Tracking 100 selected Los Angeles County-based companies
MARKET
Amid continuing fears of inflation and another interest-rate hike by the Fed the past two weeks have been fairly unsettled on Wall Street. After an up-and-down week, the LABJ 100 finished down 0.9 percent. L.A.’s major e-commerce company, eToys, continues to pay for a disappointing earnings report, finishing the week down 20 percent.
The overview
How the LABJ 100 fared against
the Dow Jones, S & P; and NASDAQ
Current Prev. Point Pct.
Index Close Close Chg. Chg.
LABJ 100 1092.33 1101.85 -9.52 -0.9%
DJIA 11003.20 11033.00 -29.80 -0.3%
S & P; 500 1409.12 1404.09 5.03 0.4%
NASDAQ 4073.96 4069.91 4.05 0.1%
Weekly summary
Advances 37
Declines 60
Unchanged 3
New Highs 2
New Lows 11
Most active stocks
Volume
Stock (000s)
Amgen Inc. 58,195
The Walt Disney Co. 41,257
eToys Inc. 35,211
Mattel Inc. 18,654
Hughes Electronics Corp. 11,527
Atlantic Richfield Co. 10,842
Gemstar International Group 10,617
Hilton Hotels Corp. 9,423
Edison International 5,764
MRV Communications Inc. 5,602
notes on the stock tables
Tables based on Jan. 27 – Feb. 2, 2000.
Abbreviations:
(H) stock hit new 52 week high;
(L) stock hit new 52 week low;
(S) stock split during week.
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The gainers
Top Ten, By Percentage
Stock Close Close Chg. Chg.
Creative Computers Inc. 12.75 9.72 3.03 31.2%
Dick Clark Productions 14.25 12.94 1.31 10.1%
Jefferies Group Inc. 23.00 20.94 2.06 9.9%
Hot Topic Inc. 19.88 18.13 1.75 9.7%
Activision Inc. 17.38 15.88 1.50 9.4%
On Assignment Inc. 30.13 28.00 2.13 7.6%
MiniMed Inc. 85.50 79.88 5.63 7.0%
Mattel Inc. 11.81 11.06 0.75 6.8%
Imperial Bancorp 25.00 23.61 1.39 5.9%
SCPIE Holdings Inc. 30.25 28.63 1.63 5.7%
The losers
Bottom Ten, By Percentage
Current Prev. Point Pct.
eToys Inc. 17.00 21.25 -4.25 -20.0%
CB Richard Ellis Inc. 11.50 13.06 -1.56 -12.0%
Westwood One Inc. 60.94 69.13 -8.19 -11.8%
Tarrant Apparel Group 6.63 7.50 -0.88 -11.7%
Unova Inc. 10.63 11.81 -1.19 -10.1%
Guitar Center Inc. 9.06 10.00 -0.94 -9.4%
GoTo.Com 71.00 77.00 -6.00 -7.8%
Westfield America Inc. 12.94 13.94 -1.00 -7.2%
Hilton Hotels Corp. 7.88 8.44 -0.56 -6.7%
Ticketmaster Online 40.00 42.81 -2.81 -6.6%
Ticker Close Pct. 52 Week
Company Symbol Price Chg. High Low P/E Exch.
A,B,C
Activision Inc. ATVI 17.38 9.4 18.25 9.75 24.5 NASD
American States Water AWR 33.25 -1.3 39.75 22.19 17.0 NYSE
Ameron International AMN 39.06 2.1 47.94 34.50 7.3 NYSE
Amgen Inc. AMGN 63.69 -0.7 76.50 26.06 64.3 NASD
Arden Realty Inc. ARI 21.00 -1.2 27.19 17.63 13.4 NYSE
Argonaut Group Inc. AGII 18.63 5.7 27.94 17.50 — NASD
Atlantic Richfield Co. ARC 72.06 -5.3 98.38 52.50 15.5 NYSE
Avery Dennison Corp. AVY 66.63 -3.3 78.50 47.81 26.1 NYSE
Bell Industries Inc. (L) BI 3.81 -6.2 9.13 3.69 16.6 NYSE
Castle & Cooke Inc. (L) CCS 12.00 -2.5 18.00 11.75 15.2 NYSE
CB Richard Ellis Inc CBG 11.50 -12.0 24.88 10.56 12.1 NYSE
Center Trust Inc. CTA 9.25 -6.3 12.44 9.06 17.8 NYSE
Cheesecake Factory CAKE 29.75 -2.5 35.50 19.00 35.0 NASD
City National Corp. CYN 33.31 -0.6 41.50 29.63 14.5 NYSE
Computer Sciences Corp. CSC 85.94 -2.3 94.94 52.38 35.7 NYSE
Countrywide Credit CCR 26.75 4.4 48.00 24.00 7.7 NYSE
Creative Computers (H) MALL 12.75 31.2 13.25 5.00 — NASD
D,E,F
Diagnostic Products DP 22.44 0.6 32.75 21.88 15.5 NYSE
Dick Clark Productions DCPI 14.25 10.1 23.00 8.57 23.2 NASD
Disney Co., The Walt DIS 37.25 1.7 38.00 23.38 56.4 NYSE
Dole Food Company DOL 15.19 -1.2 34.13 13.75 14.9 NYSE
Ducommun Inc. DCO 10.44 -1.8 15.38 8.50 7.6 NYSE
E4L Inc. ETV 2.56 -4.7 9.75 1.31 — NYSE
Earthlink Network Inc. ELNK 45.25 2.0 99.38 35.00 — NASD
Edelbrock Corp. EDEL 11.81 0.5 16.38 11.00 7.9 NASD
Edison International EIX 28.56 -1.5 29.63 21.63 14.5 NYSE
Electro Rent Corp. ELRC 11.38 2.2 14.00 9.00 10.8 NASD
eToys Inc. (L) ETYS 17.00 -20.0 86.00 13.75 — NASD
Farmer Bros Co. (L) FARM 158.13 -4.7 217.00 156.25 10.2 NASD
First Consulting Group FCGI 18.02 -2.6 23.63 6.75 26.1 NASD
Firstfed Financial FED 12.63 -3.3 20.00 12.50 7.1 NYSE
Foundation Health FHS 10.31 2.5 20.06 6.25 10.4 NYSE
Fremont General FMT 8.13 1.6 23.25 4.69 14.0 NYSE
G,H,I
GBC Bancorp/California GBCB 19.25 0.3 23.25 12.81 8.1 NASD
Gemstar International GMST 70.38 0.6 88.50 13.88 186.4 NASD
GoTo.Com GOTO 71.00 -7.8 114.50 15.00 — NASD
Guess Inc. GES 23.94 0.3 25.38 5.69 25.2 NYSE
Guitar Center Inc. GTRC 9.06 -9.4 27.00 7.44 8.6 NASD
Health Care Property Inv. HCP 25.13 -2.4 33.13 21.69 11.0 NYSE
Herbalife International HERBA 15.06 -1.6 16.38 10.00 8.6 NASD
Hilton Hotels Corp. (L) HLT 7.88 -6.7 17.13 7.75 10.5 NYSE
Hollywood Park Inc. HPK 19.88 -5.1 24.06 8.00 21.0 NYSE
Hot Topic Inc. HOTT 19.88 9.7 27.13 6.34 19.6 NASD
Hughes Electronics GMH 109.25 -2.9 127.00 44.75 — NYSE
IHOP Corp. IHP 16.69 0.4 26.00 14.94 11.0 NYSE
Imperial Bancorp IMP 25.00 5.9 26.27 14.47 13.9 NYSE
Imperial Credit Industries ICII 5.25 -6.1 10.19 3.88 — NASD
International Rectifier IRF 36.69 4.4 37.00 6.25 85.3 NYSE
J,K,L
Jacobs Engineering JEC 31.00 4.6 42.69 29.06 12.1 NYSE
Jefferies Group Inc. JEF 23.00 9.9 30.38 18.50 11.3 NYSE
K-Swiss Inc. KSWS 12.31 2.6 59.81 10.81 4.3 NASD
K2 Inc. KTO 7.50 0.0 11.63 6.25 8.2 NYSE
Kaufman & Broad KBH 21.13 2.7 29.25 16.75 6.4 NYSE
Keystone Automotive (L) KEYS 5.13 -4.7 20.75 5.00 4.5 NASD
Kilroy Realty Corp. KRC 19.88 0.3 26.50 18.00 13.2 NYSE
Korn/Ferry International KFY 33.38 -5.2 39.00 11.00 55.6 NYSE
Learning Tree Int’L. LTRE 25.00 -5.2 32.63 6.00 33.3 NASD
Litton Industries (L) LIT 42.63 -1.9 74.63 41.88 9.7 NYSE
M,N,O
Macerich Co. MAC 21.44 -6.0 27.25 17.31 17.3 NYSE
Mattel Inc. MAT 11.81 6.8 30.31 10.00 16.9 NYSE
Mercury General Corp. MCY 24.00 0.3 40.00 20.94 9.0 NYSE
Merisel Inc. MSEL 1.25 0.0 3.19 1.13 — NASD
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 23.69 -1.3 25.50 10.25 — NYSE
Mikasa Inc. MKS 9.31 -3.9 13.75 7.38 9.1 NYSE
MiniMed Inc. MNMD 85.50 7.0 108.25 38.50 134.7 NASD
MRV Communications MRVC 74.50 -3.4 89.38 5.88 — NASD
MSC.Software Corp. MNS 8.44 -5.6 10.31 4.88 140.6 NYSE
99 Cents Only Stores NDN 35.38 -4.2 52.50 25.00 28.3 NYSE
Northrop Grumman NOC 50.00 4.4 75.94 45.25 7.2 NYSE
Occidental Petroleum OXY 19.63 -3.4 24.56 14.63 28.0 NYSE
On Assignment Inc. ASGN 30.13 7.6 37.00 21.31 23.2 NASD
Ortel Corp. ORTL 159.19 2.7 171.00 6.00 — NASD
OrthAlliance Inc. (L) ORAL 5.63 -3.7 11.25 5.50 8.3 NASD
P,R,S
Protection One Inc. POI 1.56 -3.8 8.50 1.38 — NYSE
Public Storage Inc. PSA 22.94 -0.8 29.38 20.81 15.4 NYSE
Reliance Steel & Aluminum RS 19.81 -5.7 26.75 16.83 10.5 NYSE
SCPIE Holdings Inc. SKP 30.25 5.7 36.06 23.69 11.6 NYSE
Smart & Final Inc. SMF 7.56 -1.6 12.63 6.00 — NYSE
Staar Surgical Co. STAA 11.38 -4.2 17.13 7.06 63.2 NASD
Superior Industries SUP 25.88 0.5 29.31 22.75 10.2 NYSE
Syncor International SCOR 23.88 -5.7 41.25 21.38 16.1 NASD
T,U,V
Tarrant Apparel (L) TAGS 6.63 -11.7 48.63 6.00 4.6 NASD
Tekelec TKLC 26.00 -0.2 29.81 6.50 57.8 NASD
Tetra Tech Inc. WATR 15.50 -3.9 20.80 10.50 19.9 NASD
THQ Inc. THQI 21.56 -5.0 39.25 10.92 13.6 NASD
Ticketmaster Online TMCS 40.00 -6.6 66.00 17.88 — NASD
Times Mirror Co. TMC 58.81 -4.0 72.63 53.31 18.0 NYSE
Total Renal Care (L) TRL 4.69 -5.1 24.88 4.50 4.8 NYSE
21st Century Insurance TW 19.19 1.3 21.81 16.00 24.0 NYSE
United Television Inc. UTVI 140.50 2.6 144.00 95.75 29.5 NASD
Univision Comm. (H) UVN 109.06 -1.3 114.44 39.56 155.8 NYSE
Unocal Corp. UCL 28.75 -0.4 46.63 27.50 43.6 NYSE
Unova Inc. UNA 10.63 -10.1 19.13 10.13 20.1 NYSE
Veterinary Ctrs. of Amer. VCAI 10.31 -6.3 18.50 9.00 11.2 NASD
Virco Manufacturing VIR 12.50 0.0 17.78 12.00 9.4 ASE
W,X,Z
WellPoint Health WLP 68.25 2.7 97.00 48.25 16.4 NYSE
Westfield America Inc. WEA 12.94 -7.2 17.88 12.00 7.7 NYSE
Westwood One Inc. WON 60.94 -11.8 77.38 22.81 138.5 NYSE
Xircom Inc. XIRC 55.25 4.5 75.94 15.75 27.9 NASD
Zenith National Insurance ZNT 20.50 -0.9 26.69 19.25 — NYSE
WeTop Ten Percentage Losers Current Close Previous Close Point Change
Pct Change
LABJ vs. Wall Street
Current Close Previous Close Point Change Pct Change
DJIA 11033.00 11489.40 -456.40 -4.0%
Notes to Stock Tables:
Tables based on data from January 27, 2000 to February 2, 2000.
Abbreviations: (H) stock hit new 52 week high; (L) stock hit new 52 =
week
low; (S) stock split during the week.
Index Volume for Week (000’s) 294,092
2/2/00 2/1/00 1/31/00 1/28/00 1/27/00
LABJ 100 1092.33 1090.03 1087.69 1077.22 1093.75
S & P; 500 1409.12 1409.28 1394.46 1360.16 1398.56