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Rank Company 500 Rank 2000 - 2010
Annual Rate %
1 Apple 35 45.8
2 Cliffs Natural Resources 477 41.1
3 Cognizant Technology Solutions 484 37.5
4 World Fuel Services 133 36.6
5 Holly 289 35.4
6 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold 136 33.4
7 PetSmart 400 30.7
8 Cummins 186 30.4
9 Western Digital 251 30.1
10 Tenneco 386 29.9
11 Seaboard 500 29.6
12 Frontier Oil 389 27.9
13 Amazon.com 78 27.7
14 Jarden 379 26.4
15 Occidental Petroleum 129 26.2
16 AutoZone 322 25.3
17 INTL FCStone 51 23.8
18 Express Scripts 55 23.8
19 General Cable 465 23.5
20 Ross Stores 303 23.4
21 Paccar 238 23.2
22 BorgWarner 403 23.0
23 Steel Dynamics 368 22.3
24 Wesco International 443 22.0
25 Commercial Metals 361 21.8
26 Gilead Sciences 299 21.5
27 Precision Castparts 409 21.1
28 Plains All American Pipeline 99 21.0
29 Yum Brands 214 20.8
30 Ball 300 20.5
31 Autoliv 329 20.1
32 DaVita 359 19.8
33 Universal American 401 19.5
34 CSX 230 19.2
35 C.H. Robinson Worldwide 265 19.2
36 Nucor 157 19.2
37 Murphy Oil 113 19.0
38 Penske Automotive Group 228 19.0
39 Norfolk Southern 261 18.9
40 Nordstrom 254 18.7
41 Owens-Illinois 345 18.4
42 Lubrizol 423 18.4
43 UGI 407 18.3
44 Johnson Controls 76 18.0
45 Phillips-Van Heusen 479 17.8
46 Polo Ralph Lauren 451 17.8
47 Praxair 241 17.7
48 Reynolds American 284 17.7
48 Caterpillar 58 17.7
50 Rockwell Automation 466 17.4
Issue date: May 23, 2011
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New York 57
California 53
Texas 51
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Microsoft 38
Goldman Sachs 54
Intel 56
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AT&T $19,864.0
Chevron $19,024.0
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