Fourth-Quarter Earnings Roundup
A day-by-day look at fourth-quarter earnings reports from
S&P 500
companies.
Friday, Feb. 2
Corel Misses Estimates
GPU Misses Estimates, But Says 2001 May be Above Forecast
UnitedHealth Easily Surpasses Earnings Estimates
Thursday, Feb. 1
American Power Misses Estimates, Rescinds Guidance for 2001
Apache Tops Estimates by a Penny
Business Objects Surpasses Estimates
Colgate-Palmolive Tops Expectations, Reaffirms Double-Digit Growth Target
Copper Mountain Meets Estimates, Sees Revenue Slowdown
Digex Beats Estimates, but Guides Down for First Quarter
Flowers Industries Misses Estimates, but Keebler Tops Forecast
Lear Beats Estimates, but Production Cuts Hamper Bottom Line
Mattel Fourth-Quarter Earnings Beat Estimates
MGM Mirage Beats Expectations
TheStreet Recommends
Powertel Loss Wider Than Expected
Reebok Tops Estimates, but Forex Kept Sales in Check
Sprint Earnings Fall But Still Beat Estimates
Sprint PCS Meets Fourth-Quarter Expectations
Terra Lycos Confirms CEO Resignation, Tops Fourth-Quarter Estimates
Ticketmaster Exceeds Expectations for Fourth Quarter
Tommy Hilfiger's Revenue Falls, but It Beats Expectations
Verizon Earnings In Line With Estimates
Wednesday, Jan. 31
Allergan Tops Estimates, Offers Lukewarm Near-Term Forecast
Lucent Spinoff Avaya Meets Expectations
AOL Time Warner Edges Higher on Earnings Report
Celestica Beats Estimates, Gains 9% in Preopen Trading
Coke Meets Fourth-Quarter Estimates; Foresees 'Strong' 2001
Comdisco Beats Heightened Earnings Expectations
Clorox Squeaks Past Estimates by a Penny
Digital Lightwave Easily Tops Expectations
Dole Foods Reports Wider-Than-Expected Loss
Dollar Thrifty Tops Estimates for Fourth Quarter
Genuity Matches Analysts' Expectations
Linens 'n Things Misses Estimates by a Penny, Trades Near 52-Week High
Philip Morris Misses Estimates by a Penny
McClatchy Beats Estimates By a Penny
Mentor Graphics Exceeds Estimates for Fourth Quarter
MP3.com Tops Fourth-Quarter Expectations
New York Times Beats Estimates
Tut Systems Tumbles 19.1% on Massive Earnings Miss
Winn-Dixie Earnings Easily Top Estimates
Xcel Energy Meets Expectations
Tuesday, Jan. 30
Adobe Systems Warns Slowdown Could Impact Revenue Outlook
Advanced Fibre Beats Estimates, Revenue Rises 40% From Last Year
Amazon Slashing Jobs, Pulling Back on Revenue Growth
Aetna Tops Expectations By Four Cents
Cardinal Health Matches Expectations
CenturyTel Meets Estimates, but Earnings Down From a Year Ago
Chiron Beats Estimates, Lowers Guidance for Fiscal 2001
Cymer Beats Estimates, but Sees Near-Term Revenue Remaining Flat
EarthLink Tops Estimates, Guides Down for First Quarter
Electronic Arts Hits EPS Estimate, Misses Revenue Target
Emerson Electric Tops Expectations by a Penny
Estee Lauder Meets Estimates
F5 Networks Makes Good on Profit Warning, but Beats Estimate by a Penny
Guidant Tops Estimates, but Sees Tough First Half
Halliburton Surpasses Estimates
Harsco Tops Estimates by a Penny
Hershey Tops Estimates by 2 Cents
Nokia Has Healthy Earnings, but Lowers Outlook
PeopleSoft Tops Estimates
Pepsi Bottling Beats Expectations by 2 Cents
Pioneer-Standard Beats Estimates in Latest Quarter
Pitney Bowes Earnings Fall Short of Analysts' Forecasts
Procter & Gamble Scrubs Up Sparkling Earnings
RealNetworks Matches Fourth-Quarter Expectations
Stilwell Financial Misses Estimates by a Penny
Transocean Sedco Beats Lowered Estimates
UPS Beats Lowered Estimates, Sees First-Half Slowdown
Monday, Jan. 29
Anadigics Beats Estimates, Top Line Slumps From Last Year
Anixter Beats Forecast by a Penny, Offers Lukewarm Projections
AT&T Fourth-Quarter Earnings Meet Lowered Expectations
AT&T Wireless Subscriber Numbers Leave Some Wanting More
Coastal Beats Estimates as Revenue Surges From a Year Ago
El Paso Energy Tops Analysts' Estimates
Expedia Reports Narrower-Than-Expected Loss
Idec Pharmaceuticals Matches Fourth-Quarter Expectations
InfoSpace Tops Analysts' Estimates as Revenue Rises Sharply
L-3 Communications Beats Estimates by a Penny
Louisiana-Pacific Reports Narrower-Than-Expected Loss
MEMC Electronic Materials Turns a Profit, but Points to Slowdown
Semitool Meets Estimates, but Sees Revenue, Income Slowing
Structural Dynamics Easily Beats Forecast
Union Carbide Meets Estimates, but Energy Costs Hurt Bottom Line
Battered Xerox Prints Up Disappointing Results
Friday, Jan. 26
Alltel Beats Slightly Lowered Estimates by a Penny
Ericsson Tanks After Earnings Release and Ugly Outlook
Georgia-Pacific Badly Misses Expectations
Gillette Tops Estimates by a Penny, but Strong Dollar Slows Sales
Level 3 Loss Narrower Than Expected
Tribune Profits Down But Ahead of Estimates
Thursday, Jan. 25
American Home Products Meets Expectations; Sets Huge Fen-Phen Charge
Atmel Matches Fourth-Quarter Estimates
Avon Meets Slightly Lowered Estimates
Baxter International Meets Estimates, Says Strong Euro Would Help 2001
Rising Costs Hit BroadVision Hard
Celera Genomics Tops Estimates as Revenue More Than Doubles
Dow Jones Misses Estimates by a Penny
Eli Lilly Matches Earnings Expectations
E.piphany Beats Expectations by 3 Cents
eToys Misses Estimates, Needs Major Capital Infusion
Fourth Quarter Provides Nothing to Write Excite@Home About
Kulicke & Soffa Exceeds Reduced Earnings Estimates
Microchip Technology Tops Estimates by a Penny
Peregrine Flies Higher as Tech Spending Aims at Its Pigeonhole
PMC-Sierra Sees Bleak First Quarter
Qualcomm Backs Current Quarter, Fiscal Year Earnings Estimates
Safeway Beats Estimates, But Strike Hurt Profits
Sapient Meets Estimate, Shares Continue Falling
Sawtek Beats Estimates, Sees Slowdown in Next Quarter
SBC Meets Slightly Lowered Estimates
Schering-Plough Earnings In Line With Expectations
Starbucks Tops Earnings by 2 Cents
Storage Technology Beats Estimates, but Revenue Declines
STMicroelectronics Sees Revenue Falling This Quarter
Varian Semiconductor Easily Beats First-Quarter Estimates
Wednesday, Jan. 24
Akamai Fourth-Quarter Loss Smaller Than Expected
Amgen Earnings Dragged Down as Neupogen Sales Fall 12%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Tops Forecasts By a Penny
Chevron Earnings Rise Sharply Thanks to High Crude Prices
Cirrus Logic Tops Estimates, Sees Revenue Sequentially Flat
Corning Easily Beats Estimates
DuPont Beats Lowered Estimates; Warns of Tough 2001
Exodus Reports Narrower-Than-Expected Loss
ExxonMobil Rides Black Oil to Stellar Earnings
Foundry Networks Beats Reduced Estimates
Harmonic Misses Wall Street's Estimates
Ingersoll-Rand Earnings Beat Estimates
International Paper Misses Lowered Expectations
Internet Security Systems Beats Estimates
Juno Online Beats Estimates, Cuts Handful of Jobs
Kerr-McGee Earnings Soar But Miss Estimates
Knight Ridder Tops Estimates
Lucent Loss Worse Than Expected
McData Beats Expectations by a Penny
McDonald's Misses Estimates by a Penny, Sees Tough First Quarter
Pfizer Fourth-Quarter Results Match Estimates
SDL Profits Beat Forecasts Ahead of JDS Acquisition
SanDisk Beats Estimates, but Sees First-Half Slowdown
Texaco Beats Expectations as Higher Oil Prices Help
T. Rowe Price Misses Fourth-Quarter Forecast
USX-Marathon Profits More Than Double
USX-U.S. Steel Loss Much Wider Than Expected
Veritas Software Glides Past Estimates
Weyerhaeuser Easily Tops Estimates, Offers Cautious Guidance
Tuesday, Jan. 23
Amdocs Beats First-Quarter Estimates by a Penny
American Electric Power Beats Fourth-Quarter Expectations
American General Meets Fourth-Quarter Forecast
Broadcom Clears Fourth-Quarter Expectations
Cadence Design Tops Expectations
Coca-Cola Enterprises Posts Bubbly 4Q Results
Compaq Beats Fourth-Quarter Estimate by Two Pennies
COR Therapeutics Beats Estimates By a Penny
Cypress Semiconductor Tops Forecasts But Issues First-Quarter Warning
DuPont Photomasks Beats Expectations by 3 Cents
Fairchild Semiconductor Beats Lowered Estimates, Cuts First-Quarter Guidance
No Slowdown For EMC, Which Tops Expectations
Intersil Beats Estimates by a Penny
ITT Industries Earnings Come in Ahead of Expectations
Johnson & Johnson Beats Estimates by a Penny
Lam Research Tops Forecasts
LSI Logic Meets Estimates, Sees First-Quarter Shortfall
McKesson HBOC Falls a Penny Shy of Estimates, Stock Still Rises Sharply
Merrill Lynch Earnings Surpass Estimates
Microsemi Easily Beats First-Quarter Projections
National City Corp. Meets Estimates
NCR Tops Lowered Expectations
Oak Technology Meets Estimates
QLogic Beats Forecasts by Two Cents
SCI Systems Misses Forecast by a Nickel
Siebel Easily Tops Expectations
St. Paul Badly Misses Fourth-Quarter Estimates
Tellabs Earnings Match Expectations
Monday, Jan. 22
American Express Meets Estimates, Offers Lukewarm Forecast
Axcelis Tops Estimates by a Penny, Cautious on Outlook
Acxiom Matches Third-Quarter Estimates
BellSouth Says Fourth Quarter On Target; Warns of Tougher 2001
Computer Associates Increases March-Quarter Earnings Guidance
Conoco Earnings Top Estimates
drugstore.com Beats Estimates, Sees 1Q Sales Down Sequentially
Eaton Earnings Fall a Penny Short of Estimates
Enron Handily Surpasses Fourth-Quarter Forecasts
Fiserv Meets Estimates, Backs 2001 Forecast
FreeMarkets Easily Beats Fourth-Quarter Projection
Kemet Beats Expectations by a Penny, Sees Revenue Flat Sequentially
LaBranche Surpasses Estimates By a Penny
Lexmark Profits Plunge 45% But Meet Lowered Expectations
Openwave Baffles Sages by Turning Second-Quarter Profit
Silicon Labs Meets Estimates, Sees First-Quarter Revenue Slowdown
Stanford Microdevices Beats Expectations
Texas Instruments Sees Revenue Falling this Quarter
Vitesse Semiconductor Tops Estimates, Shares Down After Hours
Friday, Jan. 19
AK Steel Beats Lowered Estimates; Slashes Dividend
Archer Daniels Midland Beats Estimates by a Penny
Homebuilder D.R. Horton Tops Expectations By Wide Margin
Southern Co. Earnings Fall Short of Expectations
Thursday, Jan. 18
Adaptec Recovers From Tough Morning, Soft Outlook
Altera Falls Short for the Fourth Quarter
Avici Rallies as Numbers Beat Expectations
BMC Beats Estimates
Caterpillar Beats Estimate But Warns of Decline in 2001
Check Point Easily Surpasses Expectations
Commerce One Beats Estimates
Critical Path Misses Estimates, Offers Bleak Forecast
Dallas Semiconductor Meets Lowered Estimates
eBay Beats Estimates
Efficient Networks Tops Lowered Forecasts
Emulex Beats Expectations
First Union Meets Lowered Fourth-Quarter Estimates
Ford Hits Twice-Lowered Fourth-Quarter Target
Genentech's Numbers Meet Expectations
Inktomi Meets Estimates, but Guides Down for Next Two Quarters
Microsoft Meets Expectations
Nortel Posts Earnings That Meet Estimates
Schlumberger Earnings In Line With Estimates
Schwab's Shares Falling After Earnings Miss
Sears Earnings Fall 14% But Beat Estimates
Sun Microsystems Misses Revenue Estimates
Unisys Meets Estimates, but Projects First-Quarter Shortfall
United Technologies Beats Projections by a Penny
Wednesday, Jan. 17
Airlines Post Mixed Results
AMD Falls Short of Fourth-Quarter Estimates
Ameritrade Meets Lowered Estimates
Apple Beats Lowered Estimates
Bank One Reports Loss
Boeing Beats Estimates
Engage Pushes Profitability Target Back
Extreme Networks Passes Estimates, but Raises Growth Concerns
FleetBoston Hits Estimates
GE Meets Expectations
GM Beats the Street, but Earnings Fall From Year-Ago Quarter
Harley-Davidson Beats Estimates, Says Sales Outlook Remains Strong
i2 Technologies Surpasses Fourth-Quarter Estimates
IBM Exceeds Expectations
J.P. Morgan Chase Earnings Below Expectations
Jupiter Media Metrix Warns of Shortfall, Fires 80
KLA-Tencor Tops Estimates
Knight Trading Tops Estimates
Kodak Matches Estimates, but Industry Slowdown Hit Earnings
Marimba Earnings In Line With Expectations
Redback Networks Tops Expectations By a Penny
Sanmina First-Quarter Earnings Beat Wall Street's Expectations
Wachovia Meets Estimates
Xilinx Misses Lowered Estimates
Tuesday, Jan. 16
Abbott Labs Meets Fourth-Quarter Estimates
Applied Micro Circuit Earnings Beat Expectations
Bank America Earnings a Penny Below Estimates; Profit Off 27%
Citigroup Meets Earnings Expectations
Fifth Third Matches Estimates
Handspring Blows Past Expectations
Intel Tops Expectations
Juniper Wallops Expectations
Macromedia Beats Estimates, Sets Plan to Acquire Allaire
Novellus Systems Meets Fourth-Quarter Estimates
RF Micro Devices Hits Lowered Target, Warns on Next Quarter
Southwest Airlines Beats Estimates By a Penny
Teradyne Misses Estimates by a Penny, Sees First-Half Slowdown
Wells Fargo Meets Expectations
Thursday, Jan. 11
Fannie Mae Meets Fourth-Quarter Estimates
Gateway Cuts 2001 Guidance After Missing Fourth-Quarter Estimates
Wednesday, Jan. 10
Motorola Meets Estimate, but Struggles Continue
SunTrust Fourth-Quarter Earnings In Line With Estimates
Yahoo! Sees 2001 Revenue Falling Short of Estimates
