FORTUNE 500 2006
Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations
Full list
801 Gilead Sciences (GILD) 2,028.4 813.9
802 Vectren (VVC) 2,028.0 136.8
803 Southern Union (SUG) 2,019.4 20.7
804 Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 2,010.5 192.7
805 Amerco (UHAL) 2,008.1 89.4
806 Spansion (SPSN) 2,002.8 -304.1
807 Perot Systems (PER) 1,998.3 111.1
808 Sequa (SQAA) 1,997.6 27.3
809 Quanex (NX) 1,996.9 155.2
810 Petco Animal Supplies (PETC) 1,996.1 75.2
811 Packaging Corp. of America (PKG) 1,993.7 52.6
812 Intl. Flavors & Frag. (IFF) 1,993.4 193.1
813 Spherion (SFN) 1,992.1 12.0
814 Movie Gallery (MOVI) 1,987.3 -552.7
815 American Power Conversion (APCC) 1,979.5 144.1
816 Werner Enterprises (WERN) 1,971.8 98.5
817 Adobe Systems (ADBE) 1,966.3 602.8
818 SkyWest (SKYW) 1,964.0 112.3
819 Andrew (ANDW) 1,961.2 38.9
820 Nortek 1,959.2 80.5
821 Univision Communications (UVN) 1,952.5 187.2
822 Texas Industries (TXI) 1,951.2 124.5
823 Hillenbrand Industries (HB) 1,942.3 -94.1
824 Terra Industries (TRA) 1,939.1 22.1
825 American Greetings (AM) 1,933.7 95.3
826 Select Medical (SEM) 1,928.5 -14.7
827 Joy Global (JOYG) 1,927.5 148.0
828 Chiron (CHIR) 1,919.7 180.5
829 LSI Logic (LSI) 1,919.3 -5.6
830 National Semiconductor (NSM) 1,913.1 415.3
831 Scientific-Atlanta 1,910.9 210.8
832 Phillips-Van Heusen (PVH) 1,908.8 111.7
833 CF Industries (CF) 1,908.4 -39.0
834 LifePoint Hospitals (LPNT) 1,903.2 72.9
835 Pall (PLL) 1,902.3 140.8
836 Pier 1 Imports (PIR) 1,897.9 60.5
837 Commerce Group (CGI) 1,884.4 243.9
838 Tellabs (TLAB) 1,883.4 175.8
839 Jo Ann Stores (JAS) 1,882.8 -23.0
840 ProLogis (PLD) 1,882.3 396.2
841 Biomet (BMET) 1,880.0 351.6
842 WellCare Health Plans (WCG) 1,879.5 51.9
843 Polaris Industries (PII) 1,873.7 143.3
844 Maverick Tube (MVK) 1,868.2 172.3
845 Rush Enterprises (RUSHB) 1,864.8 44.6
846 Medical Mutual of Ohio 1,860.4 63.4
847 Arkansas Best (ABFS) 1,860.3 104.6
848 Pacer International (PACR) 1,860.1 50.9
849 Quanta Services (PWR) 1,858.6 29.6
850 William Lyon Homes (WLS) 1,856.4 190.6
851 Tecumseh Products (TECUB) 1,847.0 -223.5
852 Applera (ABI) 1,845.1 159.8
853 Ferrellgas Partners (FGP) 1,843.5 88.8
854 Sunrise Senior Living (SRZ) 1,819.5 79.7
855 Magellan Health Svcs. (MGLN) 1,808.4 130.6
856 Amphenol (APH) 1,808.1 206.3
857 AMC Entertainment (AEN) 1,806.6 -70.6
858 Nextel Partners (NXTP) 1,801.7 605.4
859 UST (UST) 1,801.4 534.3
860 Cabela's 1,799.7 72.6
861 Superior Essex (SPSX) 1,795.0 31.9
862 Guitar Center (GTRC) 1,782.5 76.7
863 Quiksilver (ZQK) 1,780.9 107.1
864 Toro (TTC) 1,779.4 114.1
865 King Pharmaceuticals (KG) 1,774.7 117.8
866 C.R. Bard (BCR) 1,771.3 337.1
867 Dow Jones (DJ) 1,769.7 60.4
868 Symbol Technologies (SBL) 1,765.6 32.2
869 Indymac Bancorp (NDE) 1,765.3 300.2
870 Newfield Exploration (NFX) 1,762.0 348.0
871 Piedmont Natural Gas (PNY) 1,761.1 101.3
872 IMS Health (RX) 1,754.8 284.1
873 Deluxe (DLX) 1,749.5 157.5
874 Cenveo (CVO) 1,749.4 -135.1
875 Marsh Supermarkets (MARSA) 1,747.4 4.2
876 NII Holdings (NIHD) 1,745.8 181.0
877 Las Vegas Sands (LVS) 1,740.9 283.7
878 Cleveland-Cliffs 1,739.5 277.6
879 Service Corp. Intl. (SCI) 1,738.5 -126.7
880 NBTY (NTY) 1,737.2 78.1
881 Church & Dwight (CHD) 1,736.5 122.9
882 JLG Industries (JLG) 1,735.0 57.2
883 Rock-Tenn (RKT) 1,733.5 17.6
884 Perini (PCR) 1,733.5 4.0
885 Moody's (MCO) 1,731.6 560.8
886 Mueller Industries (MLI) 1,729.9 92.5
887 Men's Wearhouse (MW) 1,724.9 103.9
888 Applied Ind. Technologies (AIT) 1,717.1 55.3
889 Flowers Foods (FLO) 1,715.9 61.2
890 Dentsply International (XRAY) 1,715.1 45.4
891 Southwest Gas (SWX) 1,714.3 43.8
892 Mutual of America Life 1,713.0 117.2
893 Coach (COH) 1,710.4 388.7
894 Ohio Casualty (OCAS) 1,702.4 212.7
895 Metal Management (MTLM) 1,702.0 92.3
896 Jetblue Airways (JBLU) 1,701.3 -20.3
897 PerkinElmer (PKI) 1,697.8 268.1
898 Selective Insurance Group (SIGI) 1,696.8 148.5
899 Thomas & Betts (TNB) 1,695.4 113.4
900 Genesis HealthCare (GHCI) 1,694.2 42.2
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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