The following U.S. companies reported higher earnings per share for their latest quarter (end date of the quarter is noted in the last column).

Earnings estimates provided by Bloomberg.

TICKER                                             EST
SYM     COMPANY               Q12    Q11   % CHG    Q12   % CHG   Q/E
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CAMP#   CALAMP CORP          0.14   0.02   600.0   0.17   -17.6   May
GBX     GREENBRIER COS       0.61   0.10   510.0   0.61     0.0   May
FLOW    FLOW INTL CORP       0.06   0.01   500.0   0.04    50.0   Apr
GY#     GENCORP INC          0.03   0.01   200.0   0.07   -57.1   May
SWHC#   SMITH & WESSON H     0.27   0.15    80.0   0.17    58.8   Apr
TIBX#   TIBCO SOFTWARE       0.26   0.21    23.8   0.23    13.0   May
FDO*    FAMILY DOLLAR ST     1.06   0.91    16.5   1.07    -0.9   May
MSM     MSC INDL DIRECT      1.10   0.97    13.4   1.11    -0.9   May
WOR     WORTHINGTON INDS     0.75   0.70     7.1   0.52    44.2   May
TICKER                                             EST
SYM     COMPANY               Q12    Q11   % CHG    Q12   % CHG   Q/E
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AM      AMER GREETINGS-A     0.86   0.81     6.2   0.69    24.6   May

Number of companies reporting higher earnings today:           10
Total number of companies reporting earnings today:            17

* - Company in Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.
# - Company reported in the late afternoon.

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