Earnings Reports

A sampling of companies reporting quarterly earnings Wednesday and expected to report today, ranked by year-over-year earnings-per-share (EPS) growth, compiled by First Call/Thomson Financial.

Reporting Wednesday

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Analysts’ % above/ Year- Ticker est. Actual below ago Company symbol EPS EPS estimate qtr. PLX Technology PLXT $0.12 $0.15 25% $0.07 Conexant CNXT 0.22 0.22 0 0.12 QLogic QLGC 0.24 0.27 13 0.15 Extreme Networks EXTR -0.05 0.09 NM 0.05 Tekelec TKLC 0.12 0.14 17 0.08 MiniMed MNMD 0.24 0.26 8 0.16 Smart & Final SMF 0.09 0.11 22 0.07 Peregrine Systems PRGN 0.09 0.10 11 0.07 Tetra Tech WATR 0.24 0.24 0 0.21 AllTel AT 0.68 0.73 7 0.67 Bank One ONE 0.64 0.54 -16 0.93 Critical Path CPTH -0.36 0.34 -194 -0.21

Year- over-year Company % change PLX Technology 114% Conexant 83 QLogic 80 Extreme Networks 80 Tekelec 75 MiniMed 63 Smart & Final 57 Peregrine Systems 43 Tetra Tech 14 AllTel 9 Bank One -42 Critical Path NM

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Expected Today

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Ticker Analysts’ Year-ago Predicted Company symbol estimated EPS quarter pct. chg. PeopleSoft PSFT $0.05 $0.01 400% Tosco TOS 0.96 0.53 81 Xilinx XLNX 0.25 0.15 67 Rainbow Technologies RNBO 0.24 0.15 60 AOL AOL 0.11 0.07 57 Northrop Grumman NOC 2.41 1.64 47 Providian Financial PVN 1.26 0.87 45 Sun Microsystems SUNW 0.33 0.24 38 99 Cent Only NDN 0.25 0.20 25 PG&E; PCG 0.59 0.49 20 Baxter International BAX 0.74 0.64 16 Eli Lilly LLY 0.60 0.52 15 UnionBanCal UB 0.79 0.69 14 Lucent Technologies LU 0.29 0.26 12 Sprint FON 0.49 0.44 11 Golden State Bancorp GSB 0.59 0.55 7 ALZA AZA 0.35 0.33 6 SBC Communications SBC 0.55 0.55 0 American Home Products AHP 0.31 0.34 -9 Adaptec ADPT 0.38 0.44 -14 Raytheon RTNB 0.27 0.86 -69 Computer Associates CA 0.13 0.49 -73 Hasbro HAS 0.04 0.16 -75 Mattel MAT 0.01 0.15 -93 THQ THQI -0.14 0.24 -158 Lockheed Martin LMT 0.21 -0.08 NM Inktomi INKT 0.02 -0.05 NM Launch Media LAUN -0.95 -0.76 NM

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Notes: NM = not meaningful. A loss in any period makes percentage change not calculable.

Year-over-year growth and percentage changes are based on earnings-per-share figures and may differ from percentage changes based on total profit.

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