The bottom line: data from recent industry financial reports. Dollar amounts in millions.

The Bottom Line

Data from recent industry financial reports. Dollar amounts
in millions.

Company                               Period     Ended      Sales

Amazys Holding (Color & Appearance)    6 Mo      30-Jun     $20.4
Bioanalytical Systems (Products)        2Q       30-Jun      $2.2
Cepheid                                 2Q       30-Jun     $21.4
Ciphergen Biosystems                    2Q       30-Jun      $7.5
Coming (Life Sciences)                  2Q       30-Jun     $75.0
CyBio AG                                2Q       30-Jun      $8.1
Genetix                                6 Mo      30-Jun     $10.9
JEOL                                    FYE      31-Mar    $799.8
JEOL (Scientific Instruments)           FYE      31-Mar    $559.3
JEOL                                    1Q       30-Jun    $181.3
JEOL (Scientific Instruments)           1Q       30-Jun    $125.7
MDS (Analytical Instruments)            3Q       31-Jul     $59.7
Merck (Life Science & Analytics)        2Q       30-Jun    $267.5
O.I. Corp.                              2Q       30-Jun      $7.0
Spectris (Process Technology)          6 Mo      30-Jun    $264.5
Sigma-Aldrich                           2Q       30-Jun    $444.0
Stratagene                              2Q       30-Jun     $24.9
Tecan                                   2Q       30-Jun     $60.6
Techcomp                               6 Mo      30-Jun     $17.5
Whatman                                6 Mo      30-Jun     $99.3
Whatman (LabSciences)                  6 Mo      30-Jun     $63.6
Whatman (BioScience)                   6 Mo      30-Jun     $17.2
Whatman MedTech                        6 Mo      30-Jun     $18.5

                                                  Op.
Company                                 Chg.     Prof.       Chg.

Amazys Holding (Color & Appearance)      1.5%      $3.1     10.1%
Bioanalytical Systems (Products)       -24.5%       N/A       N/A
Cepheid                                 89.5%    ($3.5)        NM
Ciphergen Biosystems                   -10.1%    ($8.5)        NM
Coming (Life Sciences)                  -5.1%       N/A       N/A
CyBio AG                                47.2%    ($0.0)        NM
Genetix                                -12.2%      $1.1    262.5%
JEOL                                     3.8%     $18.5      1.0%
JEOL (Scientific Instruments)            9.1%     $30.2     63.5%
JEOL                                     9.6%    ($1.7)       N/A
JEOL (Scientific Instruments)           10.6%      $2.6       N/A
MDS (Analytical Instruments)             4.1%       N/A       N/A
Merck (Life Science & Analytics)        10.2%     $31.1     20.8%
O.I. Corp.                              -4.2%      $0.5    -39.6%
Spectris (Process Technology)           17.7%     $20.6     89.9%
Sigma-Aldrich                           27.4%     $92.9     12.2%
Stratagene                            -100.0%      $3.0   4562.5%
Tecan                                   11.4%      $2.9    -38.2%
Techcomp                                10.4%      $0.8    -33.1%
Whatman                                 49.0%     $19.3     31.2%
Whatman (LabSciences)                   42.5%     $16.4     10.7%
Whatman (BioScience)                    91.3%      $1.1       N/A
Whatman MedTech                         42.0%      $1.7     129.2%

                                        Net
Company                                Prof.      Chg.

Amazys Holding (Color & Appearance)      N/A        N/A
Bioanalytical Systems (Products)         N/A        N/A
Cepheid                               ($3.6)         NM
Ciphergen Biosystems                  ($9.0)         NM
Coming (Life Sciences)                   N/A        N/A
CyBio AG                                $0.4         NM
Genetix                                 $1.6      79.3%
JEOL                                   $11.6      66.9%
JEOL (Scientific Instruments)            N/A        N/A
JEOL                                  ($3.2)         NM
JEOL (Scientific Instruments)            N/A        N/A
MDS (Analytical Instruments)             N/A        N/A
Merck (Life Science & Analytics)         N/A        N/A
O.I. Corp.                              $0.4     -14.2%
Spectris (Process Technology)            N/A        N/A
Sigma-Aldrich                          $62.5       4.9%
Stratagene                              $2.1      46.5%
Tecan                                   $1.1     -57.7%
Techcomp                                $0.5     -24.7%
Whatman                                $12.7      23.7%
Whatman (LabSciences)                    N/A        N/A
Whatman (BioScience)                     N/A        N/A
Whatman MedTech                          N/A        N/A

NA=not available NM=not meaningful