100 Best Big Companies |
| Name |
5-Year Total Return % |
Sales ($bil) |
Net Income ($mil) |
Industry |
| ExxonMobil |
19.5 |
455.1 |
49,060 |
Oil & Gas Operations |
| Chevron |
19.6 |
271.4 |
23,911 |
Oil & Gas Operations |
| ConocoPhillips |
15.7 |
233.0 |
19,137 |
Oil & Gas Operations |
| Microsoft |
-1.4 |
61.7 |
17,765 |
Software & Services |
| Toyota Motor |
1.9 |
264.1 |
17,259 |
Consumer Durables |
| Wal-Mart Stores |
1.5 |
403.9 |
13,704 |
Retailing |
| AT&T |
9.2 |
123.3 |
13,599 |
Telecommunications Services |
| Johnson & Johnson |
5.9 |
64.5 |
12,609 |
Drugs & Biotechnology |
| Procter & Gamble |
8.2 |
85.3 |
12,344 |
Household & Personal Products |
| IBM |
-0.8 |
105.5 |
11,864 |
Software & Services |
| Hewlett-Packard |
11.3 |
118.4 |
8,329 |
Technology Hardware & Equip |
| Cisco Systems |
-6.1 |
40.3 |
8,048 |
Technology Hardware & Equip |
| Occidental Petroleum |
26.4 |
26.0 |
7,866 |
Oil & Gas Operations |
| Berkshire Hathaway |
4.4 |
111.2 |
7,824 |
Diversified Financials |
| Intel |
-14.8 |
40.1 |
7,329 |
Semiconductors |
| JPMorgan Chase |
1.2 |
105.2 |
7,293 |
Banking |
| Wells Fargo |
3.7 |
54.1 |
6,750 |
Banking |
| Verizon Commun |
5.3 |
96.5 |
6,265 |
Telecommunications Services |
| Coca-Cola |
2.8 |
32.1 |
6,026 |
Food Drink & Tobacco |
| Devon Energy |
24.8 |
15.7 |
5,984 |
Oil & Gas Operations |
| Oracle |
6.0 |
23.2 |
5,758 |
Software & Services |
| PepsiCo |
5.3 |
42.9 |
5,685 |
Food Drink & Tobacco |
| Schlumberger |
17.8 |
27.0 |
5,668 |
Oil & Gas Operations |
| Honda Motor |
3.1 |
106.1 |
5,304 |
Consumer Durables |
| News Corp |
-10.4 |
33.4 |
5,170 |
Media |
| Google |
28.5 |
20.9 |
5,051 |
Software & Services |
| Apple |
54.6 |
32.5 |
4,834 |
Technology Hardware & Equip |
| Apache |
17.3 |
13.5 |
4,730 |
Oil & Gas Operations |
| United Technologies |
4.3 |
58.9 |
4,604 |
Conglomerates |
| McDonald's |
20.8 |
23.7 |
4,601 |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure |
| Abbott Laboratories |
7.5 |
28.8 |
4,548 |
Drugs & Biotechnology |
| Walt Disney |
0.7 |
37.8 |
4,427 |
Media |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb |
-0.2 |
20.7 |
3,914 |
Drugs & Biotechnology |
| Caterpillar |
3.5 |
50.5 |
3,871 |
Capital Goods |
| 3M |
-1.0 |
26.0 |
3,775 |
Conglomerates |
| US Bancorp |
4.1 |
19.8 |
3,558 |
Banking |
| MetLife |
-1.2 |
50.9 |
3,342 |
Insurance |
| Kraft Foods |
-0.1 |
41.8 |
3,323 |
Food Drink & Tobacco |
| Lockheed Martin |
12.8 |
42.4 |
3,193 |
Aerospace & Defense |
| Travelers Cos |
5.9 |
25.2 |
3,186 |
Insurance |
| Ingersoll-Rand |
-11.3 |
11.9 |
3,184 |
Capital Goods |
| EI du Pont de Nemours |
-6.4 |
33.0 |
3,181 |
Chemicals |
| Genentech |
12.7 |
12.7 |
3,126 |
Drugs & Biotechnology |
| CVS Caremark |
9.8 |
85.3 |
3,074 |
Retailing |
| Mosaic |
33.1 |
12.1 |
2,962 |
Chemicals |
| Hess |
29.2 |
43.3 |
2,944 |
Oil & Gas Operations |
| Panasonic |
-0.6 |
90.9 |
2,824 |
Technology Hardware & Equip |
| Honeywell |
0.9 |
37.1 |
2,774 |
Conglomerates |
| Comcast |
-3.6 |
33.5 |
2,737 |
Media |
| Texas Instruments |
-11.5 |
13.6 |
2,569 |
Semiconductors |
| General Dynamics |
6.6 |
29.0 |
2,426 |
Aerospace & Defense |
| Emerson Electric |
5.8 |
24.8 |
2,412 |
Conglomerates |
| Archer Daniels |
15.5 |
78.1 |
2,411 |
Food Drink & Tobacco |
| EOG Resources |
32.8 |
6.6 |
2,337 |
Oil & Gas Operations |
| Union Pacific |
11.3 |
17.9 |
2,168 |
Transportation |
| Walgreen |
-6.9 |
59.0 |
2,157 |
Retailing |
| Nucor |
24.3 |
23.9 |
2,090 |
Materials |
| Bank of New York |
1.1 |
17.8 |
2,058 |
Banking |
| Chubb |
11.8 |
13.7 |
2,047 |
Insurance |
| XTO Energy |
27.6 |
7.3 |
2,025 |
Oil & Gas Operations |
| Monsanto |
43.8 |
11.4 |
2,024 |
Chemicals |
| Burlington Santa Fe |
22.5 |
17.9 |
2,017 |
Transportation |
| Ebay |
-14.0 |
8.7 |
1,943 |
Retailing |
| Baxter International |
15.7 |
12.2 |
1,923 |
Health Care Equipment & Svcs |
| Colgate-Palmolive |
6.6 |
15.3 |
1,875 |
Household & Personal Products |
| US Steel |
5.1 |
23.8 |
1,857 |
Materials |
| Raytheon |
14.3 |
23.1 |
1,849 |
Aerospace & Defense |
| Gilead Sciences |
25.0 |
5.0 |
1,845 |
Drugs & Biotechnology |
| NIKE |
11.1 |
19.4 |
1,824 |
Household & Personal Products |
| Murphy Oil |
9.2 |
28.7 |
1,819 |
Oil & Gas Operations |
| Barrick Gold |
6.7 |
7.7 |
1,790 |
Materials |
| Southern Co |
9.2 |
16.7 |
1,760 |
Utilities |
| ACE Ltd |
9.5 |
14.0 |
1,749 |
Insurance |
| National Oilwell Varco |
24.0 |
12.3 |
1,744 |
Oil & Gas Operations |
| Accenture |
5.5 |
23.4 |
1,692 |
Software & Services |
| Aon |
17.8 |
7.7 |
1,675 |
Insurance |
| Norfolk Southern |
20.1 |
10.6 |
1,663 |
Transportation |
| BB&T |
-1.0 |
10.6 |
1,625 |
Banking |
| Baker Hughes |
4.8 |
11.4 |
1,604 |
Oil & Gas Operations |
| Franklin Resources |
6.1 |
6.0 |
1,588 |
Diversified Financials |
| EMC |
-5.1 |
14.7 |
1,583 |
Technology Hardware & Equip |
| DirecTV Group |
5.8 |
19.3 |
1,537 |
Media |
| Williams Cos |
12.8 |
12.7 |
1,528 |
Utilities |
| Bunge |
9.4 |
54.1 |
1,519 |
Food Drink & Tobacco |
| Noble Corp |
9.6 |
3.4 |
1,490 |
Oil & Gas Operations |
| FPL Group |
12.5 |
16.1 |
1,456 |
Utilities |
| Aflac |
6.6 |
16.3 |
1,440 |
Insurance |
| Noble Energy |
22.1 |
4.3 |
1,345 |
Oil & Gas Operations |
| Weatherford Intl |
9.3 |
9.2 |
1,337 |
Oil & Gas Operations |
| Danaher |
6.1 |
12.7 |
1,332 |
Conglomerates |
| Praxair |
12.3 |
10.9 |
1,327 |
Chemicals |
| PNC Financial Services |
3.1 |
10.0 |
1,308 |
Banking |
| General Mills |
9.9 |
14.1 |
1,284 |
Food Drink & Tobacco |
| Costco Wholesale |
8.5 |
72.5 |
1,283 |
Retailing |
| FirstEnergy |
15.0 |
13.5 |
1,278 |
Utilities |
| Entergy |
13.2 |
12.8 |
1,265 |
Utilities |
| Consolidated Edison |
5.3 |
13.6 |
1,254 |
Utilities |
| Kroger |
8.7 |
74.5 |
1,240 |
Food Markets |
| Charles Schwab |
11.6 |
5.5 |
1,212 |
Diversified Financials |
| Automatic Data |
5.5 |
9.0 |
1,199 |
Business Services & Supplies |
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