Analysts were expecting Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. (TWPG) [Chart - News - Analysis] to report earnings of $-0.35 for last quarter, but TWPG missed expectations with actual earnings of $-0.39---4 cents below the consensus estimate.

If you compare last quarter's earnings to the $-0.42 the company made per share during the same quarter a year ago, you can see that TWPG’s earnings are up this year.

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Also, if you compare TWPG's 0.00% projected earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rate for the next five years with the projected EPS growth rate of 15.59% for the Investment Brokerage - National industry as a whole during that same time frame, you can see that analysts expect TWPG to underperform the industry in the future---which is a bad sign for the stock.

Drilling down a little deeper into the Investment Brokerage - National industry, you can see how analysts believe TWPG will stack up against some of the other stocks in the industry, like SEI Investments Co. (SEIC) [Chart - News - Analysis] and Nomura Holdings Inc. (NMR) [Chart - News - Analysis], in the future. Analysts believe SEIC's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 12.33% while NMR's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 0.00%.

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