The Following Companies Will Release Earnings This Week: JD Edwards, Krispy Kreme, Petsmart, Quest and Toll Brothers.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 2003 Zacks.com releases it's exclusive Weekly Earnings and Sector Update written by Nick Raich, Director of Research. This vital update provides investors with timely information regarding companies that will be reporting their earnings in the coming week, how companies earnings faired the week prior, exclusive sector rankings and earnings commentary. Below you will find a synopsis A summary; a brief statement, less than the whole. A synopsis is a condensation of something—for example, a synopsis of a trial record. of this weeks earnings commentary including estimates and the Zacks Rank for the following companies: JD Edwards See J.D. Edwards. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :JDEC JDEC Joint Data Exchange Center (US/Russian missile warning) JDEC Joint Document Exploitation Center (US DoD) ), Krispy Kreme Krispy Kreme is a chain of doughnut stores. Its parent company is Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD), based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :KKD KKD Kultur- og Kirkedepartementet (Norwegian: Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs) KKD Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (stock symbol) KKD Kilocalories per Kilogram of body weight Per Day ), Petsmart (NASDAQ:PETM PETM Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum ), Quest Communications (NYSE:Q) and Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL). To see this week's full report then visit: http://earningsbw.zacks.com Synopsis of Weekly Earnings and Sector Update by Nick Raich As of 5/23/03, 486 companies in the S&P 500 have announced 1Q '03 results. On average, earnings are up 10% from last year. Revenues are up 4%. When all 500 companies eventually report, Nick Raich is anticipating earnings to be up 10% and revenues to be up 4% from last year. Although he has not been surprised at all by the results. The Street has been pleasantly surprised and the stock market has reacted accordingly. Will the rally be sustainable? Looking ahead to 2Q '03, Nick is forecasting S&P 500 earnings to be up 9% compared to 2Q '02. If that occurs, it will mark the 5th consecutive quarter of year over year gains in earnings for the index. Additionally, he expects the positive trend to continue in the second half of 2003. His 3rd and 4th quarter expectations are for the S&P 500's earnings to be up 14% and 21% respectively over their comparable year ago periods. This week, only about 100 companies will release earnings results. Of which, 5 will be in the S&P 500. Therefore, he does not expect too much news on the earnings front until the middle to the end of June. This will be when most companies will provide guidance for their second quarter results. Actual 2Q '03 results will not be released until the middle of July for the majority of the companies in the S&P 500. Ticker Company Name Date EPS Estimate ZacksRank(a) JDEC JD Edwards Inc 5/29 .01 3 KKD Krispy Kreme 5/28 .20 3 PETM Petsmart Inc 5/29 .16 4 Q Quest Comm 5/29 -.09 3 TOL Toll Brothers 5/28 .68 1 To see the complete Weekly Earnings and Sector Update with the entire list of companies reporting this week and sector rankings, click http://earnings1bw.zacks.com (a) About the Zacks Rank What is the Zacks Rank? A stock ranking system that for over 15 years has proven that "Earnings estimate revisions are the most powerful force impacting stock prices." Stocks are ranked from 1 (Strong Buy) to 5 (Strong Sell). 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