Top Honors for Western Digital
Western Digital, the Irvine-based computer products company, topped the list of Orange County’s “Finest 50 Public Companies,” as determined by Newport Securities, Costa Mesa. County companies were ranked on the basis of 18 financial criteria to establish the leaders in sales success, quality of earnings and financial strength. The brokerage considered only companies based in Orange County that have been publicly traded since Jan. 1 and had sales of at least $10 million in the most recent four quarters.
Overall Rank: Company 1. Western Digital 2. Community Psychiatric 3. FileNet 4. AST Research 5. MAI Basic Four 6. Archive Corp. 7. Diceon Electronics 8. Standard Pacific 9. Amplicon Industries 10. J.M. Peters 11. Quiksilver 12. FHP International 13. SPI Pharmaceuticals 14. Micro D 15. Armor All 16. Fluorocarbon 17. Clothestime 18. Silicon Systems 19. Gradco Systems 20. Cimco 21. First American Financial 22. Bergen Brunswig 23. Fidelity National 24. American Stores 25. Downey Savings 26. CMS Enhancements 27. UniCare Financial 28. ICN Biomedicals 29. Trimedyne 30. For Better Living 31. Bridgford Foods 32. Newport Corp. 33. Ropak 34. Alliance Imaging 35. PacifiCare 36. Gish Biomedical 37. Fluor 38. Emulex 39. Pacific Scientific 40. Provena Foods 41. Microsemi 42. National Education 43. Centennial Group 44. Nichols Institute 45. Eldorado Bancorp 46. Carl Karcher 47 Westcorp 48. Comprehensive Care 49. Admar Group 50. Safeguard Health Sales Success 1. Micro D 2. PacifiCare Health Systems 3. CMS Enhancements Quality of Earnings 1. Standard Pacific 2. MAI Basic Four 3. Armor All Financial Strength 1. FileNet 2. Western Digital 3. Community Psychiatric Source: Newport Securities
