On October 6, 2009, StarMine's Earnings Surprise Forecast highlighted 10 companies with a high probability of reporting an earnings surprise. Using StarMine SmartEstimates as our guide, we accurately predicted the surprise direction in 7 out of 10.

WYNN: Wynn Resorts   Predicted Surprise: 20.8% Mean Estimate: $0.14  StarMine SmartEstimate: $0.17  Actual: $0.33  SNDK : Sandisk Corporation   Predicted Surprise: 19.6% Mean Estimate: $0.25  StarMine SmartEstimate: $0.30  Actual: $0.75  GRMN: Garmin   Predicted Surprise: 12.1% Mean Estimate: $0.69  StarMine SmartEstimate: $0.77  Actual: $1.02  ALL: Allstate Corporation   Predicted Surprise: 7.8% Mean Estimate: $0.92  StarMine SmartEstimate: $1.00  Actual: $0.99  GPS: Gap Inc   Predicted Surprise: 3.0% Mean Estimate: $0.35  StarMine SmartEstimate: $0.36  Actual: $0.44