Linear Technology Corp

Linear Technology Corp. reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $31.6 million, or 40 cents per share, a decrease of 8% over $34.3 million, or 44 cents, for the year-ago quarter.

Linear Technology Corp. reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $31.6 million, or 40 cents per share, a decrease of 8% over $34.3 million, or 44 cents, for the year-ago quarter.

Companies ranked by profit from continuing operations as a % of sales. 1992 Rank Company Return % 1 Carter Hawley Hale 38.5 2 Magma Power 33.4 3 Amgen Inc. 32.7 4 ALZA Corp. 31.5 5 Franklin Resources Inc. 30.1 6 N. American Mortgage 27.2 7 Cisco Systems 25.9 8 Collagen Corporation 23.4 9 Linear Technology Corp. 22.5 10 American Residential 22.1 11 Countrywide Credit 21.5 12 Plaza Home Mortgage 21.1 13 W D-40 Co. 19.0 14 McGrath RentCorp 18.6 15 MacNeal-Schwendler 18.6 16 Argonaut Group Inc. 18.

Companies ranked by market price as a percentage of book value. Market 4/10/92 Value as Market Value Book Value Rank Company % of Book ($ Millions) ($ Millions) 1 Symantec Corp. * 1,551 940.5 60.6 2 Amgen Inc. 1,465 7,780.0 531.1 3 Cisco Systems Inc. 1,374 2,380.4 173.3 4 ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1,003 165.0 16.5 5 Alza Corp. 991 3,198.8 322.9 6 Syntex Corp. * 965 10,541.7 1,092.6 7 Bridgford Foods Corp. * 942 195.0 20.7 8 Gap Inc. 833 5,644.6 677.8 9 WD-40 Co. * 832 325.0 39.

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