The SJC 25 Stock Report, Dec. 18, 2011

Editors Note  – This is a new feature for San Juan Capistrano Patch. We may not have any Fortune 500 companies based in our town, but that doesn't mean they don't have a presence. The health of these companies has an impact on our local economy. Just ask Mission Viejo, which has a "big box" shopping center with an abandoned Borders, CompUSA and Linens 'N Things. With that, we present the San Juan Capistrano 25.

 Company 

 Ticker 

 Close Friday 

  % Change

 on the Week 

 Bank of America   BAC  5.20

  -9.09

 Big Lots  BIG  36.62   -0.62  Chevron  CVX  100.86   -3.25  Citigroup  C  26.03   -9.52  ConocoPhillips  COP  68.40   -4.93  Costco  COST   82.57   -2.13  Dollar Tree  DLTR  82.82   +0.33  FedEx  FDX  84.89   +1.98  JP Morgan Chase  JPM  31.89   -3.89  The Kroger Co. (Ralphs)  KR  23.71   -0.96  Marriott  MAR  28.56   -1.36  McDonald's  MCD  97.49   -0.55  PetSmart  PETM  50.49   +2.54  Quest Diagnostics  DGX  56.24   -1.61  RadioShack  RSH  9.63   -15.82  Rite Aid  RAD  1.22   -2.4  Ross Stores  ROST  47.00   +0.45  Safeway (Vons)  SWY  20.57   -2.37  Sempra Energy  SRE  52.84   +0.59  Staples  SPLS  14.08   -4.02  Starbucks  SBUX  43.38   -1.09  The TJX Cos. (Marshalls)   TJX  62.14   -1.75  United Parcel Service  UPS  71,76   -0.95  Wells Fargo  WFC  25.98   -3.46  Yum! Brands (KFC, Taco Bell)   YUM  57.70   -0.45

* Financial data provided by Google Finance

It was a bearish week on Wall Street, with concerns about Europe's economic health still looming. Here's a few news briefs about the companies in our town:

Costco reported strong first-quarter results, partly because it raised membership fees 10 percent in November. The higher prices at the gas pump also contributed to a stronger bottomline.  

FedEx saw a 76 percent increase in quarterly profits. It plans to buy 27 of the latest, fuel-efficient Boeing aircraft.

McDonald's spent $460,000 lobbying the federal government in the third quarter, on issues including immigration, menu labeling and debit card fees.

A French semi-conductor company has bought a San Diego factory where it plans to build super-efficient solar panels. Soitec S.A. has contracts to build or supply 300 megawatts of solar-power projects in Southern California that will sell the electricity to Sempra Energy's San Diego utility.