Earnings performances in the S&P 500
Top Ten (one-year) percentage
change
Phelps Dodge 5681%
Symbol Technologies 2379
Robert Half International 2100
Nucor 1686
Monster Worldwide 1013
OfficeMax 1008
Avaya 989
Transocean 727
National Semiconductor 598
Pfizer 596

Top Ten (three-year) percentage
change
Devon Energy 449.70%
ACE 285.7
Ford Motor 257.7
Prudential Financial 194.4
Yahoo! 180.2
Veritas Software 167.8
Raytheon 151.9
Chubb 150.5
Lockheed Martin 146
Electronic Arts 138.2

Bottom Ten (12 mo. loss) millions
of dollars
Viacom -15059.5
AT&T -6110
Delta Air Lines -5198
Corning -2185
Tenet Healthcare -1797
Qwest Communications -1794
Visteon -1489
Sprint -1012
Schering-Plough -947
Ciena -769.8

DATA: Standard & Poor's Compustat