To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (12764 ) 2/4/2002 5:11:07 PM From: Jorj X Mckie Respond to of 23786 From briefing.com 17:01 ET FON Sprint FON (16.01 -1.21) Company updates guidance for Y02 (Dec); sees earnings of $1.40 per share excluding a $0.05 ION charge versus the current consensus estimate of $1.34 per share. 16:58 ET After Hours Movers Prices vs 4 pm ET close... TUNE -1.91 selling off solidly despite exceeding the consensus by a penny. DELL -0.19 edging lower on remarks made during the company's presentation. ZBRA +0.53 bidding up after company widens the range on its forward outlook to the upside. 16:44 ET FON Sprint FON (16.01 -1.21) Company reports Q4 earnings ex-items of $0.27 per share, $0.04 worse thanthe consensus; reports Q4 revenues of $4.01 bln versus the consensus estimate of $4.03 bln. 16:41 ET PCS Sprint PCS (13.76 -1.83) Reports Q4 (Dec) loss of $0.32 per share, $0.01 worse than the Multex consensus of ($0.31); revenues rose 42.4% year/year to $2.76 bln vs the $2.73 bln consensus. 16:37 ET NFS Nationwide Finc (40.96 -1.74) -- Update -- Reports Q4 (Dec) earnings of $0.79 per share, $0.01 better than the Multex consensus of $0.78; revenues rose 0.2% year/year to $805.5 mln vs the $804.8 mln consensus. 16:35 ET IN Infonet Services (2.04 -0.09) Reports Q3 (Dec) loss of $0.02 per share, $0.02 worse than the Multex consensus of $0.00; revenues fell 4.1% year/year to $155.1 mln vs the $173.0 mln consensus. 16:34 ET AFC Allmerica Finc (41.41 -0.64) Reports Q4 (Dec) earnings of $0.64 per share, in line with the Multex consensus of $0.64. 16:25 ET WITS Witness Sys exceeds estimates (11.96 -0.59) Posts Q4 net of $0.02 a share, $0.01 better than consensus, vs yr-ago EPS of $0.02. Rev rose 21% to $17.1 mln, exceeding $16.48 mln consensus. 16:21 ET PEGS Pegasus Solutions tops estimates, reaffirms guidance (17.22 +0.37) Reports Q4 earnings of $0.05 per share, $0.02 better than the Multex consensus. Rev fell 16.1% year/year to $38.9 mln vs the $39.8 mln consensus. Co confirms 2002 outlook of $0.52-$0.60 on rev of $180-$185 mln (consensus $0.55 and $180.4 mln). Says seeing better-than-anticipated recovery trends. 16:20 ET DELL Dell Computer: competitors stuffing the channel? (26.84 +0.04) -- Update -- During their Goldman Sachs technology symposium presentation, DELL President Rollins was coy when asked if HWP and CPQ were "stuffing the channel"; he said that he didn't know, but that something "suspicious" was going on in the consumer segment and Europe, as he didn't see any measurable uptick in industry demand despite CPQ's recent claim that those areas were doing very well. 16:14 ET ZBRA Zebra Tech misses qtr; issues favorable Q1 outlook (50.18 -3.31) Posts Q4 net of $0.50 a share, $0.02 worse than the Multex consensus, vs yr-ago EPS of $0.57. Rev declined 8.7% to $111.6 mln (consensus $110.3 mln). For Q1, co sees EPS of $0.50-$0.55 on rev of $110-$115 mln vs consensus estimates of $0.50 and $109.13 mln. 16:05 ET TUNE Microtune beats by a penny (18.91 -1.59) Posts a Q4 loss of $0.12 a share, $0.01 better than consensus. Rev rose 6% sequentially to $15.98 mln, topping $15.89 mln consensus.