THE TIMES 100 / THE BEST PERFORMING COMPANIES IN AMERICA : A VIEW FROM THE STREET : Divvying It Up

Companies ranked by dividend as a percent of stock price.

Dividend 4/8/94 as a % of Stock Rank Company Stock Price Price 1 General Parametrics 0.13 2.37 2 Jenny Craig Inc. 9.80 6.12 3 SCE Corp. 8.67 16.37 4 Syntex Corp. 7.56 13.75 5 Santa Anita Cos. 7.02 19.37 6 Pacific Telesis Group 6.89 31.62 7 Pacific Gas & Electric 6.76 29.00 8 San Diego Gas & Electric 6.76 22.50 9 So. California Water Co. 6.49 18.50 10 Beeba’s Creations 6.40 5.00 11 Occidental Petroleum 6.25 16.00 12 Provena Foods Inc. 5.92 2.87 13 James Mitchell & Co. 5.89 4.75 14 Atlantic Richfield Co. 5.76 95.50 15 Great Western Financial 5.75 16.00 16 WD-40 Co. 5.64 39.00 17 California Water Service Co. 5.64 35.12 18 Pacific Enterprises 5.55 21.62 19 SJW Corp. 5.53 38.00 20 MacNeal-Schwendler Corp. 5.45 11.75 21 ADAC Laboratories 5.33 9.00 22 Union Bank 5.22 26.81 23 H.F. Ahmanson & Co. 5.14 17.12 24 Metrobank 4.80 12.50 25 Berry Petroleum 4.64 8.62

Source: STAR Services.