Scoring L.A.'s public companies--a special report.(The List)(Illustration) From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: July 19, 2004| Author: Taylor, Nicole | COPYRIGHT 2004 CBJ, L.P. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

IT'S been a year of gains for the 200 largest public companies based in the Los Angeles area. As a group, they posted a 16 percent jump in market capitalization, to $379.1 billion, for the 12 months ended July 7.

Close to three-quarters of the companies reported gains in market capitalization, which is the total value of a firm's outstanding shares and is calculated by multiplying the market price per share (at the close of trading on July 7...