FORTUNE 500 2006
Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations
Companies
157 Paccar 14,057
848 Pacer International 1,860
441 Pacific Life 4,840
811 Packaging Corp. of America 1,994
548 Pactiv 3,451
835 Pall 1,902
511 Pantry 3,827
279 Parker Hannifin 8,271
497 Pathmark Stores 3,981
707 Patterson 2,422
991 Paychex 1,445
654 Payless Shoesource 2,667
992 PC Connection 1,444
453 Peabody Energy 4,645
975 Penn National Gaming 1,492
118 J.C. Penney 18,781
626 Pentair 2,947
669 Peoples Energy 2,600
752 Pep Boys 2,237
283 Pepco Holdings 8,066
192 Pepsi Bottling 11,885
520 PepsiAmericas 3,726
61 PepsiCo 32,562
349 Performance Food Group 6,232
884 Perini 1,734
897 PerkinElmer 1,698
807 Perot Systems 1,998
810 Petco Animal Supplies 1,996
483 Peter Kiewit Sons' 4,145
518 PetSmart 3,761
31 Pfizer 51,353
200 PG&E Corp. 11,703
260 Phelps Dodge 9,030
832 Phillips-Van Heusen 1,909
666 Phoenix 2,609
871 Piedmont Natural Gas 1,761
836 Pier 1 Imports 1,898
382 Pilgrim's Pride 5,666
600 Pinnacle West Capital 3,092
708 Pioneer Natural Resources 2,417
394 Pitney Bowes 5,492
65 Plains All Amer. Pipeline 31,177
937 Plum Creek Timber 1,576
290 PNC Financial Services Group 7,896
785 PNM Resources 2,077
978 Pogo Producing 1,479
843 Polaris Industries 1,874
567 Polo Ralph Lauren 3,305
674 PolyOne 2,570
547 Popular 3,451
972 Potlatch 1,496
232 PPG Industries 10,201
350 PPL 6,219
297 Praxair 7,656
579 Precision Castparts 3,213
799 Pride International 2,035
261 Principal Financial 9,010
24 Procter & Gamble 56,741
222 Progress Energy 10,646
153 Progressive 14,303
840 ProLogis 1,882
774 Protective Life 2,109
64 Prudential Financial 31,708
980 PSS World Medical 1,474
178 Public Service Enterprise Group 12,661
104 Publix Super Markets 20,745
623 Puget Energy 2,967
147 Pulte Homes 14,896
From the April 17th, 2006 issue
How the states stack up
Texas 56
New York 55
California 52
Best employers
These companies appear on both the FORTUNE 500 and our 2006 ranking of the Best Companies to Work For.
FedEx 212,241
Intel 48,655
Starbucks 91,056
Best investments
Best Investments By Industry: Total Return to Shareholders (1 Year)
Petroleum Refining 60.7%
Mining, Crude-Oil Production 53.6%
Oil and Gas Equipment, Services 51.6%
Women CEOs of FORTUNE 500 companies
Andrea JungThere are more women running FORTUNE 500 companies this year than there were last year. Currently, 10 FORTUNE 500 companies are run by women (up from 9 last year), and a total of 20 FORTUNE 1000 companies have women in the top job (up from 19). (more)

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