the 10 S&P 500 companies with the biggest (and best) earnings surprises

Company	Ticker	Industry	Consensus quarterly EPS estimate	Estimated operating EPS	% Surprise
Interpublic Group Inc.	IPG, -0.48%	Advertising/ Marketing Services	-$0.03	$0.00	N/A
EOG Resources Inc.	EOG, -1.34%	Oil and Gas Production	$0.00	$0.03	N/A
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.	COG,+0.31%	Oil and Gas Production	$0.03	$0.12	300%
Chesapeake Energy Corp.	CHK, -1.63%	Oil and Gas Production	$0.03	$0.11	267%
Consol Energy Inc.	CNX, -0.51%	Coal	$0.12	$0.37	208%
Hasbro Inc.	HAS, +0.48%	Recreational Products	$0.08	$0.21	163%
Carnival Corp.	CCL, -0.11%	Cruiselines	$0.09	$0.20	122%
Tenet Healthcare Corp.	THC, -0.10%	Hospital/ Nursing Management	$0.31	$0.67	116%
Newmont Mining Corp.	NEM,+0.04%	Precious Metals	$0.23	$0.46	100%
Hospira Inc.	NBL, +0.00%HSP, -0.05%	Medical Specialties	$0.52	$0.97	87%