Home Depot, however, said it would meet analysts' estimates for the third quarter.

And will the next earnings reports fail to meet analysts' estimates?

The system didn't exactly fly off the shelves, and Nintendo publicly admitted that the sales weren't meeting the company's internal estimates.

The earnings met or exceeded most analysts' estimates.

The most recent earnings, which met analysts' estimates, were down by almost half from the second quarter of this year, which was its best ever.

The company said it was on track to meet its full-year estimates, including "low-single-digit revenue growth," but offered few other forecasts.

Officials of the company said that they expected results in its fourth quarter to meet analysts' estimates.

That met analysts' estimates, according to the First Call Corporation, which tracks company earnings.

Profits fell 9 percent from a year earlier, when the company spun off businesses, but met analysts' estimates.

Kodak reported earnings that met analysts' estimates, but said that worldwide film sales were still declining.