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January 28, 1998: 11:46 a.m. ET

Sunbeam back in the black; DuPont misses estimates by a wide margin

NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Several big companies posted their earnings results for investors' scrutiny, and more are expected Wednesday. Here is a list.
     Reported

     Sunbeam (SOC)
Fourth-quarter earnings per share: 47 cents
First Call estimated EPS: 50 cents
Year-ago: loss of 3 cents
Sunbeam reported fourth-quarter net earnings of $109.4 million compared with a loss of $228.3 million a year ago. The company cited record sales of $338 million for the quarter, up 30.6 percent from a year ago.
     AlliedSignal (ALD)
Fourth-quarter EPS: 55 cents Blue Chip

Estimated EPS: 55 cents
Year-ago: 46 cents
AlliedSignal said its fourth-quarter net income increased 16 percent to $314 million from $270 million. Figures include one-time items of $4 million related to a divestiture and repositioning.
Coca-Cola (KO)
Fourth-quarter EPS: 33 cents Blue Chip

Estimated EPS: 34 cents
Year-ago: 30 cents
Coca-Cola reported fourth-quarter net income of $817 million compared with $762 million a year earlier. Net operating revenue was $4.7 billion compared with $4.48 a year ago.
     SBC Communications (SBC)
Fourth-quarter EPS: 63 cents
Estimated EPS: 98 cents
Year-ago: 78 cents
SBC's operating revenue for the fourth quarter was $6.63 billion compared with $6.2 billion a year ago. The company says it added over one million wireless customers in 1997.
     UAL Corp. (UAL)
Fourth-quarter EPS: $1.74
Estimated EPS: $1.62
Year-ago: $1.06
The company's fourth-quarter net earnings were $32 million before an extraordinary item associated with early debt retirement. Year-ago net was $20 million.
     DuPont (DD)
Fourth-quarter EPS: 23 cents Blue Chip

Estimated EPS: 84 cents
Year-ago: 75 cents
DuPont said its fourth-quarter sales were $11.84 billion, compared with $11.68 billion a year ago.
Philip Morris (MO)
Fourth-quarter operating EPS: 60 cents Chip

Estimated operating EPS: 66 cents
Year-ago: 60 cents
The company's operating revenue for the fourth quarter was $17.33 billion, compared with $16.79 billion a year earlier. Diluted earnings per share were down 11.7 percent at 53 cents.

     Bethlehem Steel (BS)
Fourth-quarter EPS: 27 cents
Estimated EPS: 23 cents
Year-ago: 12 cents
Bethlehem Steel reported fourth-quarter net income of $41.7 million on revenue of $1.12 billion. A year earlier it had a net loss of $421.2 million on revenue of $1.15 billion.

Mobil Oil (MOB)
Fourth-quarter operating EPS: $1.01
Estimated operating EPS: $1.00
Year-ago: $1.10
Mobil's net income, including a restructuring charge of $105 million for its European operations, rose 5 percent to $704 million from $676 million a year ago. Basic earnings per share were 88 cents, up from 84 cents a year ago. Diluted earnings per share were 86 cents, up from 82 cents in the fourth quarter of 1996.
     CompUSA (CPU)
Fourth-quarter EPS: 36 cents
Estimated EPS: 36 cents
Year-ago: 25 cents
The company's net income for the fourth quarter rose to $34,067,000 from $23,728,000 a year earlier. Fourth-quarter sales increased to $1.456 billion from $1.198 billion a year earlier.
     Expected

     Gillette (G)
Estimated EPS: 84 cents
Year-ago: 72 cents
     Sybase Inc. (SYBS)
Estimated EPS: 7 cents
Year-ago: 7 cents

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