U.S. Companies Reporting Lower Quarterly EPS, March 15

The following U.S. companies reported lower earnings per share for their latest quarter (end date of the quarter is noted in the last column).

Earnings estimates provided by Bloomberg.

TICKER                                             EST
SYM     COMPANY               Q11    Q10   % CHG    Q11   % CHG   Q/E
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CMRG    CASUAL MALE RETA     0.10   0.11    -9.1   0.08    25.0   Jan
PRSC    PROVIDENCE SERVI     0.22   0.33   -33.3   0.23    -4.3   Dec
GAIA#   GAIAM INC-A          0.06   0.18   -66.7   0.19   -68.4   Dec
TWER#   TOWERSTREAM CORP    -0.05  -0.03   -66.7  -0.05     0.0   Dec
SEH     SPARTECH CORP       -0.07  -0.04   -75.0  -0.05   -40.0   Jan
AIQ     ALLIANCE HEALTHC    -0.11  -0.06   -83.3  -0.08   -37.5   Dec
GNVC    GENVEC INC          -0.19  -0.10   -90.0  -0.14   -35.7   Dec
SONO#   SONOSITE INC         0.03   0.41   -92.7   0.84   -96.4   Dec
HCOM    HAWAIIAN TELCOM      0.66  36.88   -98.2   0.59    11.9   Dec
TICKER                                             EST
SYM     COMPANY               Q11    Q10   % CHG    Q11   % CHG   Q/E
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PRMW#   PRIMO WATER CORP    -0.26  -0.13  -100.0  -0.09  -188.9   Dec
ROHI    ROTECH HEALTHCAR    -0.33  -0.15  -120.0  -0.08  -312.5   Dec
AXAS    ABRAXAS PETRO       -0.06  -0.02  -200.0   0.05      NM   Dec
VVTV    VALUEVISION ME-A    -0.17  -0.01 -1600.0  -0.14   -21.4   Jan

Number of companies reporting lower earnings today:            13
Total number of companies reporting earnings today:            48

* - Company in Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.
# - Company reported in the late afternoon.

To contact the reporter on this story: Wendy Soong in New York at at csoong@Bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Alex Tanzi at at atanzi@Bloomberg.net