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Earnings Est	Current Qtr Dec-09	Next Qtr Mar-10	Current Year Dec-09	Next Year Dec-10
Avg. Estimate	0.52	0.47	1.92	2.12
No. of Analysts	11	7	10	12
Low Estimate	0.48	0.44	1.85	1.95
High Estimate	0.55	0.53	1.95	2.33
Year Ago EPS	0.53	0.43	1.99	1.92

Next Earnings Date: 9-Feb-10 -

Revenue Est	Current Qtr Dec-09	Next Qtr Mar-10	Current Year Dec-09	Next Year Dec-10
Avg. Estimate	1.10B	1.12B	4.11B	4.56B
No. of Analysts	5	3	6	6
Low Estimate	1.05B	1.11B	4.06B	4.31B
High Estimate	1.13B	1.14B	4.15B	4.71B
Year Ago Sales	902.76M	932.44M	3.36B	4.11B
Sales Growth (year/est)	21.4%	20.6%	22.0%	11.2%

Earnings History	Dec-08	Mar-09	Jun-09	Sep-09
EPS Est	0.51	0.39	0.46	0.50
EPS Actual	0.53	0.43	0.47	0.51
Difference	0.02	0.04	0.01	0.01
Surprise %	3.9%	10.3%	2.2%	2.0%

EPS Trends	Current Qtr Dec-09	Next Qtr Mar-10	Current Year Dec-09	Next Year Dec-10
Current Estimate	0.52	0.47	1.92	2.12
7 Days Ago	0.52	0.47	1.92	2.12
30 Days Ago	0.52	0.48	1.93	2.13
60 Days Ago	0.54	0.49	1.94	2.14
90 Days Ago	0.54	0.49	1.94	2.15

EPS Revisions	Current Qtr Dec-09	Next Qtr Mar-10	Current Year Dec-09	Next Year Dec-10
Up Last 7 Days	1	0	0	0
Up Last 30 Days	1	1	4	0
Down Last 30 Days	0	0	0	0
Down Last 90 Days

Growth Est	CNC	Industry	Sector	S&P 500
Current Qtr.	-1.9%	10.9%	-0.4%	-34.1%
Next Qtr.	9.3%	6.4%	6.3%	18.0%
This Year	-3.5%	9.3%	3.1%	0.7%
Next Year	10.4%	9.1%	10.0%	24.9%
Past 5 Years (per annum)	14.915%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Next 5 Years (per annum)	13%	11.3%	7.88%	N/A
Price/Earnings (avg. for comparison categories)	9.86	14.88	13.6	17.59
PEG Ratio (avg. for comparison categories)	0.76	1.32	1.73	N/A

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