The LABJ stock index: tracking 200 selected Los Angeles county-based companies.MARKET DIARY diary [Lat.,=day], a daily record of events and observations. As distinguished from memoir (an account of events placed in perspective by the author long after they have occurred), the diary derives its impact from its immediacy, requiring each generation of readers Markets were mixed as investor reaction to a positive manufacturing report from the Institute for Supply Management saved stocks from falling into deep negative territory. The Dow Jones Industrial Average Dow Jones Industrial Average The best known U.S. index of stocks. A price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks, primarily industrials including stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange. , boosted on Oct. 1 by its biggest one-day gain in more than three months, was up 0.5 percent for the week while the Nasdaq composite index Nasdaq Composite Index An index that indicates price movements of securities in the over-the-counter market. It includes all domestic common stocks in the Nasdaq System (approximately 5,000 stocks) and is weighted according to the market value of each listed declined 0.6 percent and the S&P 500 rose 0.9 percent. Local stocks on the LABJ LABJ Los Angeles Business Journal 200 farad farad (făr`əd) [for Michael Faraday], unit of electrical capacitance, equivalent to 1 coulomb of stored charge per volt of applied potential difference. A standard unit of measurement for capacitors (capacitance). even better, rising 2.4 percent as a group. The media/leisure/entertainment sector led the charge, increasing 9.8 percent, while construction/engineering and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. stocks were up 5.8 percent and 3.3 percent, respectively. Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the and computers/peripherals/electronics stocks were the weakest sectors, dropping 5.1 percent and 3.6 percent. Last week's big winners included software licensing firm Merisel Inc., up 23 percent in a week in which it hit a 52-week high, and Tarrant Tarrant is the name of two places in the United States:
The period beginning at the start of the calendar year up to the current date. winners, American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of Pharmaceutical Partners Inc., up 159.9 percent for the year but down 20 percent for the week, and United Online Inc., up 102.6 percent for the year but down 19.7 percent for the week. [GRAPHIC OMITTED]
MARKET INDEXES
Oct. 1 Sept.24 Point
Index Close Close Change
Dow Jones Industrial 9469.20 9425.51 43.69
NASDAQ 1832.25 1843.70 -11.45
S&P 500 1018.22 1009.38 8.84
LABJ 200 92.07 91.38 0.69
1-Wk 52-Wk YTD
Index % Chg. % Chg. % Chg.
Dow Jones Industrial 0.5% 19.3% 13.5%
NASDAQ -0.6% 51.0% 37.2%
S&P 500 0.9% 20.1% 15.7%
LABJ 200 2.4% 33.1% 28.9%
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
Oct. 1 Sept.24 Point
Close Close Change
AEROSPACE/DEFENSE 162.88 160.46 2.42
APPAREL 59.83 60.60 -0.78
AUTOMOTIVE/PLASTICS/METALS 136.23 136.18 0.05
BIOMEDICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL 130.03 130.05 -0.03
COMMUNICATIONS 39.33 50.05 -10.72
COMPUTERS/PERIPHERALS/ELECTRONICS 17.04 17.69 -0.64
CONSTRUCTION/ENGINEERING 208.21 196.84 11.37
ENERGY/UTILITIES 103.41 100.99 2.42
FINANCIAL SERVICES 212.37 205.67 6.71
HEALTHCARE 160.62 155.72 4.90
INSURANCE 114.20 112.63 1.57
INTERNET 100.26 105.62 -5.36
MEDIA/LEISURE/ENTERTAINMENT 65.02 59.22 5.81
MISC. MANUFACTURING 137.55 136.29 1.27
MISC. SERVICES 90.55 89.24 1.31
REAL ESTATE 161.87 158.51 3.36
RESTAURANTS/RETAIL/GROCERY STORES 174.24 175.27 -1.04
SOFTWARE 97.79 97.09 0.70
1-Wk 52-Wk YTD
% Chg. % Chg. % Chg.
AEROSPACE/DEFENSE 1.5% -28.8% -9.5%
APPAREL -1.3% -40.6% 55.6%
AUTOMOTIVE/PLASTICS/METALS 0.0% 4.2% 11.5%
BIOMEDICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL 0.0% 46.3% 38.5%
COMMUNICATIONS -0.4% 82.5% 60.3%
COMPUTERS/PERIPHERALS/ELECTRONICS -3.6% 103.3% 88.9%
CONSTRUCTION/ENGINEERING 5.8% 52.4% 56.4%
ENERGY/UTILITIES 2.4% 29.6% 26.0%
FINANCIAL SERVICES 3.3% 53.7% 52.1%
HEALTHCARE 3.1% 16.9% 15.3%
INSURANCE 1.4% 11.0% 15.2%
INTERNET -5.1% 252.3% 45.0%
MEDIA/LEISURE/ENTERTAINMENT 9.8% 35.2% 31.3%
MISC. MANUFACTURING 0.9% -0.8% -5.5%
MISC. SERVICES 1.5% 42.1% 26.0%
REAL ESTATE 2.1% 27.6% 22.9%
RESTAURANTS/RETAIL/GROCERY STORES -0.6% -27.1% 21.3%
SOFTWARE 0.7% -15.1% 10.8%
WEEKLY TOP GAINERS
TOP TEN GAINERS BY PERCENTAGE
Oct. 1 Sept. 24 Point
Company Close Close Change
United Leisure Corp $0.25 $0.15 0.10
Aames Financial Corp 2.75 2.19 0.56
HI Shear Technology Corp 3.83 3.07 0.76
Merisel Inc 6.04 4.91 1.13
Taitron Components Inc 1.87 1.55 0.32
Calprop Corp 0.56 0.48 0.08
Tarrant Apparel Group 4.20 3.66 0.54
TBA Entertainment Corp 0.68 0.60 0.08
Advanced Biotherapy Inc 0.40 0.36 0.04
Bell Industries Inc 2.30 2.07 0.23
1-Wk 52-Wk YTD
Company % Chg. % Chg. % Chg.
United Leisure Corp 66.7% -75.0% -58.3%
Aames Financial Corp 25.6% 450.0% 147.7%
HI Shear Technology Corp 24.8% 32.1% 44.5%
Merisel Inc 23.0% 337.7% 217.9%
Taitron Components Inc 20.6% 38.5% 39.6%
Calprop Corp 16.7% -38.8% -27.3%
Tarrant Apparel Group 14.8% -1.2% 2.7%
TBA Entertainment Corp 13.3% -66.0% -50.0%
Advanced Biotherapy Inc 11.1% 81.8% 90.5%
Bell Industries Inc 11.1% 43.8% 43.8%
WEEKLY TOP LOSERS
TOP TEN LOSERS BY PERCENTAGE
Oct. 1 Sept. 24 Point
Company Close Close Change
CoastcastCorp $1.12 $1.78 -0.66
Brilliant Digital Entertainment Inc 0.48 0.67 -0.19
Artistdirect Inc 0.67 0.89 -0.22
American Pharmaceutical Partners Inc 30.84 38.55 -7.71
United Online Inc 32.30 40.23 -7.93
NetSol Technologies Inc 2.60 3.20 -0.60
Aura Systems Inc 0.06 0.07 -0.01
Enova Systems Inc 0.07 0.08 -0.01
Yeubet.com Inc 2.62 2.98 -0.36
Rexhall Industries Inc 2.84 3.23 -0.39
1-Wk 52-Wk YTD
Company % Chg. % Chg. % Chg.
United Leisure Corp 66.7% -75.0% -58.3%
Aames Financial Corp 25.6% 450.0% 147.7%
HI Shear Technology Corp 24.8% 32.1% 44.5%
Merisel Inc 23.0% 337.7% 217.9%
Taitron Components Inc 20.6% 38.5% 39.6%
Calprop Corp 16.7% -38.8% -27.3%
Tarrant Apparel Group 14.8% -1.2% 2.7%
TBA Entertainment Corp 13.3% -66.0% -50.0%
Advanced Biotherapy Inc 11.1% 81.8% 90.5%
Bell Industries Inc 11.1% 43.8% 43.8%
MARKET SUMMARY
MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
TOP TEN STOCKS VOLUME
Walt Disney Co 52,134,700
Amgen Inc 49,634,101
American Pharmaceutical Partners Inc 17,762,860
United Online Inc 15,133,224
Mattel Inc 14,482,700
Hilton Hotels Corp 13,545,000
Univision Communications Inc 12,468,500
Hughes Electronics Corp 11,881,900
Countrywide Financial Corp 10,892,400
Activision Inc 9,406,344
WEEKLY SUMMARY
Advances 101
Declines 88
Unchanged 11
New Highs 21
New Lows 1
NOTES ON STOCK TABLES
Tables based on Sept. 24 - Oct. 1, 2003
(H) Stock hit new 52-week high
(L) Stock hit new 52-week low
(S) Stock split during week
WEEKLY PROFILE QUALSTAR Qualstar Corporation (NASDAQ: QBAK) is an American manufacturer of magnetic tape data storage products, based in Simi Valley, California. It was founded in 1984 as a 9 track tape drive manufacturer, and now makes tape library products. CORP. Symbol: QBAK Exchange: NASDAQ Close: $5.20 1-WK % Chg: 0.0% Business Overview Qualstar Corporation, incorporated in 1984, designs, develops, manufactures and sells automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. magnetic tape libraries used to store, retrieve To call up data that has been stored in a computer system. When a user queries a database, the data are retrieved into the computer first and then transmitted to the screen. (language) Retrieve and manage electronic data primarily in network computing Storing and/or running applications in servers in a network. See cloud computing and network computer. environments. Tape libraries consist of cartridge (1) See phono cartridge. (2) A removable storage module that contains magnetic disks, optical discs, magnetic tape or memory chips. Cartridges are inserted into slots in the drive, printer or computer. tape drives, storage arrays of tape cartridges See cartridge. and robotics robotics, science and technology of general purpose, programmable machine systems. Contrary to the popular fiction image of robots as ambulatory machines of human appearance capable of performing almost any task, most robotic systems are anchored to fixed positions to move the tape cartridges from their storage locations to the tape drives under software control. The company's tape libraries provide storage solutions for organizations requiring back-up In cartography, an image printed on the reverse side of a map sheet already printed on one side. Also the printing of such images. , recovery and archival storage of critical electronic information, Its tape libraries also can provide near-online storage as an alternative to disk drives. Its products are compatible with network operating systems An operating system that is designed for network use. Normally, it is a complete operating system with file, task and job management; however, with some earlier products, it was a separate component that ran under the OS; for example, LAN Server required OS/2, and LANtastic required DOS. including UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , NetWare A family of network operating systems from Novell that support Windows, Macintosh, DOS and OS/2 clients. Unix client support is available from third parties. In the early 1990s, NetWare was the largest installed base of LAN operating systems (see Novell). and Linux Linux Nonproprietary operating system (OS) for digital computers. In 1991 Linus Torvalds of Finland began asking for volunteer programmers over the Internet to collaborate on the development of a UNIX-like OS for personal computers; the “1. . Income Statement 2003 2002 Revenue (in millions) $33.6 $37.6 Operating Income (in millions) 0.1 3.5 Net Income (in millions) 0.5 2.8 EPS $0.04 $0.22 * Company does not pay dividends Summary Headquarters: Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. Market Cap: $65.7 million Dividend Yield: NA * P/E Ratio P/E ratio Current stock price divided by trailing annual earnings per share or expected annual earnings per share. Assume XYZ Co. sells for $25.50 per share and has earned $2.55 per share this year; $25.50 = 10 times $2.55. XYZ stock sells for ten times earnings. : 104
Company Oct. 1 1-Wk
Name Ticker Close % Chg
AEROSPACE/DEFENSE
Ducommun Inc DCO $16.75 0.4%
HI Shear Technology Corp (H) HSR 3.83 24.8%
Northrop Grumman Corp NOC 87.29 1.5%
Teledyne Technologies Inc TDY 15.29 1.3%
APPAREL
Cherokee Inc CHKE 21.00 2.6%
Guess? Inc GES 8.82 -1.3%
HOT Topic Inc HOTT 23.60 -2.5%
K-Swiss Inc KSWS 36.42 0.2%
Mossimo Inc MOSS 5.90 -11.9%
Skechers U.S.A. Inc SKX 8.00 0.0%
Tarrant Apparel Group TAGS 4.20 14.8%
Vans Inc VANS 11.35 -4.1%
AUTOMOTIVE/PLASTICS/METALS
Amerigon Inc ARGN 4.28 7.0%
Edelbrock Corp EDEL 11.03 -3.8%
IMPCO Technologies Inc IMCO 7.60 -8.8%
International Aluminum Corp IAL 21.90 -0.4%
Keystone Automotive Industries Inc KEYS 21.81 1.8%
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co RS 22.90 1.6%
Rexhall Industries Inc REXL 2.84 -12.1%
Scheib (Earl) Inc ESH 2.75 -3.5%
Summa Industries Inc SUMX 7.38 -0.1%
Superior Industries International SUP 42.08 -0.2%
BIOMEDICAL & PHARMACEUTICA
Advanced Biotherapy Inc ADVB 0.40 11.1%
American Pharmaceutical Partners Inc APPX 30.84 -20.0%
Amgen Inc AMGN 66.28 0.7%
Chad Therapeutics Inc CTU 2.09 3.5%
CytRx Corp CYTR 2.15 -6.5%
Diagnostic Products Corp DP 36.53 -2.2%
Health Sciences Group Inc HESG 0.99 -7.5%
International Remote Imaging Systems Inc IRI 3.44 -1.7%
Natrol Inc NTOL 2.92 -2.7%
North American Scientific Inc NASI 10.28 0.9%
Staar Surgical Co STAA 10.73 -4.6%
COMMUNICATIONS
Hughes Electronics Corp GMH 14.40 0.0%
MRV Communications Inc MRVC 2.95 0.3%
Optical Communication Products Inc OCPI 2.36 -9.9%
OSI Systems Inc OSIS 17.48 -2.8%
Semtech Corp SMTC 19.26 2.7%
Tekelec TKLC 15.69 -3.7%
UNOVA Inc UNA 14.57 -4.7%
COMPUTERS/PERIPHERALS/ELECTRONICS
Aura Systems Inc AURA 0.06 -15.5%
Alpha Technologies Group Inc ATGI 1.76 -2.2%
Bell Industries Inc (H) BI 2.30 11.1%
Creative Computer Applications Inc CAP 2.02 -1.5%
Diodes Inc DIOD 21.37 1.8%
Electronic Clearing House Inc ECHO 8.15 -2.4%
En Pointe Technologies Inc ENPT 0.88 1.1%
Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc GMST 4.83 -4.2%
International Rectifier Corp IRF 38.90 -5.8%
Ixia XXIA 11.39 2.6%
Merisel Inc (H) MSEL 6.04 23.0%
Qualstar Corp QBAK 5.20 0.0%
Taitron Components Inc (H) TAIT 1.87 20.6%
Trio Tech International TRT 3.31 8.5%
CONSTRUCTION/ENGINEERING
Ameron International Corp AMN 33.05 -0.1%
Calprop Corp CLPO 0.56 16.7%
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc JEC 47.47 2.7%
KB Home KBH 64.20 10.9%
Ryland Group Inc RYL 77.88 8.8%
Tetra Tech Inc TTEK 20.65 -2.9%
ENERGY/UTILITIES
American States Water Co AWR 24.84 4.6%
Capstone Turbine Corp CPST 1.94 -5.8%
Edison International EIX 19.63 3.7%
Mercury Air Group Inc MAX 6.60 -2.2%
Occidental Petroleum Corp (H) OXY 36.04 2.6%
Pacific Energy Partners LP PPX 25.45 1.4%
Southwest Water Co (H) SWWC 14.87 4.6%
Unocal Corp UCL 32.04 1.1%
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Aames Financial Corp AMSF 2.75 25.6%
Alliance Bancshares/CA (H) ABNS 7.60 1.3%
Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp ANH 14.50 1.6%
American Business Bank AMBZ 24.50 2.1%
Broadway Financial Corp/Del (H) BYFC 13.80 3.0%
Cathay Bancorp Inc CATY 45.40 -1.4%
Countrywide Financial Corp (H) CFC 80.82 5.0%
City National Corp/CA CYN 51.97 1.8%
East-West Bancorp Inc EWBC 44.00 1.9%
First American Bk/Rosemead CA FTAB 12.40 -2.7%
First Regional Bancorp/Cal FRGB 21.27 6.2%
FirstFed Financial Corp FED 41.30 2.7%
Foothill Independent Bancorp FOOT 22.00 -1.6%
Fremont General Corp FMT 12.97 -1.8%
GBC Bancorp/California GBCB 38.57 -1.4%
Hanmi Financial Corp HAFC 20.90 -2.7%
Hawthorne Financial Corp (H) HTHR 42.16 10.6%
JB Oxford Holdings Inc JBOH 3.88 2.4%
IndyMac Bancorp Inc NDE 23.91 3.6%
Nara Bancorp Inc NARA 18.12 -1.4%
National Mercantile Bancorp MBLA 7.59 -0.8%
Pacific Crest Capital Inc PCCI 20.78 -1.6%
Pacific Union Bank PUBB 20.24 10.2%
PFF Bancorp Inc (H) PFB 32.71 3.1%
Paula Financial PFCO 1.43 5.9%
Quaker City Bancorp Inc QCBC 40.32 0.8%
Santa Fe Financial Corp SFEF 14.85 NA
Wilshire State Bank/Calif (H) WSBK 23.59 4.6%
HEALTHCARE
DaVita Inc (H) DVA 32.95 3.2%
First Consulting Group Inc FCGI 5.01 -3.1%
Health Net Inc HNT 31.90 0.7%
Hemacare Corp HEMA $0.70 0.0%
Molina Healthcare Inc (H) MOH 26.89 6.9%
Universal Detection Technology UDTT 0.48 -4.0%
Primedex Health Systems Inc PMDXQ 0.19 2.8%
Specialty Laboratories SP 13.60 3.3%
WellPoint Health Networks WLP 79.20 3.8%
INSURANCE
Mercury General Corp MCY 45.12 2.2%
SCPIE Holdings Inc SKP 10.25 0.5%
21st Century Insurance Group TW 14.25 2.7%
Unico American Corp UNAM 4.73 1.5%
Wesco Financial Corp WSC 338.50 0.7%
Zenith National Insurance Corp ZNT 28.09 -2.3%
INTERNET
AdStar Inc ADST 1.60 -4.8%
Artistdirect Inc ARTD 0.67 -24.7%
Alpha Virtual Inc AVRT 19.90 0.0%
Digital Insight Corp DGIN 20.39 -6.6%
Hartcourt Cos Inc HRCT 0.55 -5.2%
Homestore Inc HOMS 2.80 -0.4%
Infonet Services Corp IN 2.12 2.4%
j2 Global Communications Inc JCOM 38.47 -3.8%
Northgate Innovations Inc NGTE 0.25 0.0%
Overture Services Inc OVER 26.91 -0.6%
Stamps.com Inc STMP 6.00 4.7%
United Leisure Corp UTDL 0.25 66.7%
United Online Inc UNTD 32.30 -19.7%
Valueclick Inc VCLK 8.44 -8.3%
Youbet.com Inc UBET 2.62 -12.1%
MEDIA/LEISURE/ENTERTAINMENT
Daily Journal Corp DJCO 26.77 0.9%
Walt Disney Co DIS 20.83 5.1%
Entravision Communications Corp EVC 9.80 5.0%
EUniverse Inc EUNI 2.25 -0.4%
Image Entertainment Inc DISK 2.75 -3.1%
Intervisual Books Inc IVBK 0.25 0.0%
Laser-Pacific Media Corp LPAC 4.16 0.0%
MaxWorldwide Inc MAXW 0.72 0.0%
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc (H) MGM 15.52 5.1%
Point.360 (H) PTSX 3.82 -3.0%
Salem Communications Corp/DE SALM 20.61 -1.4%
Sports Club Inc SCY 2.70 1.9%
Univision Communications Inc UVN 32.56 -1.0%
MISC. MANUFACTURING
Avery Dennison Corp AVY 52.28 5.3%
Coastcast Corp (L) COCA 1.12 -37.1%
Equity Marketing Inc EMAK 15.14 -0.5%
Farmer Bros Co FARM 320.09 -5.3%
Flamemaster Corp FAME 6.60 -2.9%
Jakks Pacific Inc JAKK 12.92 0.9%
Magnetek Inc MAG 5.17 -0.6%
Mattel Inc MAT 19.02 -1.2%
Panavision Inc PVIS 5.45 0.0%
Reinhold Industries Inc RNHDA 18.72 -0.2%
Rotonics Manufacturing Inc RMI 1.46 -2.0%
Scope Industries SCP 79.00 -1.3%
Tag-It Pacific Inc TAG 5.00 -3.7%
3D Systems Corp TDSC 8.60 -2.9%
Variflex Inc VFLX 6.39 -0.2%
Virco Manufacturing VIR 5.71 -0.7%
MISC. SERVICES
Avenue Group Inc AVNU 0.62 8.8%
Cadiz Inc CLCI 0.16 3.2%
Computer Sciences Corp CSC 38.14 1.3%
Electro Rent Corp ELRC 13.26 5.7%
Enova Systems Inc ENVA 0.07 -12.2%
Hilton Hotels Corp (H) HLT 16.59 2.3%
PC Mall Inc MALL 10.56 -6.0%
Korn/Ferry International KFY 8.85 0.7%
Learning Tree International Inc LTRE 17.04 -3.1%
NetSol Technologies Inc NTWK 2.60 -18.8%
On Assignment Inc ASGN 5.30 -6.4%
National Technical SYS Inc NTSC 4.22 0.2%
TBA Entertainment Corp TBA 0.68 13.3%
UTI Worldwide Inc UTIW 31.35 -3.3%
VCA Antech Inc (H) WOOF 24.55 4.4%
REAL ESTATE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (H) ARE 48.90 2.6%
Arden Realty Inc ARI 28.05 0.8%
Apex Mortgage Capital Inc AXM 5.54 1.3%
Intergroup Corp INTG 12.62 3.3%
Kilroy Realty Corp KRC 28.39 -1.5%
Kennedy-Wilson Inc KWIC 5.90 -3.3%
Macerich Co/The (H) MAC 38.30 4.1%
Maguire Properties Inc MPG 20.55 2.1%
Newhall Land & Farming Co (H) NHL 39.64 0.5%
Public Storage Inc (H) PSA 39.61 2.7%
PS Business Parks Inc PSB 37.95 0.8%
Reading International Inc RDI/A 6.12 10.3%
RESTAURANTS/RETAIL/GROCERY STORES
Arden Group Inc ARDNA 62.69 2.8%
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp BGFV 15.68 -0.1%
California Pizza Kitchen Inc CPKI 18.05 0.8%
Cheesecake Factory/The CAKE 36.85 -3.3%
Guitar Center Inc GTRC 33.34 3.0%
Ihop Corp IHP 33.80 1.2%
99 Cents Only Stores NDN 33.21 0.6%
Smart & Final Inc (H) SMF 6.19 -10.3%
Sport Chalet Inc SPCH 7.28 -0.1%
Worldwide Restaurant Concepts Inc SZ 3.60 -8.6%
SOFTWARE
Activision Inc ATVI 12.45 3.1%
Brilliant Digital Entertainment Inc BDE 0.48 -28.4%
CaminoSoft Corp CMSF 0.44 0.0%
Cash Technologies Inc TQ 1.03 10.8%
Peerless Systems Corp PRLS 3.13 -5.4%
Seebeyond Technology Corp SBYN 2.73 1.9%
THQ Inc THQI 16.22 -2.0%
Vertel Corp VRTL 0.04 2.5%
Company YTD 52-Wk
Name % Chg % Chg
AEROSPACE/DEFENSE
Ducommun Inc 5.7% -10.9%
HI Shear Technology Corp (H) 44.5% 32.1%
Northrop Grumman Corp -10.0% -28.9%
Teledyne Technologies Inc -2.5% -14.6%
APPAREL
Cherokee Inc 43.8% 23.6%
Guess? Inc 110.5% 138.4%
HOT Topic Inc 54.7% 107.4%
K-Swiss Inc 67.8% 70.2%
Mossimo Inc 7.3% 0.5%
Skechers U.S.A. Inc -5.8% -15.5%
Tarrant Apparel Group 2.7% -1.2%
Vans Inc 99.8% 100.2%
AUTOMOTIVE/PLASTICS/METALS
Amerigon Inc 57.9% 263.2%
Edelbrock Corp -3.2% 2.7%
IMPCO Technologies Inc 62.0% 134.6%
International Aluminum Corp 26.7% 25.1%
Keystone Automotive Industries Inc 45.2% 27.9%
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co 9.9% -1.3%
Rexhall Industries Inc -18.9% 14.5%
Scheib (Earl) Inc 14.6% 7.8%
Summa Industries Inc -23.0% -21.1%
Superior Industries International 1.7% -7.5%
BIOMEDICAL & PHARMACEUTICA
Advanced Biotherapy Inc 90.5% 81.8%
American Pharmaceutical Partners Inc 159.9% 177.8%
Amgen Inc 37.1% 48.7%
Chad Therapeutics Inc -4.6% -16.4%
CytRx Corp 760.0% 551.5%
Diagnostic Products Corp -5.4% -22.4%
Health Sciences Group Inc 12.5% 10.0%
International Remote Imaging Systems Inc 48.9% 79.2%
Natrol Inc 153.9% 165.5%
North American Scientific Inc 14.3% 32.1%
Staar Surgical Co 190.8% 304.9%
COMMUNICATIONS
Hughes Electronics Corp 34.6% 53.2%
MRV Communications Inc 175.7% 210.5%
Optical Communication Products Inc 118.5% 237.1%
OSI Systems Inc 2.9% -2.2%
Semtech Corp 76.1% 91.5%
Tekelec 50.1% 79.3%
UNOVA Inc 142.8% 178.6%
COMPUTERS/PERIPHERALS/ELECTRONICS
Aura Systems Inc 1.7% -25.0%
Alpha Technologies Group Inc 72.5% 33.8%
Bell Industries Inc (H) 43.8% 43.8%
Creative Computer Applications Inc 18.8% 83.6%
Diodes Inc 122.4% 194.8%
Electronic Clearing House Inc 371.0% 573.5%
En Pointe Technologies Inc 10.0% 1.1%
Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc 48.6% 63.2%
International Rectifier Corp 110.7% 130.2%
Ixia 212.1% 184.8%
Merisel Inc (H) 217.9% 337.8%
Qualstar Corp -4.9% 1.6%
Taitron Components Inc (H) 39.6% 38.5%
Trio Tech International 47.8% 94.7%
CONSTRUCTION/ENGINEERING
Ameron International Corp 19.9% 33.7%
Calprop Corp -27.3% -38.8%
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc 33.3% 49.7%
KB Home 49.8% 26.9%
Ryland Group Inc 133.5% 99.6%
Tetra Tech Inc 69.3% 169.6%
ENERGY/UTILITIES
American States Water Co 7.3% -7.3%
Capstone Turbine Corp 115.6% 181.2%
Edison International 65.7% 92.3%
Mercury Air Group Inc -10.1% -12.0%
Occidental Petroleum Corp (H) 26.7% 25.1%
Pacific Energy Partners LP 28.9% 28.5%
Southwest Water Co (H) 12.2% 8.4%
Unocal Corp 4.8% 0.0%
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Aames Financial Corp 147.7% 450.0%
Alliance Bancshares/CA (H) 137.5% 198.0%
Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp 15.5% 16.9%
American Business Bank 51.7% 63.3%
Broadway Financial Corp/Del (H) 49.4% 70.0%
Cathay Bancorp Inc 19.5% 14.2%
Countrywide Financial Corp (H) 56.5% 65.3%
City National Corp/CA 18.1% 8.3%
East-West Bancorp Inc 22.0% 28.3%
First American Bk/Rosemead CA 18.1% 12.2%
First Regional Bancorp/Cal 36.2% 88.2%
FirstFed Financial Corp 42.7% 51.6%
Foothill Independent Bancorp 26.4% 15.1%
Fremont General Corp 188.9% 162.0%
GBC Bancorp/California 99.2% 97.8%
Hanmi Financial Corp 25.5% 37.9%
Hawthorne Financial Corp (H) 47.7% 53.3%
JB Oxford Holdings Inc 45.3% 43.7%
IndyMac Bancorp Inc 29.3% 21.1%
Nara Bancorp Inc 75.4% 108.3%
National Mercantile Bancorp 8.7% 27.6%
Pacific Crest Capital Inc 31.5% 35.2%
Pacific Union Bank 75.8% 84.0%
PFF Bancorp Inc (H) 46.5% 60.0%
Paula Financial 107.2% 78.8%
Quaker City Bancorp Inc 22.4% 18.4%
Santa Fe Financial Corp NA NA
Wilshire State Bank/Calif (H) 118.1% 127.6%
HEALTHCARE
DaVita Inc (H) 33.6% 38.7%
First Consulting Group Inc -13.0% -10.2%
Health Net Inc 20.8% 45.2%
Hemacare Corp 55.6% 27.3%
Molina Healthcare Inc (H) NA NA
Universal Detection Technology 140.0% 140.0%
Primedex Health Systems Inc -57.0% -76.6%
Specialty Laboratories 40.8% 48.6%
WellPoint Health Networks 11.3% 7.0%
INSURANCE
Mercury General Corp 20.1% 3.6%
SCPIE Holdings Inc 55.5% 101.0%
21st Century Insurance Group 13.8% 31.9%
Unico American Corp 50.2% 32.9%
Wesco Financial Corp 9.2% 10.8%
Zenith National Insurance Corp 19.4% -0.4%
INTERNET
AdStar Inc 75.8% 72.0%
Artistdirect Inc -68.8% -87.2%
Alpha Virtual Inc 257.1% 3185.7%
Digital Insight Corp 134.6% 26.4%
Hartcourt Cos Inc 816.7% 1000.0%
Homestore Inc 229.4% 865.5%
Infonet Services Corp 7.1% -3.2%
j2 Global Communications Inc 304.1% 283.7%
Northgate Innovations Inc 25.0% 8.7%
Overture Services Inc -1.5% 13.1%
Stamps.com Inc 28.5% 42.2%
United Leisure Corp -58.3% -75.0%
United Online Inc 102.6% 228.6%
Valueclick Inc 202.5% 275.1%
Youbet.com Inc 240.3% 403.8%
MEDIA/LEISURE/ENTERTAINMENT
Daily Journal Corp 11.5% 13.9%
Walt Disney Co 27.7% 32.7%
Entravision Communications Corp -1.8% -27.9%
EUniverse Inc -60.4% -17.3%
Image Entertainment Inc 10.9% 152.8%
Intervisual Books Inc -51.0% -51.9%
Laser-Pacific Media Corp 153.7% 127.3%
MaxWorldwide Inc 20.0% 50.0%
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc (H) 19.4% 30.8%
Point.360 (H) 108.9% 205.6%
Salem Communications Corp/DE -17.5% -9.6%
Sports Club Inc 17.4% 57.0%
Univision Communications Inc 32.9% 37.8%
MISC. MANUFACTURING
Avery Dennison Corp -14.4% -13.8%
Coastcast Corp (L) -42.6% -41.1%
Equity Marketing Inc 13.2% 40.7%
Farmer Bros Co 3.6% 0.4%
Flamemaster Corp 3.6% 7.3%
Jakks Pacific Inc -4.1% 15.2%
Magnetek Inc 16.4% 34.3%
Mattel Inc -0.7% 4.8%
Panavision Inc 36.3% 67.7%
Reinhold Industries Inc 147.2% 143.7%
Rotonics Manufacturing Inc 35.2% 46.0%
Scope Industries -9.7% 23.4%
Tag-It Pacific Inc 37.7% 25.4%
3D Systems Corp 10.3% 29.3%
Variflex Inc 59.8% 91.9%
Virco Manufacturing -44.0% -41.7%
MISC. SERVICES
Avenue Group Inc -11.4% 169.6%
Cadiz Inc -70.9% -94.2%
Computer Sciences Corp 10.7% 28.2%
Electro Rent Corp 8.2% 27.3%
Enova Systems Inc -10.0% -24.2%
Hilton Hotels Corp (H) 30.5% 42.4%
PC Mall Inc 206.1% 369.3%
Korn/Ferry International 18.3% 10.9%
Learning Tree International Inc 24.4% 15.4%
NetSol Technologies Inc 269.6% 642.9%
On Assignment Inc -37.8% -36.2%
National Technical SYS Inc 42.1% 106.9%
TBA Entertainment Corp -50.0% -66.0%
UTI Worldwide Inc 19.4% 69.2%
VCA Antech Inc (H) 63.7% 84.3%
REAL ESTATE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (H) 14.8% 15.1%
Arden Realty Inc 26.6% 19.2%
Apex Mortgage Capital Inc -15.3% -49.2%
Intergroup Corp 56.8% 35.2%
Kilroy Realty Corp 23.2% 20.1%
Kennedy-Wilson Inc 59.9% 49.4%
Macerich Co/The (H) 24.6% 24.6%
Maguire Properties Inc NA NA
Newhall Land & Farming Co (H) 37.9% 57.6%
Public Storage Inc (H) 22.6% 24.0%
PS Business Parks Inc 19.3% 11.6%
Reading International Inc 57.7% 65.4%
RESTAURANTS/RETAIL/GROCERY STORES
Arden Group Inc 3.6% 20.6%
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp 45.3% 58.4%
California Pizza Kitchen Inc -28.4% -21.7%
Cheesecake Factory/The 1.9% 21.3%
Guitar Center Inc 101.3% 87.9%
Ihop Corp 40.8% 37.1%
99 Cents Only Stores 23.6% 57.4%
Smart & Final Inc (H) 19.0% 32.3%
Sport Chalet Inc 3.2% 6.3%
Worldwide Restaurant Concepts Inc 35.8% 62.2%
SOFTWARE
Activision Inc 28.0% -15.5%
Brilliant Digital Entertainment Inc 71.4% 182.4%
CaminoSoft Corp -51.1% -55.1%
Cash Technologies Inc 71.7% 35.5%
Peerless Systems Corp 125.2% 219.4%
Seebeyond Technology Corp 12.3% 115.0%
THQ Inc 22.4% -15.2%
Vertel Corp -62.7% -45.3%
Company P.E. Mkt. Cap
Name Ratio (millions)
AEROSPACE/DEFENSE
Ducommun Inc 13.0 165.4
HI Shear Technology Corp (H) 22.5 25.5
Northrop Grumman Corp 16.3 $15,969.9
Teledyne Technologies Inc 19.1 492.0
APPAREL
Cherokee Inc 13.0 173.7
Guess? Inc NA 380.8
HOT Topic Inc 31.1 1,122.3
K-Swiss Inc 17.7 642.6
Mossimo Inc 21.1 91.5
Skechers U.S.A. Inc 28.6 303.4
Tarrant Apparel Group NA 78.8
Vans Inc NA 203.2
AUTOMOTIVE/PLASTICS/METALS
Amerigon Inc NA 51.4
Edelbrock Corp 20.1 60.2
IMPCO Technologies Inc NA 124.9
International Aluminum Corp 21.1 93.0
Keystone Automotive Industries Inc 21.2 323.7
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co 30.5 728.0
Rexhall Industries Inc NA 16.7
Scheib (Earl) Inc NA 12.0
Summa Industries Inc 10.9 31.3
Superior Industries International 13.7 1,122.3
BIOMEDICAL & PHARMACEUTICA
Advanced Biotherapy Inc NA 16.9
American Pharmaceutical Partners Inc 34.3 2,145.9
Amgen Inc 41.4 85,553.0
Chad Therapeutics Inc 41.8 21.1
CytRx Corp NA 61.5
Diagnostic Products Corp 20.0 1,050.1
Health Sciences Group Inc NA 11.1
International Remote Imaging Systems Inc NA 38.6
Natrol Inc NA 37.7
North American Scientific Inc NA 105.5
Staar Surgical Co NA 196.3
COMMUNICATIONS
Hughes Electronics Corp NA 15,960.6
MRV Communications Inc NA 307.9
Optical Communication Products Inc NA 265.0
OSI Systems Inc 15.9 254.2
Semtech Corp 38.5 1,414.2
Tekelec 41.3 960.9
UNOVA Inc NA 864.6
COMPUTERS/PERIPHERALS/ELECTRONICS
Aura Systems Inc NA 25.9
Alpha Technologies Group Inc NA 12.5
Bell Industries Inc (H) NA 19.2
Creative Computer Applications Inc 18.4 6.7
Diodes Inc 24.0 205.5
Electronic Clearing House Inc 74.1 47.8
En Pointe Technologies Inc NA 5.9
Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc NA 1,971.5
International Rectifier Corp 48.6 2,496.1
Ixia 71.2 664.7
Merisel Inc (H) 5.3 46.0
Qualstar Corp 104.0 65.7
Taitron Components Inc (H) NA 10.6
Trio Tech International 41.4 9.7
CONSTRUCTION/ENGINEERING
Ameron International Corp 9.6 261.7
Calprop Corp NA 5.7
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc 21.6 2,632.2
KB Home 7.5 3,019.9
Ryland Group Inc 10.2 1,937.0
Tetra Tech Inc 27.2 1,112.3
ENERGY/UTILITIES
American States Water Co 22.2 377.5
Capstone Turbine Corp NA 157.6
Edison International 10.0 6,395.7
Mercury Air Group Inc NA 21.7
Occidental Petroleum Corp (H) 9.5 13,794.9
Pacific Energy Partners LP 22.3 632.9
Southwest Water Co (H) 50.9 163.1
Unocal Corp 12.3 8,277.3
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Aames Financial Corp 30.6 19.3
Alliance Bancshares/CA (H) 21.1 34.5
Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp 7.6 532.7
American Business Bank 29.9 45.3
Broadway Financial Corp/Del (H) 17.7 25.1
Cathay Bancorp Inc 16.2 818.8
Countrywide Financial Corp (H) 9.1 10,990.7
City National Corp/CA 14.4 2,519.7
East-West Bancorp Inc 20.8 1,059.2
First American Bk/Rosemead CA 137.8 28.2
First Regional Bancorp/Cal 15.5 62.2
FirstFed Financial Corp 11.6 701.9
Foothill Independent Bancorp 18.1 134.9
Fremont General Corp 6.5 983.0
GBC Bancorp/California 35.1 447.5
Hanmi Financial Corp 15.5 294.1
Hawthorne Financial Corp (H) 13.1 325.2
JB Oxford Holdings Inc NA 5.8
IndyMac Bancorp Inc 9.0 1,327.4
Nara Bancorp Inc 15.9 198.0
National Mercantile Bancorp NA 20.5
Pacific Crest Capital Inc 13.2 95.5
Pacific Union Bank 19.1 215.9
PFF Bancorp Inc (H) 15.6 541.5
Paula Financial 7.9 8.9
Quaker City Bancorp Inc 11.7 254.3
Santa Fe Financial Corp 18.6 17.5
Wilshire State Bank/Calif (H) NA 151.4
HEALTHCARE
DaVita Inc (H) 15.8 2,191.2
First Consulting Group Inc 23.9 125.0
Health Net Inc 13.2 3,706.7
Hemacare Corp NA $5.4
Molina Healthcare Inc (H) 18.2 679.5
Universal Detection Technology NA 8.4
Primedex Health Systems Inc NA 7.9
Specialty Laboratories NA 303.6
WellPoint Health Networks 15.5 11,627.6
INSURANCE
Mercury General Corp 18.1 2,454.9
SCPIE Holdings Inc NA 101.1
21st Century Insurance Group 20.7 1217.4
Unico American Corp 23.7 26.0
Wesco Financial Corp 51.0 2,410.1
Zenith National Insurance Corp 15.3 527.7
INTERNET
AdStar Inc NA 13.6
Artistdirect Inc NA 2.3
Alpha Virtual Inc NA 116.3
Digital Insight Corp 40.0 666.7
Hartcourt Cos Inc NA 80.7
Homestore Inc NA 333.6
Infonet Services Corp 30.3 984.2
j2 Global Communications Inc 48.7 880.3
Northgate Innovations Inc NA 3.7
Overture Services Inc 34.5 1724.6
Stamps.com Inc NA 268.3
United Leisure Corp NA 5.1
United Online Inc 35.5 1372.2
Valueclick Inc 140.7 626.2
Youbet.com Inc NA 71.3
MEDIA/LEISURE/ENTERTAINMENT
Daily Journal Corp 19.0 40.6
Walt Disney Co 37.2 42,579.6
Entravision Communications Corp NA 1,214.9
EUniverse Inc 7.8 59.8
Image Entertainment Inc NA 50.2
Intervisual Books Inc NA 1.8
Laser-Pacific Media Corp 14.9 29.5
MaxWorldwide Inc NA 17.6
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc (H) NA 3,800.3
Point.360 (H) 9.8 34.5
Salem Communications Corp/DE 412.2 484.1
Sports Club Inc NA 49.6
Univision Communications Inc 75.7 10,484.8
MISC. MANUFACTURING
Avery Dennison Corp 18.0 5,775.4
Coastcast Corp (L) NA 8.6
Equity Marketing Inc 13.1 87.2
Farmer Bros Co 24.6 616.5
Flamemaster Corp 15.7 9.2
Jakks Pacific Inc 10.1 317.7
Magnetek Inc NA 121.7
Mattel Inc 16.3 8,348.8
Panavision Inc NA 47.8
Reinhold Industries Inc 8.9 54.8
Rotonics Manufacturing Inc 16.2 18.0
Scope Industries 25.3 78.9
Tag-It Pacific Inc 38.5 57.3
3D Systems Corp NA 109.8
Variflex Inc 16.4 29.4
Virco Manufacturing NA 74.8
MISC. SERVICES
Avenue Group Inc NA 112.6
Cadiz Inc NA 9.1
Computer Sciences Corp 14.6 7,137.1
Electro Rent Corp 42.8 329.2
Enova Systems Inc NA 24.9
Hilton Hotels Corp (H) 37.7 6,265.4
PC Mall Inc 15.8 112.0
Korn/Ferry International NA 332.8
Learning Tree International Inc 58.8 292.9
NetSol Technologies Inc NA 13.3
On Assignment Inc 23.0 133.3
National Technical SYS Inc 35.2 36.4
TBA Entertainment Corp NA 5.0
UTI Worldwide Inc 25.1 961.9
VCA Antech Inc (H) 24.8 997.7
REAL ESTATE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (H) 22.3 935.3
Arden Realty Inc 30.2 1779.0
Apex Mortgage Capital Inc 3.3 165.4
Intergroup Corp 13.3 31.9
Kilroy Realty Corp 21.4 785.6
Kennedy-Wilson Inc 7.9 54.8
Macerich Co/The (H) 18.6 2,014.4
Maguire Properties Inc NA 876.4
Newhall Land & Farming Co (H) 28.1 933.6
Public Storage Inc (H) 31.7 5,337.7
PS Business Parks Inc 22.7 810.1
Reading International Inc NA 133.5
RESTAURANTS/RETAIL/GROCERY STORES
Arden Group Inc 16.0 212.0
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp 12.8 355.4
California Pizza Kitchen Inc 20.1 340.9
Cheesecake Factory/The 34.4 1,896.2
Guitar Center Inc 27.1 773.7
Ihop Corp 16.7 729.7
99 Cents Only Stores 37.7 2,368.3
Smart & Final Inc (H) 4.0 185.2
Sport Chalet Inc 14.6 48.3
Worldwide Restaurant Concepts Inc 12.0 98.4
SOFTWARE
Activision Inc 27.1 1,096.9
Brilliant Digital Entertainment Inc NA 19.3
CaminoSoft Corp NA 4.3
Cash Technologies Inc NA 9.7
Peerless Systems Corp NA 49.0
Seebeyond Technology Corp NA 226.4
THQ Inc 23.17 625.2
Vertel Corp NA 1.6
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