As I've pointed out all along though, ever since the troubled department store operator began its turnaround efforts, it has managed to confound the pros and is able to "surprise" them virtually every quarter. It looks like J.C. Penney just did it again, too. After a senior executive "inadvertently" revealed the company's same store sales progress for the first quarter to an analyst, J.C. Penney had to release the information publicly to not run afoul of SEC regulations. And those numbers show that Wall Street was once again low-balling J.C. Penney's effort.