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Number of brokers recommending as: Strong Buy 2 Moderate Buy 3 Hold 0 Moderate Sell 0 Strong Sell 0	Average Recommendation (Strong Buy) 1.00 - 5.00 (Strong Sell) This Week 1.60 Last Week 1.60 Change 0.0 Covering Brokers	Earnings Per Share Last Quarter (Jun 1999) 0.41 Surprise 0.00 % Consensus Estimates This Quarter (Sep 99) 0.44 This Year (Sep 99) 1.55 Next Year 1.71
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Earnings Estimates & Recommendations

	This Quarter (Sep 99)	Next Quarter (Dec 99)	This Year (Sep 99)	Next Year (Sep 00)		Number of brokers recommending as: Months Ago 0 1 2 3 Strong Buy Moderate Buy Hold Moderate Sell Strong Sell Mean* 2 3 0 0 0 1.60 2 3 0 0 0 1.60 2 3 0 0 0 1.60 2 3 0 0 0 1.60 * (strong buy) 1.00 - 5.00 (strong sell) Industry: FOOD-MISC/DVSFD Ranked 10 of 51 Next Earnings (Approx.): N/A
Earnings Estimates Avg Estimate # of Analysts Low Estimate High Estimate Year Ago EPS EPS Growth	0.44 3 0.44 0.44 0.40 10.00 %	0.37 1 0.37 0.37 0.33 12.12 %	1.55 5 1.55 1.56 1.40 10.86 %	1.71 4 1.70 1.73 1.55 10.34 %
Consensus EPS Trend Current 7 Days Ago 30 Days Ago 60 Days Ago 90 Days Ago	0.44 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.44	0.37 0.37 0.37 0.37 0.37	1.55 1.55 1.55 1.55 1.56	1.71 1.71 1.71 1.71 1.72

Earnings Growth

	Last 5 Years	This Year (Sep 99)	Next Year (Sep 00)	Next 5 Years	Price/Earn (Sep 99)	PEG Ratio (Sep 99)
Universal Foods Corp FOOD-MISC/DVSFD S&P 500	5.4 % 6.9 % 10.3 %	10.9 % 13.4 % 11.2 %	10.3 % 16.9 % 10.0 %	10.0 % 13.2 % 6.7 %	13.7 19.6 25.7	1.26 1.46 2.29

Earnings History

	Jun 1998	Sep 1998	Dec 1998	Mar 1999	Jun 1999
Estimate Actual Difference % Surprise	0.37 0.37 0.00 0.00 %	0.40 0.40 0.00 0.00 %	0.34 0.33 -0.01 -2.94 %	0.36 0.37 0.01 2.78 %	0.41 0.41 0.00 0.00 %

Research Abstracts - Universal Foods Corp

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27-Jul-1999 - Universal Foods Corp. - A.G. Edwards on 27-Jul-99 - Zacks 28-Apr-1999 - Universal Foods Corp. - A.G. Edwards on 28-Apr-99 - Zacks 8-Feb-1999 - Universal Foods Corp. - A.G. Edwards on 8-Feb-99 - Zacks 1-Dec-1998 - Universal Foods Corp. - A.G. Edwards on 1-Dec-98 - Zacks 30-Jul-1998 - Universal Foods Corp. - A.G. Edwards on 30-Jul-98 - Zacks 29-Apr-1998 - Universal Foods Corp. - A.G. Edwards on 29-Apr-98 - Zacks 19-Feb-1998 - Universal Foods Corp. - A.G. Edwards on 19-Feb-98 - Zacks 18-Dec-1997 - Universal Foods Corp. - A.G. Edwards on 18-Dec-97 - Zacks

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