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Top companies: Most profitable
1 Crown Holdings 325 3,520.0
2 Western Union 473 1,690.9
3 Qwest Communications 187 518.1
4 Clorox 474 293.0
5 Embarq 381 258.7
6 Dean Foods 224 256.2
7 AutoZone 394 147.7
8 DISH Network 240 118.1
9 Rockwell Automation 450 85.4
10 Express Scripts 135 81.5
11 Yum Brands 253 79.8
12 Dell 34 78.9
13 Colgate-Palmolive 186 76.0
14 Avon Products 265 74.6
15 Anheuser-Busch 149 67.1
16 Federal-Mogul 355 66.5
17 Campbell Soup 320 65.9
18 Charles Schwab 402 64.5
19 Nordstrom 299 64.1
20 McGraw-Hill 362 63.1
21 Owens-Illinois 314 61.3
22 Pitney Bowes 399 57.0
23 Holly 484 56.3
24 Trane 241 53.2
25 Altria Group 61 52.7
26 Halliburton 167 51.0
27 Marriott International 197 48.7
28 Frontier Oil 462 48.1
29 Microsoft 44 45.2
30 Boeing 27 45.2
31 AK Steel Holding 351 44.3
32 Kellogg 227 43.7
33 H.J. Heinz 293 42.7
34 Celanese 367 40.1
35 Caterpillar 50 39.9
36 Amazon.com 171 39.8
37 CB Richard Ellis Group 404 39.5
38 Wesco International 408 39.5
39 Harley-Davidson 397 39.3
40 Winn-Dixie Stores 347 37.7
41 Estee Lauder 349 37.5
42 International Business Machines 15 36.6
43 American Express 75 36.4
44 TJX 132 36.2
45 Hershey 471 36.1
46 Black & Decker 372 35.5
47 Sunoco 56 35.2
48 Kimberly-Clark 136 34.9
49 3M 100 34.9
50 Sherwin-Williams 316 34.5
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