Our table lists the eight companies that consistently missed their 60-day prior estimates eight quarters running.
The prior estimates based on samples had understated loan default rates and overstated recoveries from loans in liquidation.
The best that a survey can generate is an estimate within a range that mathematicians can extract from prior estimates and the final numbers.
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On a per-share basis, earnings of 2 cents were double the penny Sirius earned the prior year and in line with estimates.
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In its prior third quarter earnings, Zynga posted beat estimates on revenue but earnings missed.
The IPO itself was challenged when Facebook released earnings prior to going public and caused analysts to lower estimates without organized and broad distribution.
Prior to the FY 1997 Budget, the subsidy estimates for these programs were based on samples of loan data prepared shortly after the enactment of the FCRA. Administrator Alvarez' statement details the major undertaking completed by SBA in late 1995 to compile and analyze the available historical data for the 7(a) and 504 programs.
RadioShack earned 36 cents per share for the quarter, way below estimates of 66 cents per share and less than half the 81 cents of the prior year's quarter.
Retail sales and the Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) beat estimates, with the LEI jumping to 0.9% from 0.2% the prior month.
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