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Return on Equity

The best and worst ROE



TOP TEN (1997)

                     PERCENT

ORYX ENERGY          159.3%
US AIRWAYS GROUP     155.0
AVON PRODUCTS        149.3
UST                  111.0
GENERAL MILLS        100.2
DELL COMPUTER         73.0
CAMPBELL SOUP         62.5
COCA-COLA             56.7
KELLOGG               56.5
SCHERING-PLOUGH       53.4


BOTTOM TEN (1997)

                     PERCENT

TELE-               -995.5%
 COMMUNICATIONS
QUAKER OATS         -347.1
STONE CONTAINER      -95.7
ALZA                 -86.7
APPLE COMPUTER       -70.6
UNISYS               -62.8
DOW JONES            -47.7
FRUIT OF THE LOOM    -46.7
MALLINCKRODT         -32.6
HOMESTAKE MINING     -31.8


Excludes companies with negative equity
DATA: STANDARD & POOR'S COMPUSTAT, A DIVISION OF THE McGRAW-HILL COMPANIES


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