Latest quarterly earnings for companies in Tribune Top 100
Income from continuing operations in millions of dollars, except earnings per share (EPS). In certain cases, actual and estimated EPS numbers exclude special charges and certain gains. Most figures are for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31; for non-calendar year companies, figures in parentheses represent the most recent quarter reported. Key: N/M-not meaningful
(percentage changes involving negative numbers are not calculated); N/A-not available; Pct. surprise-percentage change in actual EPS compared with analysts` average expected EPS compiled by Zacks Investment Research.
Company 1991 Yr-ago Growth Est. Actual Pct. income income rate EPS EPS surprise
Banking/financial services $62.2 $219.4 -72%
Continental Bank Corp. 50.0 32.0 56 $0.2 $0.77 175%
First Chicago Corp. -15.1 57.1 N/M 0.61 -0.40 N/M
First Colonial Bankshares Corp. 4.0 3.9 3 0.40 0.39 -2
First Illinois Corp. N/A N/A N/A 0.21 N/A N/A
First Midwest Bancorp Inc. 4.1 5.7 -28 N/A 0.33 N/A
Household International Inc. -33.9 72.8 N/M 1.39 -1.05 N/M
Lake Shore Bancorp Inc. 3.1 3.3 -6.1 N/A 0.39 N/A
Mercury Finance Co. 9.2 6.4 44 0.21 0.21 0
Northern Trust Corp. 31.7 28.4 11 0.87 0.89 2
River Forest Bancorp Inc. 5.3 4.6 14 N/A 0.69 N/A
St. Paul Bancorp Inc. 7.8 5.2 50 0.47 0.65 38
Business services 59.5 66.3 -10%
Grainger (W.W.) Inc. 34.8 34.3 1 0.64 0.65 2
Lawson Products Inc. N/A N/A N/A 0.35 N/A N/A
ServiceMaster Co. L.P. 22.0 29.4 -25 0.58 0.45 -22
United Stationers Inc. (1) 2.7 2.6 6 0.18 0.18 0
Chemicals 104.2 99.0 5
IMC Fertilizer Group Inc. (2) 22.1 24.9 -11 1.02 1.00 -2
Lawter International Inc. 6.8 6.1 12 0.16 0.16 0
Morton International Inc. (2) 34.8 30.1 16 0.70 0.71 1 Nalco Chemical Co. 36.9 35.0 6 0.46 0.49 6
Stepan Co. 3.6 2.9 24 0.61 0.67 10
Computer services 36.8 37.8 -3
Comdisco Inc. (1) 20.0 22.0 -9 0.54 0.52 -4
System Software Associates (1) 7.7 6.6 16 0.20 0.16 -20
Wallace Computer Services (1) 9.1 9.2 -1 0.46 0.41 -11
Conglomerates 26.9 29.2 -8
Great American Management (1) 1.4 2.6 -46 N/A 0.13 N/A
Itel Corp. N/A 110.7 N/A 0.00 N/A N/A
Oil-Dri Corp. of America (2) 2.1 1.8 15 N/A 0.30 N/A
Pittway Corp. N/A 5.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Whitman Corp. 23.4 25.2 -7 0.22 0.22 0
Consumer products 100.5 48.5 107
Alberto-Culver Co. (1) 9.4 8.0 17 0.31 0.33 6
Fruit of the Loom 31.7 3.4 832 0.31 0.42 35
Helene Curtis Industries (3) 3.4 2.1 62 0.40 0.36 -10
Premark International Inc. 47.6 27.8 71 1.10 1.48 34
Sanford Corp. 8.4 7.2 15 0.58 0.56 -3
Electrical/electronics 142.9 97.2 47
Molex Inc. (2) 16.4 15.6 5 0.33 0.33 0
Motorola Inc. 126.0 109.0 16 0.90 0.96 7
Zenith Electronics 0.5 -27.4 N/M 0.09 0.02 -78
Energy 200.0 538.0 -63
Amoco 200.0 538.0 -63 0.73 0.40 -45
Environmental services 55.1 269.9 -80
Brand Cos. 4.9 0.6 716 0.25 0.24 -4
Chemical Waste Management Inc. 12.2 47.8 -74 0.17 0.17 0
Landauer Inc. (1) 1.9 1.7 11 0.22 0.23 4
Safety-Kleen Corp. 13.9 19.9 -30 0.27 0.24 -11
Waste Management Inc. 26.5 195.6 -86 0.43 0.42 -2
Food 478.6 426.8 12
Dean Foods Co. (2) 15.9 16.8 -5 0.46 0.39 -15
McDonald`s Corp. 200.4 186.2 8 0.55 0.54 -2
Quaker Oats Co. (2) 44.7 33.1 35 0.50 0.58 16
Sara Lee Corp. (2) 189.4 166.8 13 0.77 0.77 0
Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. 5.1 3.7 37 0.44 0.51 16
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. 23.1 20.2 15 0.59 0.59 0
Health care/pharmaceuticals 529.0 478.8 10
Abbott Laboratories 314.7 279.7 12 0.75 0.74 -1
Baxter International 184.0 178.0 3 0.64 0.64 0
HealthCare Compare Corp. 4.4 1.9 133 0.14 0.17 21
Imcera Group Inc. (2) 25.9 19.2 35 0.32 0.33 3
Insurance 437.3 225.7 94
Aon Corp. 58.8 53.3 10 0.94 0.89 -6
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. 5.8 5.9 -2 0.34 0.41 21
CNA Financial Corp. 243.8 64.6 277 1.36 0.80 -70
Kemper Corp. 43.9 46.7 -6.0 1.06 0.91 -14
Old Republic Internat`l Corp. 37.9 27.1 39.9 1.12 1.42 27
Unitrin Inc. 45.0 44.7 1 0.73 0.86 18
Washington National Corp. 2.1 -16.6 N/M 0.25 0.20 -20
Manufacturing -148.9 10.2 N/M
CBI Industries 18.2 13.3 37 0.46 0.45 -2
FMC Corp. 30.2 27.1 11 0.90 0.83 -8
Federal Signal Corp. 8.5 7.6 11.8 0.36 0.37 4
General Binding Corp. 0.7 0.7 6 0.13 0.05 -61
Idex Corp. 4.5 4.8 -6 0.36 0.36 0
Illinois Tool Works Inc. 47.1 45.7 3 0.86 0.83 -3
Inland Steel Industries Inc. 191.3 -57.1 N/M -1.12 -1.11 N/M
Juno Lighting Inc. 3.6 3.6 -2 0.37 0.39 5
Katy Industries Inc. -1.6 -6.9 N/M N/A -0.18 N/A
Navistar Internat`l Corp. (1) -32.0 -38.0 N/M -0.15 -0.16 N/M
Stone Container Corp. -36.8 9.4 N/M -0.06 -0.55 N/M
UNR Industries Inc. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Printing/publishing 77.8 116.6 -33
Commerce Clearing House Inc. 1.0 0.3 286 -0.04 0.03 N/M
Foote, Cone & Belding Commun. -29.2 9.7 N/M N/A -2.74 N/A
Information Resources Inc. 4.8 2.4 102 0.19 0.20 5
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. 68.5 68.2 0 0.92 0.88 -4
Tribune Co. 32.7 36.0 -9 0.46 0.44 -4
Recreation -31.5 -40.3 N/M
Bally Manufacturing Corp. N/A -14.3 N/A -0.29 N/A N/A
Brunswick Corp. -13.7 -17.1 N/M 0.06 -0.15 N/M
Outboard Marine Corp. -17.8 -23.2 N/M -0.43 -0.92 N/M
Retailing 546.4 442.9 23
Hartmarx Corp. -15.1 -4.0 N/M -0.17 -0.20 N/M
Sears, Roebuck and Co. 513.1 378.8 35 1.41 1.48 5
Spiegel Inc. 13.0 36.0 -64 0.61 0.25 -59
Walgreen Co. 35.4 32.1 10 0.30 0.29 -3
Telecommunications 235.5 303.2 -22
Ameritech Corp. 199.2 286.8 -30 1.19 1.28 8
Andrew Corp. (1) 4.1 3.9 5 0.46 0.42 -9
Centel Corp. 25.7 10.0 158 0.19 0.30 58
Telephone & Data Systems Inc. N/A 8.4 N/A 0.19 N/A N/A
Tellabs Inc. 6.5 2.5 161 0.44 0.50 14
U.S. Cellular N/A -4.4 N/A 0.13 N/A N/A
Transportation -177.2 -115.7 N/M
AAR Corp. (1) 2.7 2.3 18 0.23 0.17 -26
GATX Corp. 21.1 24.3 -13 1.05 0.91 -13
Illinois Central Corp. 18.8 12.4 52 0.63 0.67 6
Santa Fe Pacific Corp. 32.8 -31.2 N/M 0.19 0.18 -5
UAL Corp. -252.6 -123.5 N/M -5.61 -10.69 N/M
Utilities -361.2 152.2 N/M
Commonwealth Edison Co. -429.6 85.9 N/M 0.61 .40 -34
Nicor Inc. 37.6 39.1 -4 1.34 1.29 -4
Peoples Energy (1) 30.8 27.2 13 1.11 0.94 -15
Totals (billions) 2.4 3.4 -30
Sources: Zacks Investment Research; company reports. The following Top 100 companies have been acquired and are no longer listed: FNW Bancorp, Pansophic Systems Inc. and Square D Co.
