BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MARCH 27, 2000 ISSUE
COVER STORY

Total Return


The best and worst in shareholder returns


TOP TEN                       (ONE-YEAR)
                           PERCENT INCREASE

QUALCOMM                       1461.0%

CONEXANT SYSTEMS               1055.9

NETWORK APPLIANCE               798.8

NATIONAL SEMICOND.              615.5

ANALOG DEVICES                  527.4

CABLETRON SYSTEMS               503.1

CITRIX SYSTEMS                  446.8

ADOBE SYSTEMS                   408.0

LSI LOGIC                       394.7

XILINX                          357.3


BOTTOM TEN                    (ONE-YEAR)
                           PERCENT DECREASE

RITE AID                        -83.0%

SERVICE CORP. INTL.             -75.5

McKESSON HBOC                   -71.3

ALLIED WASTE INDS.              -71.2

UNUMPROVIDENT                   -69.6

WASTE MANAGEMENT                -69.3

PEP BOYS-MANNY,
 MOE & JACK                     -65.4

RAYTHEON                        -64.7

MATTEL                          -62.9

MANOR CARE                      -62.0


TOP TEN                     (THREE-YEAR)
                         PERCENT INCREASE

YAHOO !                        6234.7%

CITRIX SYSTEMS                 4910.9

NETWORK APPLIANCE              3675.0

AMERICA ONLINE                 2417.4

BEST BUY                       2262.2

QUALCOMM                       1994.0

EMC                            1222.2

SUN MICROSYSTEMS               1134.0

CISCO SYSTEMS                   969.4

NEXTEL COMMUNS.                 859.6


BOTTOM TEN                   (THREE-YEAR)
                          PERCENT DECREASE

SERVICE CORP. INTL.             -86.8%

REEBOK INTERNATIONAL            -82.9

IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS           -82.4

PEP BOYS-MANNY,
 MOE & JACK                     -80.2

HEALTHSOUTH                     -75.9

CROWN CORK & SEAL               -72.5

ARMSTRONG WORLD
 INDUSTRIES                     -69.3

MANOR CARE                      -68.7

RITE AID                        -65.7

HUMANA                          -65.3


DATA: COMPUSTAT, PROVIDED BY STANDARD & POOR'S INSTITUTIONAL MARKET SERVICES


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