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Missed Analyst Estimates by 9% or more (Alphabetical)

                                     First Call
                                     Consensus    Actual  Earnings
Company Name                  Ticker  Estimate     EPS    Surprise %

Allied Waste Inds. Inc.       AW        0.20       0.18      -10.0%
Boyd Gaming Corporation       BYD       0.19       0.15      -21.1%
Comfort Systems USA           FIX       0.25       0.22      -12.0%
Department 56 Inc.            DFS       0.41       0.35      -14.6%
General Bearing Corp.         GNRL      0.22       0.15      -31.8%
Headway Corporation           HDWY      0.14       0.09      -35.7%
Ionics Incorporated           ION       0.32       0.26      -18.8%
Kennedy Wilson Inc.           KWIC      0.39       0.11      -71.8%
Longs Drug Stores Inc.        LDG       0.68       0.61      -10.3%
Meadow Valley Corporation     MVCO      0.14       0.11      -21.4%
Methode Electronics           METHA     0.25       0.21      -16.0%
Pactiv Corporation            PTV       0.30       0.11      -63.3%
Res-Care Incorporated         RSCR      0.33       0.30       -9.1%
Sterile Recoveries Inc.       STRC      0.17       0.08      -52.9%
UCAR International            UCR       0.39       0.30      -23.1%
Westaff                       WSTF      0.15       0.13      -13.3%

                                     First Call
                                     Consensus    Actual  Earnings
Company Name                  Ticker  Estimate     EPS    Surprise %

Kennedy Wilson Inc.           KWIC      0.39       0.11      -71.8%
Pactiv Corporation            PTV       0.30       0.11      -63.3%
Sterile Recoveries Inc.       STRC      0.17       0.08      -52.9%
Headway Corporation           HDWY      0.14       0.09      -35.7%
General Bearing Corp.         GNRL      0.22       0.15      -31.8%
UCAR International            UCR       0.39       0.30      -23.1%
Meadow Valley Corporation     MVCO      0.14       0.11      -21.4%
Boyd Gaming Corporation       BYD       0.19       0.15      -21.1%
Ionics Incorporated           ION       0.32       0.26      -18.8%
Methode Electronics           METHA     0.25       0.21      -16.0%
Department 56 Inc.            DFS       0.41       0.35      -14.6%
Westaff                       WSTF      0.15       0.13      -13.3%
Comfort Systems USA           FIX       0.25       0.22      -12.0%
Longs Drug Stores Inc.        LDG       0.68       0.61      -10.3%
Allied Waste Inds. Inc.       AW        0.20       0.18      -10.0%
Res-Care Incorporated         RSCR      0.33       0.30       -9.1%

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