Business Week Online: BW 50: Industries

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

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CONTAINERS & PACKAGING

RANKINGS			MARKET VALUE			SALES			PROFITABILITY							INVESTMENT DATA
2001	2000	Company	Feb. 28 2001 $Mil.	Tot. Ret. 1-yr.	Tot. Ret. 3-yr.	12-Mo. 2000 $Mil.	%Chg. from 1999	%Chg. 3-yr. Avg.	12-Mo. 2000 $Mil.	%Chg. from 1999	%Chg. 3-yr. Avg.	Net Marg. 2000	Net Marg. 1999	Ret. on Inv. Cap.	Ret. on Common Equity	Rec. Share Price $	12-Mo. High/ Low	P-E Ratio	Div. Yield	EPS 2000	Est. EPS 2001

CONTAINERS & PACKAGING INDUSTRY AVERAGE			2038.9	14.1	-11.1	3130.8	8	9.6	133.8	36	24.2	4.3	3.4	4.2	8.5	33	43/24	19	2.27	1.75	2.13

1	285	Westvaco	2638.4	-1.1	-11.3	3789.5	28	8.3	237.7	75	13.7	6.3	4.6	4.7	10.1	26	35/24	11	3.36	2.36	2.56

2	328	Temple-Inland	2340.1	-4.3	-14.1	4286.0y	13	6.7	195	2	61.6	4.6	5	3.4	10.9	48	58/35	12	2.69	3.83	3.01

3	350	Ball	1194.2	57	33.1	3664.7	-1	16.5	68.2	-35	18	1.9	2.8	3.9	9.6	41	49/26	19	1.45	2.14	3.97

4	352	Bemis	1789.6	17.8	-18.2	2164.6	10	5	130.6	14	7.3	6	5.8	10.5	16.4	34	39/23	14	2.94	2.44	2.6

5	379	Sealed Air	3269.7	-21.2	-41.8	3067.7	5	18.5	225.3	7	20.2	7.3	7.2	5.2	7.3	39	60/26	20	0	1.93	2.16

6	444	Pactiv	2127.3	61.8	NA	3134	1	6.0j	113	NM	NC	3.6	-3.6	3.6	7.3	13	14/8	19	0	0.7	1.03

7	482	Potlatch	912.6	-11.1	-14.5	1808.8	0	5.9	-33.2	NM	NC	-1.8	2.3	-2.0	-4.0	32	45/29	-28	5.42	-1.16	-0.40