THE 2005 FORTUNE 500
Company Highlights FORTUNE 500


Full List | Companies | CEOs | Industries | States | Top Performers | Arrivals | Exits | 50/50
Custom Rank | Women | Best Employers | Diversity | Losers | 1955-2004 | Climbers


TOP COMPANIES: Best Investments: Total Return to Shareholders (1 Year)
Rank Company 500 Revenues Rank 2004 %
1 Owens Corning 349 1,019.0
2 Kmart Holding 113 313.2
3 Wesco International 489 234.9
4 Apple Computer 263 201.4
5 AK Steel Holding 376 183.7
6 TXU 195 176.3
7 Tenneco Automotive 453 157.7
8 USG 433 143.0
9 Tesoro 177 118.7
10 Valero Energy 22 97.5
11 Monsanto 357 96.0
12 Peabody Energy 497 95.8
13 MGM Mirage 449 93.4
14 Owens-Illinois 292 90.5
15 Nucor 189 89.2
16 Pilgrim's Pride 364 88.3
17 Starbucks 372 88.1
18 Goodyear Tire & Rubber 120 86.5
19 Caesars Entertainment 401 86.0
20 Reliant Energy 250 85.5
21 Aetna 108 84.7
22 Black & Decker 359 81.3
23 Lyondell Chemical 338 79.0
24 NCR 337 78.4
25 Brink's 409 75.4
26 Cummins 257 74.5
27 Toll Brothers 477 72.6
28 Nash Finch 476 72.5
29 Commercial Metals 404 68.1
30 Terex 417 67.3
31 PacifiCare Health Sys. 172 67.2
32 Williams 165 66.8
33 Starwood Hotels & Rsrts. 440 66.0
34 NVR 444 65.1
35 Dillard's 274 64.6
36 Sunoco 82 62.6
37 Premcor 136 62.3
38 Toys `R` Us 192 61.9
39 Federal-Mogul 326 60.0
40 J.C. Penney 74 59.9
41 Burlington Resources 353 58.5
42 Qualcomm 398 57.9
43 Amerada Hess 126 57.6
44 Brunswick 377 57.5
45 Caremark Rx 73 55.7
46 Circuit City Stores 231 55.3
47 Sprint 67 55.2
48 Norfolk Southern 286 55.1
49 WellChoice 342 54.8
50 Laidlaw International 419 54.7

Full List | Companies | CEOs | Industries | States | Top Performers | Arrivals | Exits | 50/50
Custom Rank | Women | Best Employers | Diversity | Losers | 1955-2004 | Climbers


From the April 18, 2005 Issue