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1997

Blockbuster drugs, blockbuster deals. Those were a couple of the big ideas driving the performance of the 1997 BW 50. This list was dominated by health-care companies like Merck & Co., financial giants such as Travelers Group , and hot-shot chipmaker Intel Corp., which finished at No. 1. And a running-shoe company named Nike Corp. was burning up the track with one of the best stock-market returns.
1999 1998 1997

1998's Business Week 50 For more information on a company, click on its name.
1997 RANK COMPANY NAME
1INTEL
2MICROSOFT
3DELL COMPUTER
4CISCO SYSTEMS
5TRAVELERS GROUP
6MERCK
7NIKE
8COMPAQ COMPUTER
9MBNA
10PFIZER
11ORACLE
12NATIONSBANK
13SUN MICROSYSTEMS
14BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB
15JOHNSON & JOHNSON
16 EMC
17FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE
18ANDREW
19GREEN TREE FINANCIAL
20HFS
21 TELLABS
22 NORWEST
23 PHILLIPS PETROLEUM
24 MERRILL LYNCH
25 COCA-COLA
1997 RANK COMPANY NAME
26 FIRST BANK SYSTEM
27 ELI LILLY
28 GILLETTE
29 LOCKHEED MARTIN
30 ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS
31 MEDTRONIC
32 FIRST UNION
33 HEALTHSOUTH
34 3COM
35 FIRST CHICAGO NBD
36 PANENERGY
37 SCHERING-PLOUGH
38 DEAN WITTER, DISCOVER
39 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
40 MGIC INVESTMENT
41 FANNIE MAE
42 GENERAL ELECTRIC
43 TYCO INTERNATIONAL
44 SERVICE CORP. INTERNATIONAL
45 AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS
46 FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
47 NORTHERN TELECOM
48 ABBOTT LABORATORIES
49 AMGEN
50 COLUMBIA/HCA HEALTHCARE
DATA: STANDARD & POOR'S COMPUSTAT, BLOOMBERG
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