MSI Data Reports Jump in Earnings

By MARIA L. La GANGA

May 29, 1987 12 AM PT

MSI Data Corp., a Costa Mesa manufacturer of portable data collection systems, reported fiscal 1987 net earnings of $1.3 million, a nearly eightfold increase from the $172,000 reported for the prior fiscal year. Revenues for the 12 months ended March 28 were $70.7 million, up 13% from $62.5 million a year earlier.

For the fourth quarter, MSI reported net earnings of $659,000, more than double the $288,000 reported a year earlier. Revenues for the quarter of $21 million were up 27% from the year-earlier $16.5 million.

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Maria L. La Ganga

Maria L. La Ganga is the deputy managing editor for California and Metro, overseeing the Los Angeles Times’ largest editorial department. She joined The Times in 1981 as an academic intern, splitting her time between the former Metro section and National Dragster, the official publication of the National Hot Rod Assn. She has served as Seattle bureau chief, San Francisco bureau chief, edited in the Business section and pitched in on six presidential elections, five for The Times and one for the Guardian. La Ganga left The Times in 2015 and returned in 2018 after a brief hiatus during which she wrote for the Guardian and the Idaho Statesman. She was named city editor in 2022 and promoted to her current role in 2024. La Ganga graduated from Granada Hills High School in the San Fernando Valley and Cal State Northridge, where she studied English literature and journalism.

MSI Data Reports Jump in Earnings

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