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1 World Fuel Services 188 13,729.6 27.3 64.8 1.3
2 Genuine Parts 243 10,843.2 3.7 506.3 6.5
3 Reliance Steel & Aluminum 345 7,265.6 26.4 408.0 15.1
4 W.W. Grainger 377 6,418.0 9.1 420.1 9.6
5 Wesco International 408 6,003.5 12.8 240.6 10.7
6 Anixter International 418 5,852.9 18.5 253.5 21.1
7 Graybar Electric 455 5,258.3 5.0 83.4 45.4
8 BlueLinx Holdings 568 3,833.9 -21.7 -27.9 -276.5
9 VWR Funding 598 3,522.0 8.1 -74.6 -208.6
10 Airgas 640 3,205.1 12.0 154.4 25.0
11 Andersons 795 2,379.1 63.2 68.8 89.2
12 Applied Industrial Technologies 895 2,014.1 6.0 86.0 19.0
13 Pool 911 1,928.4 1.0 69.4 -27.0
14 Metals USA Holdings 930 1,845.3 2.4 13.9 -64.9
15 Watsco 953 1,770.5 -1.7 65.6 -20.4
16 MSC Industrial Direct 975 1,688.2 28.1 173.9 27.5
17 Beacon Roofing Supply 994 1,645.8 9.7 25.3 -48.7
1 World Fuel Services 0.5 3.6 13.4
2 Genuine Parts 4.7 10.6 18.6
3 Reliance Steel & Aluminum 5.6 10.2 19.4
4 W.W. Grainger 6.5 13.6 20.0
5 Wesco International 4.0 8.4 39.5
6 Anixter International 4.3 8.4 24.2
7 Graybar Electric 1.6 5.4 17.4
8 BlueLinx Holdings -0.7 -3.2 -18.0
9 VWR Funding -2.1 -1.3 -5.3
10 Airgas 4.8 4.6 13.7
11 Andersons 2.9 5.2 20.0
12 Applied Industrial Technologies 4.3 11.1 19.1
13 Pool 3.6 8.5 33.2
14 Metals USA Holdings 0.8 1.4 N.A.
15 Watsco 3.7 8.8 11.9
16 MSC Industrial Direct 10.3 16.2 23.9
17 Beacon Roofing Supply 1.5 2.5 7.8
1 World Fuel Services 15.2 12.1 -34.5 916 23.3
2 Genuine Parts 4.6 6.8 0.5 32,000 0.0
3 Reliance Steel & Aluminum 22.3 19.5 38.5 9,260 7.7
4 W.W. Grainger 8.1 7.7 27.1 16,884 6.2
5 Wesco International 0.0 0.0 -32.6 7,300 2.8
6 Anixter International 20.2 16.0 14.7 8,000 6.7
7 Graybar Electric 4.9 0.0 0.0 8,600 2.4
8 BlueLinx Holdings 0.0 0.0 -59.4 2,800 -15.2
9 VWR Funding 0.0 0.0 0.0 6,650 5.6
10 Airgas 18.9 14.5 29.5 11,500 11.7
11 Andersons 31.1 28.2 6.2 2,177 5.2
12 Applied Industrial Technologies 11.7 11.9 12.4 4,635 -1.0
13 Pool 25.5 23.3 -48.6 3,500 -2.8
14 Metals USA Holdings 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,705 -6.7
15 Watsco 13.3 9.7 -19.9 3,600 9.1
16 MSC Industrial Direct 17.2 7.8 4.9 3,872 4.9
17 Beacon Roofing Supply 0.0 0.0 -55.3 2,708 2.5
From the May 5, 2008 issue
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