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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MCBI    METROCORP BANCSH     0.16   0.13    23.1   0.10    60.0   Jun
BSRR    SIERRA BANCORP       0.18   0.16    12.5   0.13    38.5   Jun
HAS*    HASBRO INC           0.33   0.33     0.0   0.24    37.5   Jun
METR    METRO BANCORP IN     0.19   0.15    26.7   0.15    26.7   Jun
CHFC    CHEMICAL FIN         0.51   0.40    27.5   0.43    18.6   Jun
AMNB    AMER NATL BNKSHS     0.52   0.25   108.0   0.45    15.6   Jun
BMRC    BANK OF MARIN BA     0.91   0.71    28.2   0.80    13.8   Jun
HAL*    HALLIBURTON CO       0.82   0.81     1.2   0.75     9.3   Jun
WCBO    WEST COAST BA/OR     0.28   0.19    47.4   0.26     7.7   Jun
TICKER                                             EST
SYM     COMPANY               Q12    Q11   % CHG    Q12   % CHG   Q/E
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ETN*    EATON CORP           1.15   0.97    18.6   1.08     6.5   Jun
SAH     SONIC AUTOMOTI-A     0.43   0.37    16.2   0.41     4.9   Jun
BOH     BANK OF HAWAII       0.90   0.74    21.6   0.87     3.4   Jun
RPM     RPM INTL INC         0.63   0.54    16.7   0.61     3.3   May
TMP     TOMPKINS FINANCI     0.76   0.85   -10.6   0.75     1.3   Jun
CCE*    COCA-COLA ENTER      0.73   0.76    -3.9   0.73     0.0   Jun
NWBI    NORTHWEST BANCSH     0.17   0.15    13.3   0.17     0.0   Jun

* - Company in Standard & Poor’s 500 Index

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