RANK/COMPANY NAME TOTAL RETURN
1 Brightpoint Inc. 259.88%
2 Tellabs Inc. 169.96%
3 Specialty Teleconstructors 150.00%
4 ADC Telecommunications Inc. 149.00%
5 WinStar Communications, Inc. 132.53%
6 Andrew Corp. 128.50%
7 Tessco Technologies Inc. 124.43%
8 Ericsson (L.M.) Telephone 123.00%
9 Northern Telecom Ltd. 88.72%
10 Qualcomm Inc. 66.15%
11 IFR Systems Inc. 65.79%
12 Nokia Corp. 57.67%
13 Conductus 30.00%
14 Racotek Inc. 27.78%
15 Glenayre Technologies Inc. 26.01%
16 Photocomm Inc. 17.86%
17 NEC Corp. 8.43%
18 Motorola Inc. 7.11%
19 Allen Telecom Inc.* 6.02%
20 Matsushita Electric Inds. Co. Ltd. 1.67%
21 Gilbert Associates Inc. 1.12%
22 TCSI Corp. -8.54%
23 Ortel Corp. -8.57%
24 Telular Corp. -14.00%
25 Brite Voice Systems Inc. -16.78%
26 InterDigital Communications -19.49%
27 Cellstar Corp. -20.44%
28 Audiovox Corp. -26.61%
29 Datamarine International Inc. -48.94%
30 California Microwave Inc. -59.25%
31 Spectrian -72.44%
Footnote: * Total return based on proxy information.
Note: Total return was calculated using Dec. 31, 1994, stock price and closing price Dec. 31, 1996. Dividends were reinvested.
Newcomers occupied the top four positions in the two-year return on investment category, in this order: Brightpoint Inc., Tellabs Inc., Specialty Teleconstructors Inc. and ADC Telecommunications Inc.
Brightpoint’s two-year return of nearly 260 percent wasn’t even close to that of the 448 percent realized by WinStar Communications Inc. during the prior period when it was the chart leader.
WinStar moved down to fifth place in the most recent rankings, with a return of more than 132 percent.
Tessco Technologies Inc. punched in at seventh on a return of more than 124 percent, which was nearly double the rate the company posted during the rankings published last year.
