THE TIMES 100 : Fastest Profit Growth

Companies ranked by growth in profit from 1993 to 1994.

1994 Profit % Change Rank Company ($ Millions) 1993-94 1 Maxicare Health Plans 9.3 4,870 2 ThermoTrex Corporation 9.6 1,840 3 Datum Inc. 0.9 1,200 4 Semtech Corporation 1.2 1,149 5 United States Filter 6.4 1,005 6 Southwest Water Company 1.0 946 7 Western Digital Corp. 143.0 946 8 Ascend Communications 6.4 869 9 Cubic Corporation 4.2 829 10 Cytocare, Inc. 4.4 725 11 QuickResponse Services 14.0 714 12 Wind River Systems, Inc. 2.5 641 13 Copart, Inc 4.6 572 14 Authentic Fitness Corp. 15.1 554 15 Imperial Bancorp. 6.6 530 16 Cypress Semiconductor 50.5 528 17 Great Western Fin. Corp. 226.2 511 18 Pacific Telesis Group 1,136.0 495 19 3-D Systems Inc. 3.0 469 20 Granite Construction Inc. 19.5 458 21 Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. 15.6 457 22 IKOS Systems, Inc. 1.2 453 23 Printronix, Inc. 5.7 407 24 Acuson Corporation 18.3 392 25 Apple Computer, Inc. 458.2 370