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Missed Estimates

Week of 10/18/99 - 10/22/99

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Missed Analyst Estimates by 9% or more (Alphabetical)

                                     First Call
                                     Consensus    Actual  Earnings
Company Name                  Ticker  Estimate     EPS    Surprise %
Acuson Corporation            ACN       0.18       0.13      -27.8%
Aeroflex Incorporated         ARX       0.18       0.15      -16.7%
Akorn Incorporated            AKRN      0.10       0.09      -10.0%
Amerada Hess Corporation      AHC       0.67       0.58      -13.4%
Arguss Hldgs Inc.             ARGX      0.26       0.22      -15.4%
B.I. Incorporated             BIAC      0.11       0.08      -27.3%
Bank Of New York Co.          BK        0.42       0.27      -35.7%
Barringer Technologies        BARR      0.11       0.10       -9.1%
Berkley (W.R.) Corp.          BKLY      0.23       0.03      -87.0%
Boyd Brothers Transportation  BOYD      0.31       0.28       -9.7%
Brenton Banks                 BRBK      0.22       0.17      -22.7%
Brookline Bancorp.            BRKL      0.17       0.15      -11.8%
Capitol Bancorp Limited       CBCL      0.25       0.21      -16.0%
CFS Bancorp Incorporated      CITZ      0.19       0.16      -15.8%
Chemfab Corporation           CFA       0.34       0.27      -20.6%
CIBER Incorporated            CBR       0.21       0.18      -14.3%
Coastcast Corporation         PAR       0.34       0.20      -41.2%
Concentrix                    CCTX      0.22      -0.57     -359.1%
Consolidated Freightw         CFWY      0.27       0.21      -22.2%
Cost U Less                   CULS      0.12       0.09      -25.0%
Crane Company                 CR        0.57       0.51      -10.5%
Crawford & Company            CRDB      0.23       0.17      -26.1%
Diagnostic Products           DP        0.43       0.35      -18.6%
Drexler Technology Corp.      DRXR      0.18       0.14      -22.2%
FFY Financial Corp.           FFYF      0.31       0.27      -12.9%
Fidelity National Financial   FNF       0.67       0.60      -10.4%
Foremost Corp. Of Amer.       FOM       0.43       0.24      -44.2%
General Bearing Corp.         GNRL      0.20       0.18      -10.0%
Gleason Corporation           GLE       0.37       0.31      -16.2%
Harris Financial Inc.         HARS      0.14       0.12      -14.3%
Hawaiian Electric Ind.        HE        0.82       0.67      -18.3%
Henry Schein                  HSIC      0.44       0.40       -9.1%
Huffy Corporation             HUF       0.10      -0.84     -940.0%
Ivex Packaging Corp.          IXX       0.38       0.30      -21.1%
K2 Incorporated               KTO       0.23       0.20      -13.0%
Keane Corporation             KEA       0.31       0.27      -12.9%
Lance Incorporated            LNCE      0.22       0.20       -9.1%
Louisiana-Pacific Corp.       LPX       0.84       0.76       -9.5%
Main Street Bancorp           MBNK      0.21       0.19       -9.5%
Mirage Resorts Inc.           MIR       0.18       0.14      -22.2%
Monsanto Company              MTC       0.10       0.09      -10.0%
MSC.Software Corp.            MNS       0.11       0.09      -18.2%
Myers Industries Inc.         MYE       0.23       0.20      -13.0%
NACCO Industries Inc.         NC        1.87       0.86      -54.0%
New England Electric          NES       0.95       0.77      -18.9%
Newhall Land & Farming        NHL       0.43       0.38      -11.6%
NICOR Incorporated            GAS       0.47       0.42      -10.6%
Noble International           NOBL      0.23       0.16      -30.4%
Northeast PA Financial        NEP       0.21       0.18      -14.3%
OEC Medical Systems Inc.      OXE       0.10      -0.05     -150.0%
Oregon Steel Mills Inc.       OS        0.32       0.28      -12.5%
Pacific Bank NA CA            PBSF      0.42       0.20      -52.4%
Patrick Industries Inc.       PATK      0.47       0.23      -51.1%
PC Services                   PCSS      0.20       0.12      -40.0%
Pointe Financial Corp.        PNTE      0.14       0.12      -14.3%
Premiumwear Incorporated      PWA       0.26       0.22      -15.4%
Primesource Corporation       PSRC      0.20       0.18      -10.0%
Public Service Co of          PNM       0.63       0.52      -17.5%
Republic Bancshares           REPB      0.19       0.08      -57.9%
RGS Energy Group              RGS       0.60       0.44      -26.7%
Schawk Incorporated           SGK       0.19       0.17      -10.5%
Southwest Securities          SWS       0.33       0.21      -36.4%
Standard Register Co.         SR        0.65       0.53      -18.5%
Stewart Information Svcs.     STC       0.67       0.41      -38.8%
Summit Bancorp                SUB       0.70       0.53      -24.3%
Sunoco Incorporated           SUN       0.23       0.14      -39.1%
Teppco Partners L.P.          TPP       0.37       0.32      -13.5%
Transport Corporation         TCAM      0.40       0.35      -12.5%
United Comm. Financial        UCFC      0.12       0.07      -41.7%
United Panam Financial        UPFC      0.10      -0.11     -210.0%
United Water Resource         UWR       0.54       0.46      -14.8%
USA Truck Incorporated        USAK      0.20       0.18      -10.0%
USX - U.S. Steel Group        X         0.15       0.07      -53.3%
Wesbanco Incorporated         WSBC      0.34       0.30      -11.8%
West Coast Bancorp            WCBO      0.32       0.27      -15.6%
West Pharmaceutical Svcs.     WST       0.60       0.53      -11.7%
Worthington Foods             WFDS      0.20       0.07      -65.0%
X-Rite Incorporated           XRIT      0.16       0.14      -12.5%


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

                                     First Call
                                     Consensus    Actual  Earnings
Company Name                  Ticker  Estimate     EPS    Surprise %
Huffy Corporation             HUF       0.10      -0.84     -940.0%
Concentrix                    CCTX      0.22      -0.57     -359.1%
United Panam Financial        UPFC      0.10      -0.11     -210.0%
OEC Medical Systems Inc.      OXE       0.10      -0.05     -150.0%
Berkley (W.R.) Corp.          BKLY      0.23       0.03      -87.0%
Worthington Foods             WFDS      0.20       0.07      -65.0%
Republic Bancshares           REPB      0.19       0.08      -57.9%
NACCO Industries Inc.         NC        1.87       0.86      -54.0%
USX - U.S. Steel Group        X         0.15       0.07      -53.3%
Pacific Bank NA CA            PBSF      0.42       0.20      -52.4%
Patrick Industries Inc.       PATK      0.47       0.23      -51.1%
Foremost Corp. Of Amer.       FOM       0.43       0.24      -44.2%
United Comm. Financial        UCFC      0.12       0.07      -41.7%
Coastcast Corporation         PAR       0.34       0.20      -41.2%
PC Services                   PCSS      0.20       0.12      -40.0%
Sunoco Incorporated           SUN       0.23       0.14      -39.1%
Stewart Information Svcs.     STC       0.67       0.41      -38.8%
Southwest Securities          SWS       0.33       0.21      -36.4%
Bank Of New York Co.          BK        0.42       0.27      -35.7%
Noble International           NOBL      0.23       0.16      -30.4%
Acuson Corporation            ACN       0.18       0.13      -27.8%
B.I. Incorporated             BIAC      0.11       0.08      -27.3%
RGS Energy Group              RGS       0.60       0.44      -26.7%
Crawford & Company            CRDB      0.23       0.17      -26.1%
Cost U Less                   CULS      0.12       0.09      -25.0%
Summit Bancorp                SUB       0.70       0.53      -24.3%
Brenton Banks                 BRBK      0.22       0.17      -22.7%
Consolidated Freightw         CFWY      0.27       0.21      -22.2%
Drexler Technology Corp.      DRXR      0.18       0.14      -22.2%
Mirage Resorts Inc.           MIR       0.18       0.14      -22.2%
Ivex Packaging Corp.          IXX       0.38       0.30      -21.1%
Chemfab Corporation           CFA       0.34       0.27      -20.6%
New England Electric          NES       0.95       0.77      -18.9%
Diagnostic Products           DP        0.43       0.35      -18.6%
Standard Register Co.         SR        0.65       0.53      -18.5%
Hawaiian Electric Ind.        HE        0.82       0.67      -18.3%
MSC.Software Corp.            MNS       0.11       0.09      -18.2%
Public Service Co of          PNM       0.63       0.52      -17.5%
Aeroflex Incorporated         ARX       0.18       0.15      -16.7%
Gleason Corporation           GLE       0.37       0.31      -16.2%
Capitol Bancorp Limited       CBCL      0.25       0.21      -16.0%
CFS Bancorp Incorporated      CITZ      0.19       0.16      -15.8%
West Coast Bancorp            WCBO      0.32       0.27      -15.6%
Arguss Hldgs Inc.             ARGX      0.26       0.22      -15.4%
Premiumwear Incorporated      PWA       0.26       0.22      -15.4%
United Water Resource         UWR       0.54       0.46      -14.8%
Harris Financial Inc.         HARS      0.14       0.12      -14.3%
Pointe Financial Corp.        PNTE      0.14       0.12      -14.3%
CIBER Incorporated            CBR       0.21       0.18      -14.3%
Northeast PA Financial        NEP       0.21       0.18      -14.3%
Teppco Partners L.P.          TPP       0.37       0.32      -13.5%
Amerada Hess Corporation      AHC       0.67       0.58      -13.4%
Myers Industries Inc.         MYE       0.23       0.20      -13.0%
K2 Incorporated               KTO       0.23       0.20      -13.0%
Keane Corporation             KEA       0.31       0.27      -12.9%
FFY Financial Corp.           FFYF      0.31       0.27      -12.9%
Oregon Steel Mills Inc.       OS        0.32       0.28      -12.5%
X-Rite Incorporated           XRIT      0.16       0.14      -12.5%
Transport Corporation         TCAM      0.40       0.35      -12.5%
Brookline Bancorp.            BRKL      0.17       0.15      -11.8%
Wesbanco Incorporated         WSBC      0.34       0.30      -11.8%
West Pharmaceutical Svcs.     WST       0.60       0.53      -11.7%
Newhall Land & Farming        NHL       0.43       0.38      -11.6%
NICOR Incorporated            GAS       0.47       0.42      -10.6%
Schawk Incorporated           SGK       0.19       0.17      -10.5%
Crane Company                 CR        0.57       0.51      -10.5%
Fidelity National Financial   FNF       0.67       0.60      -10.4%
Akorn Incorporated            AKRN      0.10       0.09      -10.0%
USA Truck Incorporated        USAK      0.20       0.18      -10.0%
Monsanto Company              MTC       0.10       0.09      -10.0%
General Bearing Corp.         GNRL      0.20       0.18      -10.0%
Primesource Corporation       PSRC      0.20       0.18      -10.0%
Boyd Brothers Transportation  BOYD      0.31       0.28       -9.7%
Main Street Bancorp           MBNK      0.21       0.19       -9.5%
Louisiana-Pacific Corp.       LPX       0.84       0.76       -9.5%
Lance Incorporated            LNCE      0.22       0.20       -9.1%
Barringer Technologies        BARR      0.11       0.10       -9.1%
Henry Schein                  HSIC      0.44       0.40       -9.1%


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