How well do you know L.A. public companies?
Try your hand at this quiz and find out.
Answers are BELOW
A)
How many L.A. public companies have annual revenues less than the $109 million payroll of the 2001 L.A. Dodgers?
B)
Which public company is officially headquartered overseas, but has all its top executives housed in L.A.-area offices?
C)
Which L.A. public company owns just 29 restaurants but has a market value of more than $1 billion?
D)
Which L.A. public company has never put out a press release?
E)
Which local stock is traded in the pink sheets even though the company has a market cap of almost $200 million?
F)
Which L.A. public company is 80 percent owned by Berkshire Hathaway?
G)
How many local public companies have a market value that exceeds Eli Broad’s $5.3 billion personal net worth?
H)
How many L.A. public companies have fewer than 10 employees?
I)
How many local public companies are based in Malibu?
J)
Did the number of L.A.-based public companies posting profits last year exceed the number that posted losses?
K)
Which company makes animal feed and operates beauty schools?
L)
What percentage of local public companies sought extensions for filing their fiscal 2000 Form-10(K) documents with the SEC?
ANSWERS
A)
117
B)
Global Crossing Inc.
C)
Cheesecake Factory Inc.
D)
Farmer Bros.
E)
Aura Systems
F)
Wesco Financial Corp.
G)
12
H)
7
I)
1 Jakks Pacific Inc.
J)
Yes. 153 were
profitable, 91 posted
net losses
K)
Scope Industries Inc.
L)
8.4 percent
