Southern California Stocks: Biggest Price Movers
Southern California* companies ranked by percentage gain in stock price over the 52 weeks ended April 17, with projected 3-to-5-year annualized earnings per share growth and earnings history. Initial public offerings, stocks with a price below $2 on April 17 and stocks recapitalized in the period are not included.
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52-wk. Stock Proj. stock price 3-to-5- price on yr. EPS Name Ticker chg., % 4/17/98 growth 1 North American Scientific NASI 1,062% $34.13 NA 2 EarthLink Network ELNK 564 68.88 67% 3 Vista Info. Solutions VINF 545 8.06 NA 4 Unilab ULB 388 2.75 23 5 FileNet FILE 386 56.50 25 6 Tekelec TKLC 341 45.75 50 7 THQ THQI 323 28.00 25 8 Kennedy-Wilson KWIC 291 12.50 NA 9 MTI Technology MTIC 266 14.88 28 10 ObjectShare OBJS 257 4.69 20 11 Daou Systems DAOU 255 20.88 52 12 Safeskin SFSK 251 36.63 27 13 Fidelity Natl. Financial FNF 245 38.00 15 14 Acacia Research ACRI 226 15.06 NA 15 ICN Pharmaceuticals ICN 221 46.25 25 16 First American Financial FAF 196 67.13 12 17 Starbase SBAS 194 3.13 NA 18 Krause’s Furniture KFI 191 4.00 NA 19 Arden Group ARDNA 183 155.38 NA 20 SeraCare SRK 181 7.38 NA 21 National RV Holdings NRVH 178 34.38 20 22 VDI Media VDIM 172 18.00 49 23 Sirena Apparel Group SIRN 164 6.94 20 24 Platinum Software PSQL 162 23.88 20 25 Gemstar International Gr. GMSTF 155 36.63 NA 26 Summa Industries SUMX 155 14.00 NA 27 99 Cents Only Stores NDN 152 39.31 23 28 Virco Manufacturing VIR 151 25.50 19 29 Diedrich Coffee DDRX 150 7.19 NA 30 Peregrine Systems PRGN 149 23.06 35 31 Varco International VRC 149 28.31 34 32 Pharmaprint PPRT 148 10.25 NA 33 Natural Alternatives Intl. NAII 145 20.25 NA 34 Voxel VOXL 144 4.81 NA 35 Watson Pharmaceuticals WPI 144 40.44 23 36 Natl. Technical Systems NTSC 144 7.31 NA 37 Idec Pharmaceuticals IDPH 143 39.50 60 38 Cypress Bioscience CYPB 143 3.19 NA 39 Kaufman & Broad Home KBH 141 31.94 11 40 Merisel MSEL 141 2.94 15 41 Titan TTN 140 7.81 25 42 California State Bank CSTB 138 51.19 NA 43 Hansen Natural HANS 138 2.38 NA 44 Javelin Systems JVLN 137 14.50 NA 45 Jefferies Group JEF 137 51.75 NA 46 RemedyTemp REMX 135 35.13 26 47 Furon FCY 134 23.88 25 48 Cadiz Land CLCI 134 12.44 NA 49 Syncor International SCOR 132 18.00 15 50 Eco Soil Systems ESSI 131 10.38 NA 51 Ticketmaster Group TKTM 127 29.50 18 52 Irvine Sensors IRSN 119 2.19 NA 53 Univision Communications UVN 118 37.00 30 54 Newport NEWP 117 19.00 NA 55 Fremont General FMT 116 59.94 12 56 Hawthorne Financial HTHR 115 21.00 NA 57 Xylan XYLN 115 29.31 35 58 DEP DEPCC 115 2.69 NA 59 Mercury General MCY 114 65.69 15 60 Imperial Bancorp IMP 113 32.00 25 61 Electro Rent ELRC 111 48.63 NA 62 Garden Fresh Restaurant LTUS 111 20.88 20 63 Pacific Sunwear of Calif. PSUN 109 44.50 28 64 ResMed RESM 107 38.88 30 65 H.F. Ahmanson AHM 107 75.75 13 66 Cheesecake Factory CAKE 106 25.88 29 67 FP Bancorp FPBN 106 32.13 NA 68 Pacific Research & Engin. PXE 105 5.13 NA 69 ATL Products ATLPA 105 18.19 30 70 GBC Bancorp GBCB 105 64..00 NA
Yrs. of posi- tive EPS 1 3 2 0 3 0 4 1 5 0 6 1 7 3 8 1 9 1 10 0 11 6 12 7 13 7 14 2 15 3 16 15 17 0 18 0 19 15 20 0 21 6 22 2 23 0 24 0 25 1 26 7 27 7 28 9 29 0 30 1 31 10 32 0 33 9 34 0 35 5 36 13 37 0 38 0 39 1 40 0 41 1 42 11 43 1 44 0 45 15 46 5 47 0 48 0 49 13 50 0 51 1 52 0 53 2 54 4 55 13 56 1 57 2 58 0 59 15 60 15 61 15 62 2 63 6 64 6 65 4 66 9 67 4 68 4 69 1 70 12
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