THE TIMES 100 : THE BEST PERFORMING COMPANIES IN CALIFORNIA : A GUIDE TO THE GUIDE : An Index to Companies and Where They Rank

Companies listed alphabetically with their rankings on The Times 100, Sales 100, Market Value 100 and Growth 100 lists, and the counties in which they are headquartered.

Market Times Sales Value Growth Company County 100 100 100 100 20th Century Industries Los Angeles 22 77 ASK Cos. Santa Clara 12 AST Research Inc. Orange 9 99 82 23 Acuson Corp. Santa Clara 18 70 82 Adac Laboratories Santa Clara 38 Adaptec Inc. Santa Clara 72 Adia Services Inc. San Mateo 92 Adobe Systems Inc. Santa Clara 2 65 33 Advanced Medical Inc. San Francisco 28 Adv. Micro Devices Santa Clara 47 66 Allergan Inc. Orange 43 81 Altera Corp. Santa Clara 24 32 Alza Corp. Santa Clara 20 25 Amdahl Corp. Santa Clara 41 48 Amer. Building Maint. San Francisco 86 American President Cos. Alameda 100 39 Amer. Recreation Ctrs. Sacramento 59 Amgen Inc. Ventura 11 89 3 Amplicon Inc. Orange 77 Amwest Insurance Group Los Angeles 58 Anthem Electronics Inc. Santa Clara 41 90 Apple Computer Inc. Santa Clara 21 12 20 Applied Material Santa Clara 91 97 Argonaut Group Inc. Los Angeles 52 71 Atlantic Richfield Co. Los Angeles 55 4 2 Autodesk Inc. Marin 13 67 77 Avery Dennison Corp. Los Angeles 42 37 BEI Electronics Inc. San Francisco 99 21 BWIP Holding Inc. Los Angeles 77 BankAmerica Corp. San Francisco 69 10 5 Beckman Instruments Orange 87 80 Bergen Brunswig Corp. Orange 88 69 26 Berry Petroleum Kern 68 Borland International Santa Cruz 46 1 Bridgford Foods Corp. Orange 23 Broad Inc. Los Angeles 93 83 CVB Financial Corp. San Bernadino 30 Cadence Design Sys Inc. Santa Clara 64 8 Caesars World Los Angeles 63 73 CalMat Co. Los Angeles 82 CalFed Inc. Los Angeles 47 California Microwave Inc. Santa Clara 57 Carl Karcher Enterprises Orange 60 Carolco Pictures Inc. Los Angeles 5 Centex Telemanagement San Francisco 20 44 Century Medicorp Los Angeles 5 11 Charles Schwab Corp. San Francisco 17 55 84 51 Chevron Corp. San Francisco 1 1 Chiron Corp. Alameda 54 13 Circon Corp. Santa Barbara 53 Cirrus Logic Inc. Alameda 50 Clorox Co. Alameda 25 49 Clothestime Inc. Orange 61 Coast Savings Financial Los Angeles 78 Community Psych. Ctrs. Orange 85 85 Compression Labs Santa Clara 26 Computer Sciences Corp. Los Angeles 59 42 94 Conner Peripherals Santa Clara 28 58 53 78 Consolidated Freightways Santa Clara 83 29 Countrywide Credit Indstr. Los Angeles 80 24 Cypress Semiconductor Santa Clara 100 48 Datron Systems Inc. Ventura 27 Diagnostic Products Corp. Los Angeles 35 84 Dionex Corp. Santa Clara 63 Dole Food Co. Inc. Ventura 97 37 34 Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream Alameda 66 99 Electronic Arts Inc. San Mateo 15 Emcon Associates Inc. San Mateo 69 Everex Systems Inc. Alameda 98 Exar Corp. Santa Clara 45 FHP International Corp. Orange 46 58 62 Farmer Bros. Los Angeles 95 Farr Co. Los Angeles 36 Fidelity National Financial Orange 54 65 FileNet Corp. Orange 81 First American Financial Orange 85 Gap Inc. San Francisco 4 13 38 40 First Interstate Bancorp Los Angeles 33 25 First Republic Bancorp San Francisco 89 52 FirstFed Financial Corp. Los Angeles 57 Fleetwood Enterprises Riverside 60 56 Fluor Corp. Orange 65 21 17 Foundation Health Corp. Sacramento 81 70 Franklin Resources Inc. San Mateo 6 35 93 Frederick’s of Hollywood Los Angeles 32 Fremont General Corp. Los Angeles 75 97 GTI Corp. San Diego 17 Genentech Inc. San Mateo 22 Geodynamics Corp. Santa Barbara 94 Glenfed Inc. Los Angeles 44 Golden West Financial Alameda 61 26 41 Good Guys Inc. San Francisco 50 29 Gottschalks Inc. Fresno 87 Granite Construction Inc. Santa Cruz 98 Great Western Financial Los Angeles 34 31 Guardian Bancorp Los Angeles 56 85 Guy F. Atkinson Co. San Mateo 88 H. F. Ahmanson & Co. Los Angeles 36 28 Harding Associates Inc. Marin 79 Harper Group Inc. San Francisco 93 HealthCare Property Inv. Los Angeles 88 Hewlett-Packard Co. Santa Clara 3 4 Hilton Hotels Corp. Los Angeles 32 68 HomeFed Corp. San Diego 55 Homestake Mining San Francisco 56 House of Fabrics Inc. Los Angeles 30 ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc. Orange 9 IDB Communications Los Angeles 74 Image Entertainment Los Angeles 39 Informix Corp. San Mateo 64 Intel Corp. Santa Clara 36 8 27 67 International Rectifier Los Angeles 10 International Technology Los Angeles 48 80 Jacobs Engineering Group Los Angeles 33 74 71 Jefferies Group Inc. Los Angeles 91 Kasler Corp. San Bernadino 49 47 Kaufman & Broad Home Los Angeles 82 79 64 Kings Road Entertainmt. Los Angeles 100 Komag Inc. Santa Clara 6 L.A. Gear Inc. Los Angeles 95 LSI Logic Corp. Santa Clara 87 Lam Research Corp. Alameda 70 Lewis Galoob Toys Inc. San Mateo 83 Linear Technology Corp. Santa Clara 31 84 42 Litton Industries Inc. Los Angeles 38 23 Lockheed Corp. Los Angeles 92 23 10 Logicon Inc. Los Angeles 84 Longs Drug Stores Inc. Contra Costa 67 75 40 MGM Grand Inc. Los Angeles 94 Magma Power Co. San Diego 62 MagneTek Inc. Los Angeles 26 65 Marshall Industries Los Angeles 99 Mattel Inc. Los Angeles 8 29 52 Maxim Integrated Prods. Santa Clara 27 71 Maxtor Corp. Santa Clara 72 68 McClatchy Newspapers Sacramento 86 McGrath Rent Corp. Alameda 29 McKesson Corp. San Francisco 76 51 12 92 Mentor Corp. Santa Barbara 86 46 Mercury General Corp. Los Angeles 19 Merisel Inc. Los Angeles 54 35 National Health Labs San Diego 7 30 96 75 Nat’l Medical Enterprises Los Angeles 47 31 30 National Semiconductor Santa Clara 62 50 Nellcor Inc. Alameda 78 Network General Corp. San Mateo 45 31 Neutrogena Corp. Los Angeles 44 91 Newhall Land & Farming Los Angeles 78 Newport Corp. Orange 72 Nichols Institute Orange 34 Northrop Corp. Los Angeles 40 57 22 Novellus Systems Inc. Santa Clara 15 79 Occidental Petroleum Los Angeles 14 7 Octel Communications Santa Clara 96 95 63 Oracle Systems Corp. San Mateo 39 67 P. Leiner Nutritional Prds. Los Angeles 90 Pacific Enterprises Los Angeles 45 19 Pacific Gas & Electric San Francisco 6 11 Pacific Telesis Group San Francisco 5 8 Pacificare Health Sys. Orange 12 76 61 55 Pathe Communications Los Angeles 75 7 Pic’n Save Corp. Los Angeles 96 Pinkerton’s Inc. Los Angeles 94 Potlatch Corp. San Francisco 49 63 Price Co. San Diego 43 40 15 66 Quantum Corp. Santa Clara 80 69 14 Quiksilver Inc. Orange 14 Raychem Corp. San Mateo 50 62 Raycomm Transworld Los Angeles 86 Read-Rite Corp. Santa Clara 92 Republic Pictures Los Angeles 20 Retix Los Angeles 96 Rockwell International Orange 87 15 6 Rohr Inc. San Diego 59 Ross Stores Inc. Alameda 37 79 95 Rykoff-Sexton Inc. Los Angeles 57 SCE Corp. Los Angeles 98 9 14 SPI Pharmaceuticals Orange 25 2 Safeway Inc. Alameda 44 3 San Diego Gas & Electric San Diego 81 27 46 Seagate Technology Santa Cruz 66 36 Security Pacific Corp. Los Angeles 13 Silicon Graphics Inc. Santa Clara 73 68 93 37 Silicon Valley Bancshares Santa Clara 54 Smart & Final Inc. Santa Barbara 90 Solectron Corp. Santa Clara 38 16 So. California Water Co. Los Angeles 70 Sumitomo San Francisco 64 Sun Microsystems Inc. Santa Clara 74 24 33 56 Sunrise Medical Inc. Los Angeles 51 Superior Industries Int’l Los Angeles 59 Symantec Corp. Santa Clara 11 61 4 SynOptics Comm’cations Santa Clara 16 22 Syncor International Los Angeles 43 Syntex Corp. Santa Clara 1 7 45 88 SysteMed Inc. Orange 18 Tandem Computers Inc. Santa Clara 48 43 Tekelec Los Angeles 71 60 Teledyne Inc. Los Angeles 52 35 Teradata Corp. Los Angeles 58 Times Mirror Co. Los Angeles 17 32 Transamerica Corp. San Francisco 19 16 UniCare Financial Corp. Orange 53 41 Union Bank San Francisco 73 51 United Television Inc. Los Angeles 39 Unocal Corp. Los Angeles 16 9 Unocal Exploration Los Angeles 74 VLSI Technology Inc. Santa Clara 49 Varco International Orange 10 Varian Associates Inc. Santa Clara 72 60 Verifone Inc. San Mateo 98 Vivra Inc. San Francisco 73 Vons Cos. Los Angeles 42 53 24 WD-40 Co. San Diego 3 Walt Disney Co. Los Angeles 34 2 18 Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco 18 21 Wesco Financial Corp. Los Angeles 97 Westamerica Bancorp Marin 91 Western Digital Corp. Orange 76 Williams-Sonoma Inc. San Francisco 83 76 Xilinx Inc. Santa Clara 89 Zenith National Ins. Los Angeles 100 90 Zitel Corp. Santa Clara 89 Zycad Corp. San Mateo 19