WICKES COS INC &lt;WIX> 4TH QTR LOSS

  Shr loss two cts vs profit 14 cts
      Net loss 2,515,000 vs profit 28,569,000
      Sales 1.41 billion vs 885.2 mln
      Avg shrs 239.2 mln vs 104.4 mln
      Year
      Shr profit 33 cts vs profit 47 cts
      Net profit 83,750,000 vs profit 76,130,000
      Sales 4.77 billion vs 2.81 billion
      Avg shrs 198.8 mln vs 98.3 mln
      Note: Current qtr and year figures include gains on
  securities sales of 3.9 mln dlrs and 38 mln dlrs, respectively.
      Prior qtr and year figures include gain on securities sales
  of 3.9 mln dlrs.
      Current qtr and year figures include extraordinary loss of
  6.9 mn dlrs and gain of 9.9 mln dlrs, respectively.
      Prior qtr and year figures include operating loss
  carryforward gains of 7.6 mln dlrs and 35.5 mln dlrs,
  respectively.
      Prior qtr and year figures include gains from discontinued
  operations of 6.6 mln dlrs and 12.6 mln dlrs, respectively.
  

