THE TIMES 100 / THE BEST PERFORMING COMPANIES IN AMERICA : THE BOTTOM LINE : Profit Margins

Companies ranked by profit from continuing operations as a % of sales. Rank. Company: 1993 Return % 1. United Television Inc.: 33.6 2. Magma Power: 31.7 3. Franklin Resources Inc.: 27.8 4. Amgen Inc.: 27.3 5. Imperial Credit Indus.: 27.2 6. Intel Corp.: 26.1 7. Cisco Systems: 26.0 8. Linear Technology Corp.: 25.9 9. Pyxis Corp.: 25.5 10. Mercury General Corp.: 24.1 11. Brooktree Corp.: 23.8 12. Foothill Group: 23.1 13. Argonaut Group Inc.: 20.3 14. ALZA Corp.: 19.5 15. CVB Financial: 18.7 16. Syntex Corp.: 18.6 17. McGrath RentCorp: 18.6 18. Electroglas Inc.: 18.5 19. Countrywide Credit: 18.3 20. Adobe Systems Inc.: 18.2 21. Watson Pharm.: 18.1 22. Cobra Golf: 17.5 23. WD-40 Co.: 17.3 24. Callaway Golf: 16.2 25. First Republic Bancorp: 16.1

Source: STAR Services.