THE TIMES 100 : The Best Performing Companies in California : The Bottom Line : ABSOLUTE PROFITS

Ranks companies by profits from continuing operations.

‘90 income Rank Company ($ millions) 1 Chevron Corp. 2,157 2 Atlantic Richfield Co. 1,688 3 Pacific Telesis Group 1,030 4 Pacific Gas & Electric 987 5 BankAmerica Corp. 877 6 SCEcorp 830 7 Walt Disney Co.* 824 8 Hewlett-Packard Co.* 739 9 Wells Fargo & Co. 712 10 Intel Corp. 650 11 Rockwell Intl. Corp.* 624 12 Apple Computer Inc.* 475 13 First Interstate Bancorp 439 14 Unocal Corp. 401 15 Syntex Corp.* 342 16 Lockheed Corp. 335 17 Transamerica Corp. 266 18 Natl. Medical Enterprises* 260 19 Northrop Corp. 210 20 San Diego Gas & Electric 208 21 Great Western Financial 193 22 H.F. Ahmanson & Co. 191 23 Amdahl Corp. 184 24 Golden West Financial Corp. 181 25 Times Mirror Co. 180

* See exceptions, page 55.