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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.

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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.
51 52 Teradyne F B A A A A A A Electronics
52 61 Kohl's A A B B B A C C Retail
53 66 Freddie Mac B B B A C B C C Financial Serv.
54 39 Wells Fargo B C B A C A A C Banks
55 35 MBNA B B B B B B A B Banks
56 116 PPL A A B B C B B B Utilities
57 19 Medtronic D A B B B A A A Health Care
58 - Stryker A A D A A C B A Health Care
59 304 Conoco B INC A B A B D A Fuel
60 - Sanmina D A A A A A C C Electronics
61 121 Fifth Third Bancorp B B B B B B A B Banks
62 - Maxim Integrated Products F A A A A B A A Electronics
63 - Linear Technology F A A B A B A A Electronics
64 147 Royal Dutch Petroleum C C A D A A C A Fuel
65 13 Biogen F A B A A A A A Health Care
66 3 Cisco Systems F A A A B A B D Computers
67 11 Comverse Technology F A B A B A A B Telecom
68 - MedImmune F A A A A A A C Health Care
69 16 Dell Computer F C B A B B C A Computers
70 32 Omnicom Group D A B B B B C A Services
71 - Stilwell Financial F INC A A A A A A Financial Serv.
72 57 Alltel D C C B A A A A Telecom
73 118 Walgreen A A B B B B D B Health Care
74 74 Tosco B C A B B A F B Fuel
75 - Siebel Systems F A A A A A B D Computers
76 36 Pfizer B B D A D B B B Health Care
77 84 Fannie Mae B C B B C C B B Financial Serv.
78 117 Southwest Airlines B A B C B B B B Transportation
79 43 General Electric D B B C B C B A Conglomerates
80 113 Sysco A A C C B B F A Food
81 60 Harley-Davidson C A B B B B B A Leisure
82 59 American International Group B A C B C B B C Financial Serv.
83 175 KLA-Tencor F B A B A A A B Electronics
84 50 Reliant Energy A A A A F B F D Utilities
85 INC Oneok A B A A B B F D Utilities
86 14 Charles Schwab F A A A C A B B Financial Serv.
87 - Power-One D A A A A A B D Electronics
88 37 Solectron D A A A A A D D Electronics
89 162 UnitedHealth Group A A D B B C D B Health Care
90 - Devon Energy B B A A D F A B Fuel
91 1 Microsoft F B C B C A A B Computers
92 97 Eli Lilly C C D C B B A A Health Care
93 109 CVS A B C C B A D C Health Care
94 - CIT Group A F A A A B B D Financial Serv.
95 25 Best Buy F A B B B A F B Consumer Goods
96 361 Unocal C D A B A D C A Fuel
97 194 Philip Morris A C F D C C A A Consumer Goods
98 27 Intel F C C C B C A A Electronics
99 119 Allergan A A C C C B B A Health Care
100 92 Alcoa D A A B B B C D Mining
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