Nose dives
Ranked by absolute dollar change from profit to loss in one year.
 
    
        
        
        
        
        
     
| 1 | CMGI Inc. | -4,267.64 | 60.493 | -4,328.14 |  
| 2 | Acterna Corp. | -150.653 | 2.931 | -153.584 |  
| 3 | Exchange Applications | -138.989 | 1.098 | -140.087 |  
| 4 | Parametric Technology Corp. | -2.107 | 99.683 | -101.79 |  
| 5 | Cyrk Inc. | -70.715 | 10.994 | -81.709 |  
| 6 | Cambridge Technology Partner | -62.547 | 2.119 | -64.666 |  
| 7 | Palomar Med Technologies Inc. | -9.243 | 25.148 | -34.391 |  
| 8 | Nextera Enterprises Inc. | -23.972 | 3.065 | -27.037 |  
| 9 | Cybex International Inc. | -20.577 | 4.002 | -24.579 |  
| 10 | Mro Software Inc. | -8.189 | 16.19 | -24.379 |  
    
        | Companies must have shown a loss from continuing operations in 2000 and a gain in 1999. Data compiled by Compustat. | 
     
 
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