The following U.S. companies reported positive surprises or matched expectations today. This list ranks percent surprises of actual earnings to earnings estimates.

Earnings estimates provided by Bloomberg.

TICKER                                             EST
SYM     COMPANY               Q12    Q11   % CHG    Q12   % CHG   Q/E
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FGP     FERRELLGAS-LP        0.27   0.32   -15.6   0.19    42.1   Apr
CMTL    COMTECH TELECOMM     0.29   0.47   -38.3   0.24    20.8   Apr
ISLE    ISLE OF CAPRI        0.38   0.22    72.7   0.33    15.2   Apr
SJM*    JM SMUCKER CO        1.10   1.00    10.0   0.99    11.1   Apr
CMN     CANTEL MEDICAL       0.30   0.19    57.9   0.27    11.1   Apr
FRAN    FRANCESCAS HOLDI     0.20     na      na   0.18    11.1   Apr
BRLI    BIO-REFER LABS       0.33   0.26    26.9   0.32     3.1   Apr
KMGB    KMG CHEMICALS        0.33   0.23    43.5   0.33     0.0   Apr

* - Company in Standard & Poor’s 500 Index

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