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Rank Company 500 Rank 2005 - 2010
Annual Rate %
1 Mosaic 346 40.0
2 Cummins 186 39.3
3 Apple 35 35.0
4 Amazon.com 78 30.7
5 Cliffs Natural Resources 477 29.8
6 Dollar Tree 390 28.6
7 AGCO 340 25.0
8 AutoZone 322 24.3
9 Cognizant Technology Solutions 484 23.9
10 DirecTV 110 23.1
11 Cablevision Systems 321 22.7
12 CSX 230 22.5
13 Lubrizol 423 22.4
14 Precision Castparts 409 22.0
15 Deere 98 21.9
16 Occidental Petroleum 129 21.8
17 McDonald's 111 21.3
18 Oracle 96 21.1
19 INTL FCStone 51 21.0
20 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold 136 21.0
21 Express Scripts 55 20.9
22 Estée Lauder 307 20.8
23 Big Lots 453 20.5
24 Oneok 189 20.4
25 Union Pacific 153 20.0
26 BorgWarner 403 19.9
27 Cameron International 375 19.6
28 Goodrich 337 18.6
29 C.H. Robinson Worldwide 265 18.5
30 Global Partners 306 18.4
31 Ross Stores 303 18.2
32 CarMax 311 18.2
33 Yum Brands 214 18.1
34 Steel Dynamics 368 17.8
35 Amerigroup 396 17.7
36 Dick's Sporting Goods 464 17.7
37 Ford Motor 10 17.6
38 Plains All American Pipeline 99 17.5
39 Celanese 388 17.3
40 National Oilwell Varco 202 17.3
41 Medco Health Solutions 34 17.0
42 World Fuel Services 133 17.0
43 Family Dollar Stores 302 17.0
44 Paccar 238 16.9
45 Enbridge Energy Partners 309 16.6
46 AK Steel Holding 383 16.4
47 Nike 135 16.3
48 W.W. Grainger 328 16.3
49 Parker Hannifin 248 16.3
50 Tenneco 386 16.0
Issue date: May 23, 2011
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