Companies with Northern California headquarters ranked by analysts' mean estimates of annualized growth in earnings per share over the next three to five years. At least four analysts must cover a company for it to be listed.
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Proj. Yrs. of Last No. of annlzd. positive qrtly. anal- Name Ticker EPS gr. EPS EPS ysts 1 Penederm DERM 100% 0 --$0.58 4 2 Yahoo YHOO 68 0 0.08 17 3 Network Appliance NTAP 60 2 0.17 5 4 Advanced Fibre Communic. AFCI 54 3 0.15 11 5 BroadVision BVSN 50 0 --0.05 5 6 Concentric Network CNCX 50 0 --0.97 4 7 Cygnus CYGN 50 0 --0.27 5 8 Documentum DCTM 50 3 0.18 6 9 Excite XCIT 50 0 --0.34 10 10 Heartport HPRT 50 0 --0.53 12 11 Infoseek SEEK 50 0 --0.16 7 12 Matrix Pharmaceutical MATX 50 0 --0.29 4 13 Onsale ONSL 50 0 --0.09 9 14 Pacific Gateway Exchange PGEX 50 4 0.22 10 15 Sequus Pharmaceuticals SEQU 50 0 --0.12 5 16 Vantive VNTV 50 0 0.19 13 17 Veritas Software VRTS 50 5 0.40 9 18 Versant Object Tech VSNT 50 1 --0.23 4 19 PeopleSoft PSFT 49 8 0.31 19 20 Siebel Systems SEBL 49 0 --0.22 8 21 Aspect Development ASDV 48 0 0.14 7 22 Identix IDX 48 1 0.02 5 23 Intl. Network Services INSS 48 3 0.11 8 24 Arbor Software ARSW 47 3 --0.02 10 25 CNet CNWK 45 0 --0.76 8 26 Legato Systems LGTO 45 5 0.27 6 27 Rambus RMBS 45 1 0.07 5 28 USWeb USWB 45 0 --0.91 4 29 E-Trade Group EGRP 44 1 0.15 10 30 Cylink CYLK 42 0 --2.37 7 31 Arterial Vascular Eng. AVEI 41 3 0.64 15 32 ArthroCare ARTC 40 0 --0.18 5 33 Edify EDFY 40 1 0.12 5 34 Faroudja FDJA 40 4 0.03 4 35 Forte Software FRTE 40 1 --0.32 4 36 Perclose PERC 40 0 --0.38 4 37 Prism Solutions PRZM 40 0 --0.26 4 38 Proxim PROX 40 4 --0.32 7 39 Ultratech Stepper UTEK 40 7 0.09 4 40 Uniphase UNPH 40 0 0.02 7 41 Zoran ZRAN 40 2 0.15 4 42 Sangstat Medical SANG 38 0 --0.36 5 43 Network Associates NETA 38 0 --1.38 9 44 Remedy RMDY 38 6 0.29 8 45 Secure Computing SCUR 38 0 0.02 5 46 Wind River Systems WIND 36 9 --0.28 5 47 Avant AVNT 35 5 0.34 4 48 CKS Group CKSG 35 7 0.07 6 49 DSP Communications DSP 35 2 0.27 8 50 Objective Sys. Integrator OSII 35 0 --0.12 6 51 SDL SDLI 35 0 0.13 4 52 P-Com PCMS 34 3 --0.4 11 53 Scopus Technology SCOP 34 6 --0.04 7 54 CardioThoracic Systems CTSI 33 0 --0.51 8 55 Neomagic NMGC 33 0 0.25 5 56 Netscape Communications NSCP 33 0 --1.01 13 57 Incyte Pharmaceuticals INCY 32 1 0.12 7 58 Advent Software ADVS 32 1 0.15 5 59 Pinnacle Systems PCLE 32 0 0.31 4 60 QuadraMed QMDC 32 0 --3.71 6 61 Cisco Systems CSCO 32 11 0.45 33 62 Molecular Devices MDCC 31 5 0.15 4 63 AirTouch Communications ATI 31 5 0.19 28 64 3Dfx Interactive TDFX 30 0 0.50 5 65 Central Garden & Pet CENT 30 7 --0.02 6 66 Clarify CLFY 30 3 0.05 5 67 CMC Industries CMCI 30 8 0.18 6 68 EndoSonics ESON 30 0 --0.07 6 69 Etec Systems ETEC 30 4 0.40 9 70 Geoworks GWRX 30 0 --0.16 4 71 Intl. Microcomputer Soft. IMSI 30 2 0.22 6 72 Level One Communications LEVL 30 6 0.26 8 73 North Face, The TNFI 30 5 0.19 9 74 Premisys Communications PRMS 30 4 0.07 5 75 QuickResponse Services QRSI 30 5 0.29 10
