FORTUNE 500 2006
Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations
Full list
701 New Century Financial (NEW) 2,443.1 416.5
702 Solo Cup 2,437.7 -8.2
703 Stewart Information Services (STC) 2,430.6 88.8
704 Aleris International (ARS) 2,429.0 74.3
705 Greif (GEF) 2,424.3 104.7
706 Biogen Idec (BIIB) 2,422.5 160.7
707 Patterson (PDCO) 2,421.5 183.7
708 Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) 2,417.1 534.6
709 Airgas (ARG) 2,411.4 92.0
710 Hayes Lemmerz (HAYZ) 2,405.0 -131.4
711 Reader's Digest Assn. (RDA) 2,389.7 -90.9
712 Analog Devices (ADI) 2,388.8 414.8
713 Furniture Brands Intl. (FBN) 2,386.8 61.4
714 Graphic Packaging 2,384.0 -91.1
715 Zale (ZLC) 2,383.1 106.8
716 General Cable (BGC) 2,380.8 39.2
717 International Game Technology (IGT) 2,379.4 436.5
718 Nvidia (NVDA) 2,375.7 302.6
719 Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) 2,369.3 100.6
720 Snap-On (SNA) 2,362.2 92.9
721 Corn Products Intl. (CPO) 2,360.4 89.6
722 Spectrum Brands (ROV) 2,359.4 46.8
723 Olin (OLN) 2,357.7 133.3
724 Manitowoc (MTW) 2,356.5 65.8
725 Kellwood (KWD) 2,351.4 -38.1
726 Zions Bancorp (ZION) 2,349.1 480.1
727 Tiffany (TIF) 2,346.8 321.0
728 Dura Automotive Systems (DRRA) 2,344.1 1.8
729 Rent A Center (RCII) 2,339.1 135.7
730 Builders FirstSource (BLDR) 2,337.8 48.6
731 StanCorp Financial (SFG) 2,337.2 211.1
732 Amerigroup (AGP) 2,329.9 53.7
733 Sentry Insurance Group 2,328.6 247.5
734 Allergan (AGN) 2,319.2 403.9
735 Brown-Forman (BFB) 2,312.0 308.0
736 American Eagle Outfitters (AEOS) 2,309.8 294.2
737 SanDisk (SNDK) 2,306.1 386.4
738 Gold Kist 2,304.3 112.2
739 Kennametal (KMT) 2,304.2 119.3
740 Vishay Intertechnology (VSH) 2,296.5 62.3
741 Brown Shoe (BWS) 2,292.1 41.0
742 MBIA (MBI) 2,284.9 711.0
743 Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) 2,274.0 412.1
744 Ingles Markets (IMKTA) 2,273.9 26.6
745 Georgia Gulf (GGC) 2,273.7 95.5
746 Adams Resources & Engy. (AE) 2,269.7 12.2
747 Vanguard Health Systems 2,268.9 -78.1
748 Minnesota Life Ins. 2,268.5 185.3
749 Benchmark Electronics (BHE) 2,257.2 80.6
750 Apollo Group (APOL) 2,251.5 444.7
751 Brightpoint (CELL) 2,243.7 10.4
752 Pep Boys (PBY) 2,237.0 -37.5
753 Boyd Gaming (BYD) 2,223.0 144.6
754 Weis Markets (WMK) 2,222.6 63.4
755 Hawaiian Electric Inds. (HE) 2,215.6 126.7
756 Massey Energy (MEE) 2,204.3 -101.6
757 Compass Bancshares (CBSS) 2,203.8 401.8
758 Markel (MKL) 2,200.1 147.9
759 Regis (RGS) 2,194.3 64.6
760 Aquila (ILA) 2,194.0 -230.0
761 Noble Energy (NBL) 2,186.7 645.7
762 WGL Holdings 2,186.3 103.5
763 Steel Dynamics (STLD) 2,184.9 221.8
764 Metaldyne 2,180.1 -20.9
765 J.M. Smucker (SJM) 2,179.5 129.1
766 Volt Info. Sciences (VOL) 2,177.6 17.0
767 Acuity Brands (AYI) 2,172.9 52.2
768 Citizens Communications (CZN) 2,167.1 202.4
769 Raymond James Financial (RJF) 2,157.0 151.0
770 Cooper Tire & Rubber (CTB) 2,155.2 -9.4
771 FMC (FMC) 2,150.2 116.6
772 Cabot (CBT) 2,125.0 -48.0
773 UICI (UCI) 2,123.2 203.5
774 Protective Life (PL) 2,109.2 246.6
775 Commerce Bancorp (CBH) 2,108.0 282.9
776 Albemarle (ALB) 2,107.5 114.9
777 Hubbell (HUBB) 2,104.9 165.1
778 Amkor Technology (AMKR) 2,099.9 -136.9
779 Intuit (INTU) 2,098.5 381.6
780 KLA-Tencor (KLAC) 2,085.2 466.7
781 Quintiles Transnational 2,082.4 -5.5
782 Scholastic (SCHL) 2,079.9 64.3
783 Iron Mountain (IRM) 2,078.2 111.1
784 Systemax (SYX) 2,077.5 11.6
785 PNM Resources (PNM) 2,076.8 67.2
786 AnnTaylor Stores (ANN) 2,073.1 81.9
787 Hercules (HPC) 2,068.8 -41.1
788 Tractor Supply (TSCO) 2,068.0 85.7
789 Juniper Networks (JNPR) 2,064.0 354.0
790 Crane (CR) 2,061.2 136.0
791 United Natural Foods (UNFI) 2,059.6 41.6
792 Walter Industries (WLT) 2,054.1 7.0
793 Equity Residential (EQR) 2,049.1 861.8
794 La-Z-Boy (LZB) 2,048.4 37.2
795 National Fuel Gas (NFG) 2,048.0 189.5
796 O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY) 2,045.3 164.3
797 Spartan Stores (SPTN) 2,043.2 18.8
798 True Value 2,043.0 47.6
799 Pride International (PDE) 2,034.6 128.6
800 Career Education (CECO) 2,034.6 233.9
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
Most profitable companies
Exxon Mobil 36,130.0
Citigroup 24,589.0
Bank of America Corp. 16,465.0
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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