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U.S. Companies Reporting Negative EPS Surprises, May 15

By Wendy Soong

May 15, 2012


TICKER                                             EST          PRICE   PRICE
SYM     COMPANY               Q12    Q11   % CHG    Q12   % CHG    CHG   % CHG
========================================================================
MACK    MERRIMACK PHARMA    -2.14     na      na  -0.22  -872.7  -0.36   -4.86
GALE    GALENA BIOPHARMA    -0.52     na      na  -0.10  -420.0  -0.11   -8.94
JCP*#   J.C. PENNEY CO      -0.25   0.36      NM  -0.08  -212.5  -0.22   -0.66
AONE    A123 SYSTEMS INC    -0.84  -0.48   -75.0  -0.38  -121.1   0.05    5.40
INUV    INUVO INC           -0.13     na      na  -0.07   -85.7  -0.03   -4.40
ELMD    ELECTROMED INC       0.01   0.06   -83.3   0.03   -66.7  -0.02   -0.83
SNSS    SUNESIS PHARMAC     -0.30   0.04      NM  -0.18   -66.7   0.16    5.99
CRTX    CORNERSTONE THER     0.04   0.17   -76.5   0.11   -63.6  -0.21   -3.70
PTX     PERNIX THERAPEUT     0.04   0.04     0.0   0.09   -55.6  -0.03   -0.40
TICKER                                             EST          PRICE   PRICE
SYM     COMPANY               Q12    Q11   % CHG    Q12   % CHG    CHG   % CHG
========================================================================
PLUG    PLUG POWER INC      -0.28  -0.50    44.0  -0.18   -55.6  -0.05   -3.91
DSCI    DERMA SCIENCES      -0.24  -0.08  -200.0  -0.16   -50.0  -0.02   -0.21
GOLF    GOLFSMITH INTERN    -0.19  -0.19     0.0  -0.14   -35.7   0.01    0.17
MTDR    MATADOR RESOURCE     0.12     na      na   0.17   -29.4  -0.26   -2.52
DVOX    DYNAVOX INC-CL A     0.06   0.09   -33.3   0.08   -25.0  -0.58  -26.48
BGMD    BG MEDICINE         -0.38  -0.27   -40.7  -0.31   -22.6   0.00    0.00
ATHX    ATHERSYS INC        -0.17  -0.18     5.6  -0.14   -21.4  -0.03   -2.01
VSCI    VISION-SCIENCES     -0.07     na      na  -0.06   -16.7   0.06    4.48
ZGNX    ZOGENIX INC         -0.16  -0.56    71.4  -0.14   -14.3   0.04    2.16
RPRX    REPROS THERAPEUT    -0.17  -0.20    15.0  -0.15   -13.3   0.19    2.58
FFN     FRIENDFINDER NET    -0.37     na      na  -0.35    -5.7   0.22   20.65
WWAY    WESTWAY GROUP        0.00   0.02      NM   0.09      NM  -0.20   -3.33
SARA    SARATOGA RES/TEX     0.00     na      na   0.11      NM  -0.20   -2.86
ENG#    ENGLOBAL CORP       -0.01   0.02      NM   0.02      NM   0.04    2.09

* - 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