Return on equity Best/Worst, S&P 500
Top Ten (2004) percent
UST 5625.2%
Moody's 288.2
AutoZone 204.4
IMS Health 144.6
Colgate-Palmolive 104.5
Avon Products 89.0
Anheuser-Busch 84.0
Dow Jones 81.7
SLM 61.3
Gillette 59.6

Bottom Ten* (2004) percent
Visteon -343.1%
Gateway -235.1
Tenet Healthcare -103.8
AT&T -82.8
Ciena -70.1
Corning -57.3
Interpublic Group -36.2
Teco Energy -31.5
LSI Logic -28.7
Viacom -23.7

DATA: Standard & Poor's Compustat
*Excludes companies with negative equity