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To: Bridge Player who wrote (18673)	2/14/2004 12:35:04 PM
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Did Needham in fact reduce their expectations by that much, or was there confusion about which year they were referring to? I've seen this before, where different analyst organizations interpret fiscal calendars differently. It can be confusing. The Needham forecast was from a January 5 Briefing.com item, which now doesn't show any detail to verify. I was referring to the Yahoo estimate page which shows a 3 cent increase for "next year" to $1.43. The Fool's estimate page also gives $1.43 for "next year." quotes.fool.com Yet, First Call shows a consensus of $1.43 for 2005. For KTEC history, here's BW's earnings and revenue table going back to 1999: research.businessweek.com So I was looking at KTEC growing earnings from .47 to 1.15 to an estimated $1.21, then $1.43. I think of it as one of the quirks of Wall Street, like some organizations use "normalized" or "core" earnings and other do not. Anyone else have any comments?