On March 5, 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 9 out of 10.

2448 TT: Epistar Corp(P)   Predicted Surprise: -11.5% Mean Estimate: NT$0.89  StarMine SmartEstimate: NT$0.79  Actual: NT$0.07  MSIL IN: Maruti Suzuki India Ltd   Predicted Surprise: -4.8% Mean Estimate: Rs48.37  StarMine SmartEstimate: Rs46.08  Actual: Rs42.18  297 HK: Sinofert Holdings   Predicted Surprise: -3.7% Mean Estimate: HK$0.334  StarMine SmartEstimate: HK$0.322  Actual: CNY0.274  1898 HK: China Coal Energy Co   Predicted Surprise: -3.2% Mean Estimate: CNY0.69  StarMine SmartEstimate: CNY0.67  Actual: CNY0.65  7951 JP: Yamaha Corp   Predicted Surprise: -2.5% Mean Estimate: ¥11.08  StarMine SmartEstimate: ¥10.81  Actual: ¥13.85