To: Return to Sender who wrote (1798 ) 1/29/2002 9:16:22 PM From: Return to Sender Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 95617 From Briefing.com: 4:54PM OSI Systems beats estimates (OSIS) 19.95 -1.23: Reports Q2 EPS of $0.12, $0.04 better than the Multex consensus; revs were $30.0 mln (there is no consensus est for rev). 4:41PM Paradyne beats estimates, announces ALA deal (PDYN) 6.50 +0.41: Reports Q4 pro forma EPS of $0.14, $0.06 better than the First Call consensus; revs were $51.1 mln, vs consensus of $43.57 mln. In a separate press release, the co announced that ALA has licensed PDYN's ReachDSL technology for its microelectronics unit, to jointly develop and produce a new generation of ADSL chipsets. 4:32PM HPL Tech tops estimates (HPLA) 12.50 +0.30: Reports Q3 (Dec) earnings of $0.09 per share, $0.03 better than the Multex consensus of $0.06; reports Q3 revenues of $10.9 mln versus the consensus estimate of $8.5 mln. 4:29PM Optical Comm reports in line results (OCPI) 3.36 -0.05: Reports Q1 (Dec) net of breakeven, in line with the Multex consensus of $0.00; revenues fell 79% year/year to $8.8 mln vs the $7.4 mln consensus. 4:29PM Newport hits guidance, lowers EPS for Q1 (NEWP) 22.48 -1.67: Reports Q4 net of $0.00 a share, in line with consensus. Sales fell 48% to $50.3 mln. For Q1, co expects sales to decline 5%-10% sequentially with a loss of $0.03-$0.05. Wall Street had expected co to show a sequential rev decline of roughly 4% and post a profit for the qtr of $0.01. 4:28PM Coherent tops earnings estimates; light on revenues (COHR) 30.40 -1.12: Reports Q1 (Dec) earnings of $0.07 per share, $0.02 better than the Multex consensus of $0.05; revenues fell 13.7% year/year to $96.6 mln vs the $100.4 mln consensus; no guidance issued with report. 4:21PM Intersil tops estimates; guides higher (ISIL) 31.77 +0.94: Reports Q4 (Dec) earnings of $0.12 per share, $0.01 better than the Multex consensus of $0.11; revenues fell 26.2% year/year to $121.6 mln vs the $118.5 mln consensus; expects sequential revenue growth for Q1 of 3-5% -- this amounts to revenues in the range of $125.2-$127.7 mln versus the current consensus estimate of $121.1 mln. finance.yahoo.com