Great Expectations: Southern California

Companies with Southern California headquarters ranked by analysts’ mean estimates of annualized growth in earnings per share over the next three to five years. At least four analysts must cover a company for it to be listed.

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Proj. Yrs. of Last annlzd. positive qrtly. Name Ticker EPS* gr. EPS* EPS* 1 EarthLink Network ELNK 67% 0 --$0.56 2 Idec Pharmaceuticals IDPH 60 0 0.43 3 Daou Systems DAOU 52 6 0.06 4 Biosite Diagnostics BSTE 50 4 --0.13 5 Star Telecommunications STRX 50 1 0.05 6 Tekelec TKLC 50 1 0.34 7 VDI Media VDIM 49 2 0.14 8 HNC Software HNCS 47 5 0.28 9 Advanced Tissue Sciences ATIS 43 0 --0.31 10 MiniMed MNMD 43 3 0.18 11 Vitesse Semiconductor VTSS 41 3 0.31 12 Dataworks DWRX 40 0 0.35 13 Vista Medical Technology VMTI 40 0 --0.36 14 Qualcomm QCOM 36 5 0.54 15 Cymer CYMI 35 3 0.34 16 Encad ENCD 35 6 --0.06 17 Hot Topic HOTT 35 3 0.67 18 MetaCreations MCRE 35 0 0.04 19 Xylan XYLN 35 2 0.18 20 Dura Pharmaceuticals DURA 34 0 0.15 21 Varco International VRC 34 10 0.23 22 FPA Medical Management FPAM 33 0 0.17 23 Guitar Center GTRC 33 1 0.24 24 CKE Restaurants CKR 32 4 0.26 25 Ashworth ASHW 30 8 0.14 26 Learning Tree International LTRE 30 3 0.06 27 Molecular Biosystems MB 30 0 --0.33 28 ResMed RESM 30 6 0.32 29 Univision Communications UVN 30 2 0.38 30 ViaSat VSAT 30 6 0.17 31 Agouron Pharmaceuticals AGPH 29 0 0.44 32 Cheesecake Factory CAKE 29 9 0.17 33 PairGain Technologies PAIR 28 5 0.16 34 Powerwave Technologies PWAV 28 7 0.13 35 Total Renal Care Holdings TRL 28 8 0.23 36 Pacific Sunwear of Calif. PSUN 28 6 0.48 37 Amylin Pharmaceuticals AMLN 27 0 --0.67 38 Veterinary Centers of Am. VCAI 27 1 0.10 39 Safeskin SFSK 27 7 0.34 40 Benton Oil & Gas BNO 26 4 0.07 41 RemedyTemp REMX 26 5 0.39 42 On Assignment ASGN 26 9 0.24 43 United States Filter USF 26 3 --3.71 44 Activision ATVI 25 2 0.50 45 Eltron International ELTN 25 4 0.28 46 FileNet FILE 25 0 0.40 47 Imperial Bancorp IMP 25 15 0.32 48 Ortel ORTL 25 8 0.03 49 Semtech SMTC 25 11 0.28 50 THQ THQI 25 3 0.84 51 Unova UNA 25 0 --0.10 52 Viking Office Products VKNG 24 10 0.23 53 Data Processing Resources DPRC 24 7 0.22 54 Petco Animal Supplies PETC 23 0 0.25 55 PMR PMRP 23 2 0.19 56 Ingram Micro IM 23 7 0.66 57 Mentor MNTR 23 4 0.23 58 Vans VANS 23 2 0.17 59 Wet Seal, The WTSLA 23 2 0.63 60 First Alliance FACO 23 5 0.42 61 OSI Systems OSIS 23 5 0.25 62 Watson Pharmaceuticals WPI 23 5 0.33 63 Western Digital WDC 22 4 --1.66 64 Aames Financial AAM 21 8 0.48 65 Hilton Hotels HLT 21 15 --0.03 66 Authentic Fitness ASM 21 1 0.17 67 Tetra Tech WATR 21 8 0.20 68 En Pointe Technologies ENPT 20 4 0.20 69 Garden Fresh Restaurant LTUS 20 2 0.14 70 ISIS Pharmaceuticals ISIP 20 0 --0.41 71 Keystone Automotive Ind. KEYS 20 6 0.25 72 Ligand Pharmaceuticals LGND 20 0 --1.93

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Note: Southern California is defined as the area served by the following area codes: 213, 310, 562, 619, 626, 714, 760, 805, 818, and 909. Area codes are listed in MarketGuide’s database and are usually based on filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Great Expectations--These lists rank companies by projected annualized earning per share growth rate over the next three to five years. First Call Corp. gathers this data by surveying analysts. These lists how only companies that have at least four analysts tracking them. The figures, therefore, represent a mean of all the opinions.