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These six tables show the companies that scored the highest based on
various financial criteria. Be careful, though: Unusually high or low
results could also be a sign of trouble. This is just the start for further
research.



BIG CAPS WITH THE HIGHEST DIVIDEND YIELD
These companies have a market capitalization of at least $5 billion and pay
the highest dividends, excluding utilities and REITs



                                               PERCENT



R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO HLDGS. (RJR)               6.1%
EASTMAN KODAK (EK)                               6.0
KEYCORP (KEY)                                    5.2
UST (UST)                                        5.1
PHILIP MORRIS (MO)                               4.9
AMSOUTH BANCORP (ASO)                            4.8
UNION PLANTERS (UPC)                             4.6
H.J. HEINZ (HNZ)                                 4.3
NATIONAL CITY (NEC)                              4.2
CONAGRA FOODS (CAG)                              4.1






STOCKS WITH A LOW PRICE-TO-BOOK RATIO
These companies have an S&P Equity Ranking of at least A- and a relatively
low price-to-book ratio



                                         PRICE AS            S&P
                                        PERCENT OF          EQUITY
                                        BOOK VALUE          RANKING



DILLARD'S (DDS)                            54%                A
ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES (RCL)              78                 A
ONEOK (OKE)                                80                 A-
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP (CEG)           95                 A-
NATIONAL SERVICE INDS. (NSI)              102                 A-
CINCINNATI FINANCIAL (CINF)               105                 A-
WATSCO (WSO)                              106                 A
HUGHES SUPPLY (HUG)                       107                 A-
UTILICORP UNITED (UCU)                    113                 A-
AVNET (AVT)                               117                 A-






CHEAP STOCKS
Companies with both a low price-to-book ratio and a low price-earnings ratio



                                         PRICE AS
                                        PERCENT OF           P-E
                                        BOOK VALUE          RATIO



PROVIDIAN FINANCIAL (PVN)                   32%               1
INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL SVCS. (IEE)           32                6
SPHERION (SFN)                              40                5
TESORO PETROLEUM (TSO)                      52                5
KAISER ALUMINUM (KLU)                       65                1
ENCOMPASS SERVICES (ESR)                    13                8
DURA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS (DRRA)              35                7
OWENS-ILLINOIS (OI)                         72                3
AVISTA (AVA)                                78                4
COMPUCOM SYSTEMS (CMPC)                     45                9






TECH WITH A DIVIDEND
Tech stocks that pay dividends tend to be in the less glamorous corners of
the sector



                                             PERCENT



MCI GROUP (MCIT)                              18.3%
HUBBELL (HUB.B)                                4.9
NATIONAL SERVICE INDUSTRIES (NSI)              4.0
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL (ROK)                   4.0
COOPER INDUSTRIES (CBE)                        3.4
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS (VZ)                    3.3
SMITH (A.O.) (AOS)                             2.9
EMERSON ELECTRIC (EMR)                         2.9
PITNEY BOWES (PBI)                             2.8
SBC COMMUNICATIONS (SBC)                       2.7






HIGH-GROWTH TECH STOCKS
Technology companies projected to have higher-than-average long-term
earnings growth



                                  PRICE CHANGE      LONG-TERM        S&P
                                  DEC. 31, 2000-     EARNINGS      EQUITY
                                  NOV.30, 2001        GROWTH       RANKING



LINEAR TECHNOLOGY (LLTC)               -11             25.0%          A
TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS (TDS)         0             24.0           A-
CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS (CZN)          -25             20.0           A-
ELECTRONIC ARTS (ERTS)                  42             25.0           B+
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODS. (MXIM)          15             25.0           B+
PEOPLESOFT (PSFT)                       -6             25.0           B+
BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS (BHE)            -15             25.0           B+
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES (SBL)              -31             25.0           B+
CISCO SYSTEMS (CSCO)                   -47             25.0           B+
SOLECTRON (SLR)                        -57             25.0           B+






HIGH HOPES FOR EARNINGS
These companies' earnings are forecast to move ahead strongly in 2002



                                         PERCENT CHANGE
                                            2001-2002



E*TRADE GROUP (ET)                              325%
BMC SOFTWARE (BMC)                              100
AGCO (AG)                                        97
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX (RIG)                     93
PROVIDENT FINANCIAL GRP. (PFGI)                  92
GATX (GMT)                                       88
XILINX (XLNX)                                    85
PITTSTON (PZB)                                   82
TEXAS INDUSTRIES (TXI)                           66
EBAY (EBAY)                                      57



Thomson Financial/First Call estimates as of Nov. 29. All other data as of
Nov. 30



Data: Thomson Financial/First Call, Standard & Poor's COMPUSTAT