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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RECN    RESOURCES CONNEC     0.21   0.09   133.3   0.15    40.0   May
WAFD    WASH FED             0.33   0.27    22.2   0.32     3.1   Jun
FAST*   FASTENAL CO          0.38   0.32    18.8   0.37     2.7   Jun
CBSH    COMMERCE BCSHS       0.84   0.75    12.0   0.72    16.7   Jun

Number of companies reporting higher earnings today:            4
Total number of companies reporting earnings today:             7

* - Company in Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.

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