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2001 BW 50 Home
The Best Performers
Masters of Innovation
Investing for Growth


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The BusinessWeek 50
What makes a top corporate performer? To determine how the companies in the S&P 500 index stack up against one another, BusinessWeek ranked all 500 using eight key criteria of financial success. We looked at growth in sales, profits, and return to shareholders. To reward consistency, we measured performance over both one year and three years. And to get a better fix on which companies squeeze the most out of operations, we analyzed profit margins and return on equity. Using those rankings, we assigned grades for each measure. The top 20% received an A, the next 20% got a B and so on, down to the F's in the bottom quintile. Finally, we combined the individual category rankings and added a weighting for sales volume to come up with our overall ranking.

1>> | 51>> | 101>> | 151>> | 201>> | 251>> | 300>> | 351>> | 401>> | 451>500

PERFORMANCE GRADES
Rank Company Total Return Sales GrowthProfit GrowthProfit
Margin
Ret. on
Equity
Industry
Group
2001 2000* Name 1-yr. 3-yr. 1-yr. 3-yr. 1-yr. 3-yr.
451 319 Halliburton D D F F C F F F Fuel
452 456 Lockheed Martin A F F F F F F F Aerospace
453 432 Safeco C F D C F F F F Financial Serv.
454 274 Hercules D F F B F D D D Chemicals
455 418 IntL. Flavors & Fragrances F F F F D F C B Chemicals
456 467 Goodyear Tire & Rubber C F D D F F F F Automotive
457 - Broadcom F INC A A F F F F Electronics
458 305 Dana D F F F F D F D Automotive
459 21 Compuware F F F A F D C D Computers
460 312 Kmart D F D D F F F F Retail
461 - Visteon D INC F D F F F D Automotive
462 377 Dillard's D F F C F F F F Retail
463 472 American Greetings F F C F D F D D Leisure
464 388 Nordstrom D F D D F F F D Retail
465 87 Unisys F D F F F F D D Computers
466 334 Sherwin-Williams C D D F F F F F Housing
467 459 Winn-Dixie Stores A F F F F F F F Food
468 356 Worthington Industries F F D D F D D D Mining
469 480 Placer Dome D F B D F F F F Mining
470 398 Cummins Engine C F F D F F F F Manufacturing
471 439 J.C. Penney D F F F F F F F Retail
472 477 Timken C F D F D F F F Manufacturing
473 410 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold D D F F F F D D Mining
474 53 Navistar International F D F D F F F F Automotive
475 24 Computer Associates IntL. F F F D F F D F Computers
476 238 Adaptec F F F F F F B C Computers
477 325 Conexant Systems F INC B B F F F F Electronics
478 287 Quintiles Transnational F F D B F F F F Services
479 165 Conseco D F F D F F F F Financial Serv.
480 479 USX-U.S. Steel Group F F C F F F F F Mining
481 315 Louisiana-Pacific D F F C F F F F Paper
482 413 Potlatch D D F D F F F F Packaging
483 454 Newmont Mining F F C F F F F F Mining
484 350 Hasbro F F F C F F F F Leisure
485 297 Xerox F F F F F F F F Computers
486 491 McDermott International B F F F F F F F Manufacturing
487 321 Barrick Gold D D F F F F F F Mining
488 - Avaya F INC F F F F F F Electronics
489 114 Novell F F F C F F F F Computers
490 311 Thomas & Betts D F F F F F F F Electronics
491 486 Homestake Mining D F F F F F F F Mining
492 289 Parametric Technology F F F F F F F F Computers
INC 354 Harcourt General A C C INC B INC C B Publishing
INC - Novellus Systems F A INC INC INC INC A C Manufacturing
INC 378 Hilton Hotels B F INC INC INC INC C B Leisure
INC 283 Aetna D INC B INC F INC F F Financial Serv.
INC - Citizens Communications D B INC INC INC INC INC INC Telecom
INC 133 Qwest Communications Intl. F A INC INC INC INC INC INC Telecom
INC 462 Fluor A INC INC INC INC INC INC INC Services
INC INC Unilever NV C D INC INC INC INC INC INC Food
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