Fastest Earnings Growth

Companies* ranked by percentage increase in 1996 earnings per share (EPS).

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Rank Company 1996 profit 1996 EPS % change (millions) 1995-96 1 PairGain Technologies 41.7 $0.57 9367% 2 Cymer Inc. 6.5 0.55 6,000 3 Raster Graphics Inc. 3.3 0.39 3,750 4 Capital Pacific Holdings 5.9 0.39 3,175 5 Datum Inc. 2 0.46 2,210 6 HS Resources Inc. 9 0.56 2,144 7 Siebel Systems Inc. 5 0.13 2,100 8 ESS Technology Inc. 59.4 1.43 1,168 9 Pixar Animation Studios 25.3 0.54 1,127 10 Craig Corp. 42.3 7.13 1,124 11 Williams-Sonoma Inc. 22.7 0.85 835 12 GT Bicycles Inc. 11.6 1.16 742 13 Network Appliance Inc. 8.6 0.49 633 14 First American Financial 53.6 4.68 601 15 Chalone Wine Group Ltd. 2.5 0.29 544 16 OroAmerica 2.1 0.33 491 17 Scope Industries 16.2 13.47 482 18 Scopus Technology 6.2 0.33 413 19 Collagen Corp. 28.6 3.2 392 20 Vantive Corp. 10.9 0.42 378 21 Coastcast Corp. 15.1 1.67 365 22 Etec Systems Inc. 45.9 2.27 336 23 Haskel International Inc. 4.1 0.85 323 24 Imperial Credit Mortgage 11.9 1.97 306 25 Hot Topic Inc. 2.6 0.54 282 26 Southwall Technologies 2.4 0.34 274% 27 Tejon Ranch Corp. 1.7 0.13 274 28 Aspect Development Inc. 3 0.22 261 29 Clarify Inc. 8.2 0.38 251 30 Procom Technology Inc. 5.7 0.6 245 31 Deckers Outdoor Corp. 3.7 0.39 242 32 Benton Oil & Gas Co. 45.6 1.29 229 33 Printrak International 4.1 0.43 227 34 APL Limited 69.5 2.66 218 35 PS Group Holdings Inc. 9.6 1.58 217 36 Fidelity National Financial 24.3 1.71 213 37 Documentum Inc. 4.5 0.31 213 38 Foodmaker Inc. 24.4 0.62 202 39 Cooper & Chyan Technology 5.3 0.36 194 40 Mac Frugal’s Bargains 43.2 1.66 193 41 Arbor Software Corp. 5.5 0.48 186 42 BRE Properties Inc. 93.4 2.82 181 43 Chevron Corp. 2607 3.99 180 44 Imperial Bancorp 62.3 2.38 175 45 Pacific Sunwear 7.4 0.89 173 46 QuickResponse Services 6.6 0.76 171 47 Vitesse Semiconductor 22.1 0.62 166 48 P-COM Inc. 15.7 0.79 163 49 Pacific Gateway Exchange 5.8 0.33 162 50 Seagate Technology Inc. 699.7 2.97 161

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*Some companies may show particularly high percentage earnings increase because they were barely profitable in previous year. Companies with less than $10 million sales and less than $25 million in shareholder equity are not included.