(By Rich Bieglmeier) The "official" start of Q2 earnings season starts next week. Yet another weekly project iStock embarks on is to create our own iEstimate. The idea is to use our special sauce to identify stocks with the potential to beat or miss Wall Street's consensus mark.
Earnings surprises can be glorious or disastrous for investors. Our hope is to help our readers find more glory and less disaster.
For your enjoyment, here are our iEstimates for the week of July 9, 2012.
| Company | Ticker | Expected Report Date | EST | iEstimate | Surprise | % Surprise |
| Shaw Group Inc | SHAW | Tuesday, July 10, 2012 | 0.43 | 0.56 | 0.13 | 29.83% |
| Jda Software Gp | JDAS | Monday, July 09, 2012 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.06 | 12.44% |
| Texas Inds | TXI | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 | -0.33 | -0.29 | 0.04 | 11.29% |
| Pdl Biopharma | PDLI | Friday, July 13, 2012 | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.03 | 6.91% |
| Commerce Bancsh | CBSH | Thursday, July 12, 2012 | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.02 | 3.36% |
| Voxx Intl Cp | VOXX | Tuesday, July 10, 2012 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 18.31% |
| Chimera Invest | CIM | Monday, July 09, 2012 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 16.67% |
| Cubist Pharm | CBST | Monday, July 09, 2012 | 0.48 | 0.5 | 0.02 | 3.78% |
| Helen Of Troy | HELE | Tuesday, July 10, 2012 | 0.88 | 0.9 | 0.02 | 1.84% |
| Itron Inc | ITRI | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.01 | 1.44% |
| Zep Inc | ZEP | Tuesday, July 10, 2012 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.01 | 3.70% |
| Arrow Finl Corp | AROW | Friday, July 13, 2012 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.01 | 2.65% |
| Indep Bk Mass | INDB | Thursday, July 12, 2012 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.01 | 2.00% |
| Wolverine World | WWW | Tuesday, July 10, 2012 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.01 | 2.31% |
| Merrimack Phar | MACK | Monday, July 09, 2012 | -0.25 | -0.24 | 0.01 | 4.00% |
| Ocean Power Tec | OPTT | Thursday, July 12, 2012 | -0.3 | -0.29 | 0.01 | 3.25% |
| Webster Finl Cp | WBS | Friday, July 13, 2012 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.01 | 1.99% |
| Adtran Inc | ADTN | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.01 | 2.39% |
| Bank Ozarks | OZRK | Thursday, July 12, 2012 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.01 | 1.65% |
| Medtox Scientif | MTOX | Thursday, July 12, 2012 | 0.2 | 0.21 | 0.01 | 3.74% |
| Wash Fedl Inc | WAFD | Thursday, July 12, 2012 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.01 | 2.26% |
| Raptor Pharmact | RPTP | Tuesday, July 10, 2012 | -0.18 | -0.17 | 0.01 | 3.70% |
| Yum! Brands Inc | YUM | Monday, July 09, 2012 | 0.7 | 0.71 | 0.01 | 0.91% |
| Wd 40 Co | WDFC | Monday, July 09, 2012 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hi Tech Pharma | HITK | Tuesday, July 10, 2012 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Intervest Bcsh | IBCA | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Jpmorgan Chase | JPM | Friday, July 13, 2012 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Isoftstone Ltd | ISS | Thursday, July 12, 2012 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Vocera Comm Inc | VCRA | Monday, July 09, 2012 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Angiodynamics | ANGO | Thursday, July 12, 2012 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Trinity Biotech | TRIB | Thursday, July 12, 2012 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Resources Cnctn | RECN | Thursday, July 12, 2012 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Semileds Corp | LEDS | Tuesday, July 10, 2012 | -0.25 | -0.25 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Marriott Intl-A | MAR | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Simulation Plus | SLP | Thursday, July 12, 2012 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Penford Corp | PENX | Tuesday, July 10, 2012 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Api Tech Corp | ATNY | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Material Sci Cp | MASC | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Fastenal | FAST | Thursday, July 12, 2012 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Natl Beverage | FIZZ | Friday, July 13, 2012 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Igate Corp | IGTE | Friday, July 13, 2012 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0 | -0.14% |
| Wells Fargo-New | WFC | Friday, July 13, 2012 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0 | -0.13% |
| Lakeland Bancrp | LBAI | Thursday, July 12, 2012 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0 | -0.98% |
| Mutualfirst Fin | MFSF | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0 | -1.51% |
| Healthcare Serv | HCSG | Tuesday, July 10, 2012 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0 | -2.22% |
| Schulman(A) Inc | SHLM | Monday, July 09, 2012 | 0.62 | 0.61 | -0.01 | -1.53% |
| Alcoa Inc | AA | Monday, July 09, 2012 | 0.06 | 0.04 | -0.02 | -30.56% |
| Northern Tech | NTIC | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 | 0.41 | 0.37 | -0.04 | -9.41% |
| Pricesmart Inc | PSMT | Monday, July 09, 2012 | 0.6 | 0.55 | -0.05 | -7.99% |
| Ocz Technology | OCZ | Tuesday, July 10, 2012 | -0.13 | -0.19 | -0.06 | -44.44% |