COVER STORY
The Best and Worst Return on Equity
TOP TEN (1998)
PERCENT
GENERAL MILLS 259.3%
U S WEST 199.7
QUAKER OATS 132.6
AVON PRODUCTS 94.7
FORD 93.8
CAMPBELL SOUP 91.0
THE LIMITED 88.1
UST 78.9
SLM HOLDING 76.7
US AIRWAYS GROUP 74.8
BOTTOM TEN (1998)
PERCENT
BLACK & DECKER -131.5%
UNION PACIFIC RESOURCES GROUP -121.3
BATTLE MTN. GOLD -100.4
NEXTEL COMM. -92.3
MOORE -89.8
CABLETRON SYS. -48.5
W.R. GRACE -44.8
SONAT -39.9
DATA GENERAL -34.4
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC -32.2
Excludes companies with negative equity
DATA: STANDARD & POOR'S COMPUSTAT, A DIVISION OF THE McGRAW-HILL COMPANIES
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