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Midmorning Negative EPS Surprises for U.S. Companies, May 11

By Wendy Soong

May 11, 2012


TICKER                                             EST
SYM     COMPANY               Q12    Q11   % CHG    Q12  % CHG   Q/E
========================================================================
ASEN    AMERICAN STANDAR    -0.89     na      na  -0.08 -1012.5   Mar
RECV    RECOVERY ENERGY     -0.24  -0.24     0.0  -0.08  -200.0   Mar
ACFN    ACORN ENERGY INC    -0.24     na      na  -0.10  -140.0   Mar
LIME    LIME ENERGY CO      -0.19  -0.15   -26.7  -0.10   -90.0   Mar
KCAP    KOHLBERG CAPITAL     0.02   0.21   -90.5   0.18   -88.9   Mar
AVII    AVI BIOPHARMA       -0.13   0.02      NM  -0.07   -85.7   Mar
WAVX    WAVE SYSTEMS-A      -0.09     na      na  -0.05   -80.0   Mar
IPSU    IMPERIAL SUGAR      -0.54   0.34      NM  -0.32   -68.8   Mar
MBI     MBIA INC             0.05  -5.68      NM   0.13   -61.5   Mar
TICKER                                             EST
SYM     COMPANY               Q12    Q11   % CHG    Q12  % CHG   Q/E
========================================================================
UNXL    UNI-PIXEL INC       -0.29  -0.43    32.6  -0.19   -52.6   Mar
STEM    STEMCELLS INC       -0.45  -0.40   -12.5  -0.30   -50.0   Mar
BSTC    BIOSPECIFICS TEC     0.11   0.51   -78.4   0.21   -47.6   Mar
CUTR    CUTERA INC          -0.38  -0.28   -35.7  -0.26   -46.2   Mar
ASYS    AMTECH SYS INC      -0.33   0.77      NM  -0.23   -43.5   Mar
BCEI    BONANZA CREEK EN     0.16     na      na   0.27   -40.7   Mar
CDXS    CODEXIS INC         -0.21  -0.10  -110.0  -0.15   -40.0   Mar
OVRL    OVERLAND STORAGE    -0.16  -0.22    27.3  -0.12   -33.3   Mar
ABCD    CAMBIUM LEARNING    -0.37     na      na  -0.29   -27.6   Mar
GOK     GEOKINETICS INC     -1.38  -1.73    20.2  -1.10   -25.5   Mar
DAR     DARLING INTL         0.24   0.43   -44.2   0.29   -17.2   Mar
ECTE    ECHO THERAPEUTIC    -0.08  -0.20    60.0  -0.07   -14.3   Mar
ANAC    ANACOR PHARMACEU    -0.48  -0.49     2.0  -0.43   -11.6   Mar
GEN     GENON ENERGY INC    -0.10   0.01      NM  -0.09   -11.1   Mar
FRF     FORTEGRA FINANCI     0.17   0.20   -15.0   0.19   -10.5   Mar
BBOX    BLACK BOX CORP       0.65   0.75   -13.3   0.71    -8.5   Mar
ALIM    ALIMERA SCIENCES    -0.14  -0.15     6.7  -0.13    -7.7   Mar
SGNT    SAGENT PHARMACEU    -0.30     na      na  -0.28    -7.1   Mar
TICKER                                             EST
SYM     COMPANY               Q12    Q11   % CHG    Q12  % CHG   Q/E
========================================================================
OMER    OMEROS CORP         -0.40  -0.30   -33.3  -0.38    -5.3   Mar
FULL    FULL CIRCLE CAPI     0.22     na      na   0.23    -4.3   Mar
TZYM    TRANZYME INC        -0.34     na      na  -0.33    -3.0   Mar
USEG    US ENERGY CORP      -0.01  -0.05    80.0   0.01      NM   Mar
RNF     RENTECH NITROGEN    -0.01     na      na   0.36      NM   Mar
AAIR    AVANTAIR INC        -0.03  -0.05    40.0   0.02      NM   Mar
LBTYA   LIBERTY GLOBAL-A    -0.07   1.02      NM   0.15      NM   Mar
BASI    BIOANALYTICAL SY    -0.27     na      na   0.07      NM   Mar
LOCM    LOCAL.COM CORP      -0.01   0.00      na   0.00      na   Mar

* - Company in Standard & Poor’s 500 Index

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