How Much Guidance?

Here's how often Minnestoa's top * 50 public companies are providing earnings-per-share estimates.


Quarterly                                                  
                                                         

Company                                      

Ticker    Market Capitalization*
Arctic CatACAT$226 million
Deluxe Corporation DLX $1.1 billion
Ecolab ECL$9.7 billion
Fair Isaac and CompanyFIC $2.2 billion
G&K ServicesGKSR$785 million
Hormel Foods CorporationHRL$4.8 billion
Hutchinson TechnologyHTCH$584 million
Patterson Companies PDCO$4.8 billion
PemstarPMTR $142 million
PentairPNR$3.3 billion
Polarius IndustriesPII$1.8 billion
Regis CorporationRGS$1.6 billion
St. Jude Medical STJ$12.5 billion
St. Paul TravelersSTA $30.2 billion
Target CorporationTGT$42.3 billion
Toro CompanyTTC$2 billion
UnitedHealth GroupUNH$60 billion


Annually

ADC TelecommunicationsADCT$1.9 billion
AlleteALE$1.2 billion
Alliant TechsystemsATK$2.7 billion
Apogee EnterprisesAPOG$377 million
Best Buy CompanyBBY$24.9 billion
Ceridian CorporationCEN$3.5 billion
Donaldson CompanyDCI$2.6 billion
H.B. Fuller CompanyFUL$1.4 billion
General MillsGIS$17.9 billion
Imation CorporationIMN$1.3 billion
MedtronicMDT$60.7 billion
MoneyGram InternationalMGI$2.8 billion
Nash-Finch CompanyNAFC$260 million
Navarre CorporationNAVR$163 million
Otter Tail CorporationOTTR$790 million
PepsiAmericasPAS$2.8 billion
Select Comfort CorporationSCSS$1.1 billion
SuperValuSVU$4.1 billion
Tennant CompanyTNC$449 million
3M CompanyMMM$60.6 billion
ValueVision MediaVVTV$435 million
Xcel EnergyXEL$7.7 billion


As Needed

Valspar Corporation

VAL  $2.7 billion


Not at All

Ameriprise Financial ServicesAMP$10.2 billion
C. H. Robinson WorldwideCHRW$7.8 billion
Fastenal CompanyFAST$5.8 billion
Gander Mountain CompanyGMTN$90 million
GracoGGG$3 billion
Mosaic CompanyMOS$5.8 billion
Northwest Airlines CorporationNWACQ$51 million
Piper Jaffray CompaniesPJC$1.2 billion
TCF Financial CorporationTCB$3.5 billion
U.S. BancorpUSB$55.1 billion


* Based on fiscal 2005 revenues

**On June 15, 2006

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