U.S. Companies Reporting Earnings on April 17

The following table lists the 29 U.S. companies that reported quarterly earnings today (end date of the quarter is noted in the last column). Companies are sorted alphabetically by ticker symbol.

Earnings estimates provided by Bloomberg.

TICKER                                             EST
SYM     COMPANY               Q12    Q11   % CHG    Q12   % CHG   Q/E
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ALNC#   ALLIANCE FINL CP     0.55   0.70   -21.4   0.53     3.8   Mar
AMTD    TD AMERITRADE HO     0.25   0.30   -16.7   0.26    -3.8   Mar
CATY#   CATHAY GENERAL B     0.32   0.23    39.1   0.30     6.7   Mar
CMA*    COMERICA INC         0.66   0.58    13.8   0.56    17.9   Mar
CREE#   CREE INC             0.20   0.27   -25.9   0.21    -4.8   Mar
CSX*#   CSX CORP             0.43   0.35    22.9   0.38    13.2   Mar
FRX*    FOREST LABS INC      0.78   1.12   -30.4   0.70    11.4   Mar
FULT#   FULTON FINANCIAL     0.19   0.17    11.8   0.19     0.0   Mar
GS*     GOLDMAN SACHS GP     3.92   4.38   -10.5   3.55    10.4   Mar
TICKER                                             EST
SYM     COMPANY               Q12    Q11   % CHG    Q12   % CHG   Q/E
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GWW*    WW GRAINGER INC      2.57   2.18    17.9   2.52     2.0   Mar
HTLD#   HEARTLAND EXPRES     0.19   0.16    18.8   0.17    11.8   Mar
IBM*#   IBM                  2.78   2.41    15.4   2.65     4.9   Mar
INTC*#  INTEL CORP           0.53   0.56    -5.4   0.51     3.9   Mar
ISRG*#  INTUITIVE SURGIC     3.50   2.59    35.1   3.12    12.2   Mar
JNJ*    JOHNSON&JOHNSON      1.37   1.35     1.5   1.36     0.7   Mar
KO*     COCA-COLA CO/THE     0.89   0.86     3.5   0.87     2.3   Mar
MBWM    MERCANTILE BANK      0.28   0.12   133.3   0.26     7.7   Mar
MMR     MCMORAN EXPLORAT     0.03  -0.16      NM  -0.12      NM   Mar
MRTN#   MARTEN TRANSPORT     0.25   0.19    31.6   0.23     8.7   Mar
NTRS*   NORTHERN TRUST       0.68   0.59    15.3   0.65     4.6   Mar
OMC*    OMNICOM GROUP        0.72   0.69     4.3   0.69     4.3   Mar
STT*    STATE ST CORP        0.84   0.88    -4.5   0.87    -3.4   Mar
SYK*#   STRYKER CORP         0.99   0.90    10.0   0.99     0.0   Mar
URI#    UNITED RENTALS       0.36  -0.32      NM   0.05   620.0   Mar
USB*    US BANCORP           0.67   0.50    34.0   0.64     4.7   Mar
USG     USG CORP            -0.26  -1.01    74.3  -0.42    38.1   Mar
WABC#   WESTAMERICA BANC     0.75   0.78    -3.8   0.75     0.0   Mar
TICKER                                             EST
SYM     COMPANY               Q12    Q11   % CHG    Q12   % CHG   Q/E
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WBS     WEBSTER FINL         0.42   0.34    23.5   0.40     5.0   Mar
YHOO*#  YAHOO! INC           0.24   0.19    26.3   0.17    41.2   Mar

Total number of companies reporting earnings today:            29

* - 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