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Sales The best and worst in sales performance
TOP TEN (ONE-YEAR)
PERCENT INCREASE
GLOBAL CROSSING 297%
SPRINT PCS GROUP 160
YAHOO! 140
MCI WORLDCOM 104
CLEAR CHANNEL
COMMUNICATIONS 98
PROVIDIAN FINANCIAL 91
NETWORK APPLIANCE 89
TIME WARNER 87
NEXTEL
COMMUNICATIONS 80
APPLIED MATERIALS 66
BOTTOM TEN (ONE-YEAR)
PERCENT DECREASE
TRANSOCEAN
SEDCO FOREX -41%
ROWAN -35
ENTERGY -24
BAKER HUGHES -22
SCHLUMBERGER -22
McDERMOTT INT'L. -21
REYNOLDS METALS -18
ARCHER DANIELS
MIDLAND -18
USX-U.S. STEEL -15
DELUXE -15
TOP TEN (THREE-YEAR)
AVERAGE ANNUAL INCREASE
YAHOO! 218.3%
NEXTEL COMMUNS. 118.6
FIRSTAR 113.9
CITRIX SYSTEMS 107.7
MCI WORLDCOM 106.8
CLEAR CHANNEL
COMMUNICATIONS 96.4
NETWORK APPLIANCE 79.3
COMVERSE
TECHNOLOGY 68.3
AMERICA ONLINE 60.2
PROVIDIAN FINANCIAL 60.2
BOTTOM TEN (THREE-YEAR)
AVERAGE ANNUAL DECREASE
NABISCO GROUP
HOLDINGS -25.0%
ITT INDUSTRIES -20.5
ASHLAND -18.9
ALLEGHENY
TECHNOLOGIES -18.6
HARCOURT GENERAL -17.4
ATLANTIC RICHFIELD -14.1
DUPONT -13.4
COASTAL -13.0
TANDY -12.9
REYNOLDS METALS -12.0
DATA: COMPUSTAT, PROVIDED BY STANDARD & POOR'S INSTITUTIONAL MARKET SERVICES
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