John Caldwell Earnings Quotations

Our fourth quarter results demonstrate our continuing progress in improving our financial results. Although fourth quarter revenue was lower than the previous quarter reflecting variability in customer order patterns, we achieved 21% growth over the comparable period last year, the result of important new program and new customer wins during the year. It was also the third consecutive quarter of earnings growth.

To be able to post another double-digit gain is pretty impressive. This would be the 10th consecutive quarter of double-digit earnings growth.

Once we get to 2006, you come up against two straight years of very difficult earnings comparisons. We're looking for a low-teens earnings growth rate. It's very healthy, but it's not enough to get investors excited.

It's an earnings season very much in line with what we anticipated. We're at the point in the economic cycle and in this earnings cycle where a little bit of a slowdown is not too surprising. You're up against some pretty tough comparisons over the last couple of years.

The underlying fundamentals of the market still remain very healthy. We are looking at good solid earnings growth in the first quarter and economic growth that has bounced back.