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1955-2005
Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations
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Google, eBay and Yahoo are three of the companies that rocketed up the list this year, while AMD, RadioShack and IAC/InteractiveCorp watched their rankings fall.
50 that climbed
50 that stumbled
Company
500 Rank
2006 Rank
Rank gain
Avis Budget Group
405
114
-291
First Data
331
224
-107
Visteon
219
128
-91
Clear Channel Communications
330
252
-78
Winn-Dixie Stores
305
231
-74
BlueLinx Holdings
456
387
-69
Calpine
344
275
-69
Agilent Technologies
387
319
-68
Pilgrim's Pride
432
382
-50
Jones Apparel Group
470
425
-45
Blockbuster
410
366
-44
Performance Food Group
393
349
-44
RadioShack
466
423
-43
Erie Insurance Group
463
421
-42
Advanced Micro Devices
407
367
-40
Plains All Amer. Pipeline
103
65
-38
SCANA
483
447
-36
Northeast Utilities
337
304
-33
IAC/InterActiveCorp
345
313
-32
ONEOK
208
176
-32
Sanmina-SCI
230
198
-32
KeySpan
326
295
-31
NiSource
320
289
-31
Williams
211
180
-31
ConAgra Foods
173
143
-30
Dean Foods
246
216
-30
Energy East
434
405
-29
Smurfit-Stone Container
303
274
-29
FirstEnergy
212
184
-28
Land O'Lakes
329
301
-28
MeadWestvaco
350
322
-28
Unisys
400
372
-28
Asbury Automotive Group
391
364
-27
Eastman Kodak
182
155
-27
Lexmark International
442
415
-27
Lucent Technologies
282
255
-27
Black & Decker
356
330
-26
CenterPoint Energy
270
244
-26
Duke Energy
143
117
-26
Autoliv
376
351
-25
SPX
471
446
-25
Tribune
413
388
-25
MDC Holdings
461
437
-24
Safeco
363
339
-24
Pulte Homes
170
147
-23
Ryland Group
467
444
-23
AGCO
421
399
-22
Computer Sciences
163
141
-22
OfficeMax
280
258
-22
Tenet Healthcare
258
236
-22
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Best Companies Rank
Valero Energy
22
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36
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68
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Company
2006 Profits ($ millions)
Exxon Mobil
39,500
UAL
22,876
Citigroup
21,538
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Best investments
Best Investments By Industry: Total Return to Shareholders (1 Year)
Industry
Total Return to
Shareholders (2006)
Metals
70.0
Airlines
59.2
Telecommunications
48.1
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