast Banking Corp.        SBCFA     0.48       0.55       14.6%
First Western Bancorp         FWBI      0.41       0.47       14.6%
CFI Proservices Inc.          PROI      0.21       0.24       14.3%
CNBT Bancshares               CNBT      0.22       0.25       13.6%
UCBH Holdings                 UCBH      0.37       0.42       13.5%
Telespectrum Worldwide        TLSP      0.15       0.17       13.3%
Ruby Tuesday                  RI        0.31       0.35       12.9%
Columbia Bancshares           CBMD      0.24       0.27       12.5%
Harbor FLA Bancshares         HARB      0.16       0.18       12.5%
TranSwitch Corporatio         TXCC      0.16       0.18       12.5%
WestPoint Stevens Inc.        WPSN      0.24       0.27       12.5%
Jefferies Group Inc.          JEF       0.74       0.83       12.2%
Apex PC Solutions             APEX      0.17       0.19       11.8%
Bausch & Lomb Inc.            BOL       0.35       0.39       11.4%
C-Cor Electronics Inc.        CCBL      0.27       0.30       11.1%
Continental Airlines          CAIB      0.93       1.03       10.8%
Flushing Financial Co.        FFIC      0.28       0.31       10.7%
Global Marine Inc.            GLM       0.19       0.21       10.5%
Highland Bancorp              HBNK      0.97       1.07       10.3%
Rental Service +              RSV       0.29       0.32       10.3%
Delta Air Lines, Inc.         DAL       1.29       1.42       10.1%
U.S. Trust Corp.              USTC      0.80       0.88       10.0%
International Integratn.      ICUB      0.10       0.11       10.0%
Rational Software Corp.       RATL      0.21       0.23        9.5%
Manitowoc Company Inc.        MTW       0.43       0.47        9.3%
Scripps (E.W.) Co.            SSP       0.33       0.36        9.1%
Alexander & Baldwin Inc.      ALEX      0.33       0.36        9.1%
Altera Corporation            ALTR      0.44       0.48        9.1%
Quest Diagnostics             DGX       0.22       0.24        9.1%
McGraw-Hill Inc.              MHP       0.11       0.12        9.1%
The Source Company            SORC      0.11       0.12        9.1%
Forward Air Corporation       FWRD      0.22       0.24        9.1%

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