THE TIMES 100 / THE BEST PERFORMING COMPANIES IN AMERICA : A VIEW FROM THE STREET : Highest-Priced Companies
Companies ranked by market price as a percentage of book value.
3/31/94 Market Market Value Book Value Value as Rank Company ($ Millions) ($ Millions) % of Book 1 Aphton Corp. 201.3 2.0 10,063 2 Cobra Golf 261.3 9.6 2,728 3 Metricom Inc. 270.4 11.6 2,339 4 3DO Co. 460.1 23.2 1,981 5 ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc. 179.7 10.9 1,656 6 Unilab Corp. 233.7 14.6 1,596 7 Cisco Systems 8,676.8 546.9 1,587 8 Atari Corp. 385.7 24.4 1,583 9 Oracle Systems Corp. 9,315.7 593.1 1,571 10 Aura Systems Inc. 260.3 17.7 1,467 11 Herbalife International Inc. 685.9 47.6 1,442 12 Intuit 680.5 49.2 1,382 13 Sybase Inc. 2,135.4 164.8 1,296 14 Deckers Outdoor 158.8 12.9 1,232 15 Callaway Golf 1,066.7 93.3 1,143 16 VISX Inc. 187.9 16.7 1,126 17 Southern Pacific Rail 3,271.5 312.5 1,047 18 Fritz Cos. 317.9 30.9 1,028 19 Level One Communications 230.7 22.7 1,018 20 Gymboree Corp. 519.2 56.7 916 21 Pyxis Corp. 915.7 103.2 887 22 NetManage Inc. 356.1 40.3 883 23 Software Toolworks Inc. 423.5 50.5 838 24 Linear Technology Corp. 1,523.7 188.2 810 25 Electronic Arts Inc. 1,244.5 156.9 793
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