FORTUNE 500

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Rank	Company	Fortune 500 rank	$ millions	% change from 2010	$ millions	% change from 2010
			Revenues		Profits
1	Illinois Tool Works	149	18,256.8	15.0	2,071.4	35.6
2	Eaton	163	16,049.0	17.0	1,350.0	45.3
3	Parker Hannifin	216	12,345.9	23.5	1,049.1	89.4
4	Dover	304	8,501.9	19.0	895.2	27.9
5	SPX	446	5,461.9	11.6	180.6	-12.2
6	Timken	470	5,170.2	27.5	454.3	65.3

Rank	Company	Revenues %	Assets %	Stockholders' Equity %
1	Illinois Tool Works	11.3	11.5	20.7
2	Eaton	8.4	7.6	18.1
3	Parker Hannifin	8.5	9.6	19.5
4	Dover	10.5	9.4	18.2
5	SPX	3.3	2.4	8.1
6	Timken	8.8	10.4	22.4

		Earnings Per Share	Total Return to Investors		Employees
Rank	Company	2001-2011 Annual growth (%)	2001-2011 Annual rate (%)	2011 (%)	Number	% change from 2010
1	Illinois Tool Works	12.3	5.3	-10.2	65,000	6.6
2	Eaton	20.7	11.7	-11.6	73,000	4.3
3	Parker Hannifin	12.4	11.3	-10.0	58,400	6.6
4	Dover	14.5	6.6	1.4	34,000	6.2
5	SPX	4.2	0.1	-14.4	18,000	16.1
6	Timken	N.A.	11.7	-17.4	20,954	5.6

Issue date: May 21, 2012

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Chevron	$26,895.0
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