BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MAY 29, 2000 ISSUE
COVER STORY

The 1998 Winners...


TWO-YEAR TOTAL RETURN*

VERITAS SOFTWARE             1222.5%

POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES       1002.3

MEADE INSTRUMENTS            613.4

SEMTECH                      471.2

ADVANCED DIGITAL
INFORMATION                  423.9

PROCOM TECHNOLOGY            350.0

MICREL                       340.8

PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES     249.4

SAPIENT                      220.8

INTEST                       203.4

...and the Losers

TWO-YEAR TOTAL RETURN*

COAST DENTAL SERVICES        -91.5%

OMNI ENERGY SERVICES         -89.0

AMERICAN COIN
MERCHANDISING                -88.7

RETROSPETTIVA                -88.1

HAGLER BAILLY                -85.9

MONARCH DENTAL               -84.4

BALLANTYNE OF OMAHA          -82.0

CURATIVE HEALTH SERVICES     -80.8

SHOE PAVILION                -80.0

SIGNATURE EYEWEAR            -79.1

*Calculated on the basis of the stock price as of Apr. 28; excludes 
companies no longer trading

DATA: COMPUSTAT PROVIDED BY STANDARD &  INSTITUTIONAL MARKET SERVICES


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