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What: Carrizo Oil & Gas (Nasdaq: CRZO) dropped 16% in intraday trading today after fiscal-third-quarter revenue and EPS fell far short of consensus expectations.

So what: EPS was $0.22, compared with a consensus estimate of $0.29 and year-ago EPS of $0.37. Revenue was $36 million, 31% below the consensus forecast and down 5% year-over-year.

Now what: Results suffered from a 19% decline in natural gas prices from the year-ago quarter. Like many oil and gas companies, Carrizo is shifting production from gas to oil to take advantage of rising oil prices. That said, management did not offer guidance or create confidence in analyst forecasts that EPS will rise markedly in 2011.

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