The following U.S. companies reported negative earnings surprises today. This list ranks percent surprises of actual earnings to earnings estimates.

Earnings estimates provided by Bloomberg.

TICKER                                             EST
SYM     COMPANY               Q11    Q10   % CHG    Q11  % CHG   Q/E
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KBH     KB HOME             -0.59  -1.49    60.4  -0.23  -156.5   Feb
SCS     STEELCASE INC-A      0.13   0.11    18.2   0.14    -7.1   Feb
DLGC    DIALOGIC INC        -0.26     na      na   0.08      NM   Dec

* - Company in Standard & Poor’s 500 Index

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