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PUBLISHING & BROADCASTING
Microsoft Corp.'s William H. Gates took a leap of faith and invested $1 billion in Comcast Corp. three years ago. Now it's easy to see why: Acquisitions and new products, such as digital cable and high-speed Internet service, have boosted net income 42.5% annually in the past three years. Comcast, the third-largest cable company, which owns the qvc home-shopping channel, posted a healthy margin of 24.9%. As a result, Comcast vaulted to No.41 this year from No.201. Forget the cubic zirconia. That's a real gem of a performance.
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RANKINGSMARKET VALUE SALES PROFITABILITY INVESTMENT DATA
20012000Company 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. 1999Ret. on Inv. Cap.Ret. on Common EquityRec. Share Price $12-Mo. High/ Low P-E RatioDiv. YieldEPS 2000Est. EPS 2001
PUBLISHING & BROADCASTING
INDUSTRY AVERAGE		 17367.5 8.3 35.3 5678.5 19 17.1 508 4 41.2 8.9 10.3 9.8 7 49 59/35 27 0.96 1.82 1.86
1 41 Comcast 39103 1.9 148.1 8218.6 26 19.5 2045.1 162 42.5 24.9 12 8.2 14.3 43 46/28 20 0 2.16 -0.57
2 153 Clear Channel Communications 33418.9 -14.2 26.3 5345.3 100 97.3 248.8 190 57.7 4.7 3.2 0.6 0.8 57 86/44 97 0 0.59 -0.58
3 156 Univision Communications 6779.1 -35.2 72 863.5 25 23.1 116.9 40 37.1 13.5 12.1 10.8 17.6 33 63/24 67 0 0.49 0.6
4 187 New York Times 7176.9 5.9 39.8 3489.5 11 6.8 397.5 28 14.2 11.4 9.8 20.7 31 44 46/33 19 1.04 2.32 2.3
5 197 McGraw-Hill 11520.8 17.9 64.3 4281 7 6.6 471.9 11 18.2 11 10.7 16.6 25 59 68/42 24 1.66 2.41 ð
6 214 Gannett 17440.6 2.9 6.4 6222.3 22 8.5 971.9 6 8.8 15.6 18 9.1 20.2 66 74/48 18 1.33 3.63 3.83
7 307 Tribune 12160.4 5.4 29.6 4910.4 70 19 310.4 -79 5.6 6.3 50.3 2.4 4.7 41 47/28 41 1.08 0.99 1.55
8 314 Dow Jones 5390.7 0.3 26.4 2202.6 10 -5.3 136.3 -50 303.8 6.2 13.6 20.6 26.7 62 77/51 40 1.62 1.54 3.33
9 345 Knight-Ridder 4405.3 29.7 11.7 3211.8 6 3.2 314.4 -8 -5.7 9.8 11.2 9.5 19.3 60 61/44 17 1.67 3.53 3.98
10 422 Walt Disney 65118.8 -6.9 -15.4 25903 9 4.5 847 -15 -26.5 3.3 4.2 2.6 3.6 31 44/26 77 0.68 0.4 0.99
11 427 Meredith 1795.8 26.9 -14.0 1081.5 2 5.1 68.1 -23 -2.8 6.3 8.4 7.7 15.5 36 38/22 27 0.95 1.32 1.66
INC INC Harcourt General 4099.2 65.5 28.3 2412.3 12 NA 167.5 40 NA 6.9 5.5 8.3 22.3 56 63/33 22 1.5 2.5 2.52

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