(FORTUNE Magazine) – Fastest-growing industries In a year of high energy prices, it's no surprise that crude-oil producers gushed revenues, but check out the growth in profits and you'll see why it's called liquid gold. GROWTH IN REVENUES RANK 2000 %

1 ENERGY 83.7 2 PIPELINES 71.8 3 SEMICONDUCTORS, OTHER 65.5 4 MINING, CRUDE-OIL PRODUCTION 52.9 5 PETROLEUM REFINING 51.2 6 ENTERTAINMENT 49.3 7 UTILITIES: GAS AND ELECTRIC 34.3 8 NETWORK, OTHER COMMUN. EQUIP. 33.8 9 SECURITIES 32.1 10 AUTOMOTIVE RETAILING, SERVICES 27.3 11 DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS 23.6 12 WHOLESALERS: ELCTRON., OFF. EQUIP. 20.2 13 WHOLESALERS: HEALTH CARE 19.0 14 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 18.5 15 METALS 17.1 16 ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION 15.5 17 FOREST AND PAPER PRODUCTS 14.8 18 HOTELS, CASINOS, RESORTS 14.8 19 SPECIALTY RETAILERS 14.5 20 COMMERCIAL BANKS 14.4 21 FOOD AND DRUG STORES 10.8 22 WHOLESALERS: FOOD AND GROCERY 10.8 23 CHEMICALS 10.2 24 COMPUTERS, OFFICE EQUIPMENT 10.0 25 PUBLISHING, PRINTING 9.4 26 WHOLESALERS: DIVERSIFIED 8.7 27 INSURANCE: P&C (STOCK) 8.4 28 FOOD PRODUCTION 8.2 29 DIVERSIFIED OUTSOURCING SERVICES 8.1 30 AIRLINES 7.9 31 PHARMACEUTICALS 7.8 32 METAL PRODUCTS 7.1 33 COMPUTER AND DATA SERVICES 7.0 34 MAIL, PACKAGE, FREIGHT DELIVERY 6.6 35 ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL EQUIP. 6.5 36 MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS 6.3 37 INDUSTRIAL AND FARM EQUIPMENT 5.9 38 SOAPS, COSMETICS 4.8 39 HEALTH CARE 4.6 40 INSURANCE: LIFE, HEALTH (STOCK) 3.6 41 COMPUTER PERIPHERALS 3.4 42 RAILROADS 3.3 43 FOOD CONSUMER PRODUCTS 3.2 44 GENERAL MERCHANDISERS 3.1 45 SCIENTIFIC, PHOTO, CONTROL EQUIP. 3.1 46 BEVERAGES 2.8 47 AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE (0.1) 48 BUILDING MATERIALS, GLASS (0.8) THE 500 MEDIAN 11.1

GROWTH IN PROFITS

1 YEAR 2000 % growth RANK in profits

1 MINING, CRUDE-OIL PRODUCTION 473.9 2 PETROLEUM REFINING 148.0 3 PIPELINES 73.2 4 SEMICONDUCTORS, OTHER 64.2 5 WHOLESALERS: HEALTH CARE 46.8 6 NETWORK, OTHER COMMUN. EQUIP. 46.0 7 METALS 40.8 8 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 36.2 9 DIVERSIFIED OUTSOURCING SERVICES 23.5 10 ENERGY 23.3 11 WHOLESALERS: FOOD AND GROCERY 23.0 12 AUTOMOTIVE RETAILING, SERVICES 21.8 13 FOREST AND PAPER PRODUCTS 20.2 14 COMPUTER AND DATA SERVICES 19.4 15 DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS 18.8 16 SECURITIES 18.4 17 ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION 16.7 18 FOOD AND DRUG STORES 16.1 19 HOTELS, CASINOS, RESORTS 16.0 20 SOAPS, COSMETICS 15.1 21 HEALTH CARE 14.9 22 PHARMACEUTICALS 14.8 23 INSURANCE: LIFE, HEALTH (STOCK) 14.5 24 INDUSTRIAL AND FARM EQUIPMENT 13.4 25 WHOLESALERS: ELCTRON., OFF. EQUIP. 10.5 26 BEVERAGES 8.6 27 ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL EQUIP. 7.7 28 UTILITIES: GAS AND ELECTRIC 5.4 29 WHOLESALERS: DIVERSIFIED 4.4 30 FOOD CONSUMER PRODUCTS 4.1 31 METAL PRODUCTS 4.0 32 COMMERCIAL BANKS 3.4 33 COMPUTERS, OFFICE EQUIPMENT 2.5 34 AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE 2.4 35 SCIENTIFIC, PHOTO, CONTROL EQUIP. 1.1 36 SPECIALTY RETAILERS (2.0) 37 RAILROADS (4.9) 38 PUBLISHING, PRINTING (6.3) 39 COMPUTER PERIPHERALS (10.4) 40 INSURANCE: P&C (STOCK) (14.3) 41 CHEMICALS (15.8) 42 AIRLINES (17.5) 43 MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS (23.2) 44 ENTERTAINMENT (29.2) 45 FOOD PRODUCTION (29.8) 46 MAIL, PACKAGE, FREIGHT DELIVERY (29.9) 47 GENERAL MERCHANDISERS (49.7) 48 BUILDING MATERIALS, GLASS (231.3) THE 500 MEDIAN 11.1

5 YEARS 95-'00 % annual growth RANK in profits

1 AUTOMOTIVE RETAILING, SERVICES 70.5 2 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 61.2 3 NETWORK, OTHER COMMUN. EQUIP. 39.9 4 SECURITIES 33.0 5 WHOLESALERS: HEALTH CARE 32.0 6 PETROLEUM REFINING 31.8 7 SEMICONDUCTORS, OTHER 25.5 8 MINING, CRUDE-OIL PRODUCTION 24.5 9 PIPELINES 23.7 10 ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION 23.6 11 COMPUTER AND DATA SERVICES 22.9 12 COMPUTER PERIPHERALS 22.0 13 COMMERCIAL BANKS 21.1 14 ENERGY 20.0 15 AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE 19.2 16 DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS 16.3 17 PHARMACEUTICALS 15.1 18 SOAPS, COSMETICS 14.4 19 SPECIALTY RETAILERS 14.0 20 FOOD AND DRUG STORES 13.7 21 INSURANCE: LIFE, HEALTH (STOCK) 13.7 22 PUBLISHING, PRINTING 13.3 23 HEALTH CARE 13.3 24 BEVERAGES 12.8 25 WHOLESALERS: ELCTRON., OFF. EQUIP. 12.3 26 MAIL, PACKAGE, FREIGHT DELIVERY 11.0 27 COMPUTERS, OFFICE EQUIPMENT 10.9 28 DIVERSIFIED OUTSOURCING SERVICES 10.4 29 ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL EQUIP. 9.8 30 HOTELS, CASINOS, RESORTS 9.5 31 AIRLINES 8.8 32 SCIENTIFIC, PHOTO, CONTROL EQUIP. 7.6 33 FOOD CONSUMER PRODUCTS 7.2 34 WHOLESALERS: FOOD AND GROCERY 4.9 35 METAL PRODUCTS 4.5 35 WHOLESALERS: DIVERSIFIED 4.5 37 INSURANCE: P&C (STOCK) 3.0 38 UTILITIES: GAS AND ELECTRIC 2.9 39 INDUSTRIAL AND FARM EQUIPMENT 2.1 40 GENERAL MERCHANDISERS 1.0 41 MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS (0.3) 42 RAILROADS (2.0) 43 CHEMICALS (5.2) 44 FOREST AND PAPER PRODUCTS (7.4) 45 FOOD PRODUCTION (9.7) 46 METALS (11.9) 47 BUILDING MATERIALS, GLASS (21.0) 48 ENTERTAINMENT (21.9) THE 500 MEDIAN 11.1

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RETURN ON REVENUES 2000 profits as RANK % of revenues

1 PHARMACEUTICALS 18.6 2 COMMERCIAL BANKS 14.1 3 NETWORK, OTHER COMMUN. EQUIP. 13.4 4 SEMICONDUCTORS, OTHER 12.7 5 MINING, CRUDE-OIL PRODUCTION 10.8 6 BEVERAGES 10.6 7 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 10.6 8 SCIENTIFIC, PHOTO, CONTROL EQUIP. 10.4 9 DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS 10.1 10 COMPUTER AND DATA SERVICES 9.7 11 PUBLISHING, PRINTING 9.6 12 SOAPS, COSMETICS 8.9 13 SECURITIES 8.9 14 COMPUTERS, OFFICE EQUIPMENT 7.2 15 INSURANCE: LIFE, HEALTH (STOCK) 7.1 16 RAILROADS 6.9 17 INSURANCE: P&C (STOCK) 6.6 18 COMPUTER PERIPHERALS 6.2 19 FOOD CONSUMER PRODUCTS 6.0 20 AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE 5.9 21 UTILITIES: GAS AND ELECTRIC 5.9 22 CHEMICALS 5.4 23 ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL EQUIP. 5.0 24 METAL PRODUCTS 5.0 25 HOTELS, CASINOS, RESORTS 4.8 26 INDUSTRIAL AND FARM EQUIPMENT 4.7 27 PETROLEUM REFINING 4.2 28 FOREST AND PAPER PRODUCTS 4.1 29 ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION 3.8 30 AIRLINES 2.8 31 FOOD AND DRUG STORES 2.7 32 HEALTH CARE 2.6 33 MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS 2.5 34 SPECIALTY RETAILERS 2.4 35 MAIL, PACKAGE, FREIGHT DELIVERY 2.3 36 FOOD PRODUCTION 2.1 37 GENERAL MERCHANDISERS 1.8 38 METALS 1.8 39 PIPELINES 1.7 40 WHOLESALERS: DIVERSIFIED 1.4 41 DIVERSIFIED OUTSOURCING SERVICES 1.3 42 WHOLESALERS: ELCTRON., OFF. EQUIP. 1.3 43 AUTOMOTIVE RETAILING, SERVICES 1.2 44 WHOLESALERS: HEALTH CARE 0.9 45 ENERGY 0.9 46 WHOLESALERS: FOOD AND GROCERY 0.8 47 ENTERTAINMENT 0.6 48 BUILDING MATERIALS, GLASS (5.7) THE 500 MEDIAN 4.5

RETURN ON ASSETS 2000 profits as RANK % of assets

1 PHARMACEUTICALS 17.7 2 SEMICONDUCTORS, OTHER 11.4 3 SCIENTIFIC, PHOTO, CONTROL EQUIP. 11.1 4 BEVERAGES 10.4 5 SOAPS, COSMETICS 10.4 6 FOOD CONSUMER PRODUCTS 10.1 7 NETWORK, OTHER COMMUN. EQUIP. 9.3 8 COMPUTER PERIPHERALS 9.0 9 COMPUTERS, OFFICE EQUIPMENT 8.5 10 PETROLEUM REFINING 8.0 11 COMPUTER AND DATA SERVICES 7.9 12 PUBLISHING, PRINTING 7.8 13 MINING, CRUDE-OIL PRODUCTION 7.6 14 ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL EQUIP. 7.5 15 SPECIALTY RETAILERS 6.1 16 ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION 6.1 17 FOOD AND DRUG STORES 6.0 18 AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE 5.7 19 INDUSTRIAL AND FARM EQUIPMENT 4.8 20 METAL PRODUCTS 4.8 21 CHEMICALS 4.7 22 DIVERSIFIED OUTSOURCING SERVICES 4.6 23 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 4.2 24 WHOLESALERS: HEALTH CARE 4.0 25 MAIL, PACKAGE, FREIGHT DELIVERY 3.8 26 AUTOMOTIVE RETAILING, SERVICES 3.7 27 WHOLESALERS: ELCTRON., OFF. EQUIP. 3.6 28 WHOLESALERS: DIVERSIFIED 3.3 29 MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS 3.1 30 FOREST AND PAPER PRODUCTS 3.1 31 FOOD PRODUCTION 3.1 32 HEALTH CARE 3.0 33 HOTELS, CASINOS, RESORTS 3.0 34 GENERAL MERCHANDISERS 2.8 35 RAILROADS 2.8 36 WHOLESALERS: FOOD AND GROCERY 2.7 37 AIRLINES 2.7 38 UTILITIES: GAS AND ELECTRIC 2.6 39 INSURANCE: P&C (STOCK) 1.8 40 DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS 1.8 41 PIPELINES 1.8 42 ENERGY 1.6 43 METALS 1.4 44 COMMERCIAL BANKS 1.3 45 SECURITIES 1.0 46 INSURANCE: LIFE, HEALTH (STOCK) 0.8 47 ENTERTAINMENT (0.2) 48 BUILDING MATERIALS, GLASS (4.8) THE 500 MEDIAN 3.3

RETURN ON SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 2000 profits as RANK % of equity

1 MINING, CRUDE-OIL PRODUCTION 29.8 2 PHARMACEUTICALS 29.4 3 SCIENTIFIC, PHOTO, CONTROL EQUIP. 28.2 4 SOAPS, COSMETICS 26.9 5 PETROLEUM REFINING 24.6 6 FOOD CONSUMER PRODUCTS 24.0 7 BEVERAGES 23.4 8 PUBLISHING, PRINTING 22.3 9 COMPUTERS, OFFICE EQUIPMENT 22.3 10 AIRLINES 22.0 11 ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL EQUIP. 21.8 12 DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS 21.3 13 SECURITIES 19.6 14 COMPUTER AND DATA SERVICES 19.2 15 SEMICONDUCTORS, OTHER 18.9 16 FOOD AND DRUG STORES 17.8 17 ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION 17.2 18 AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE 17.1 19 WHOLESALERS: HEALTH CARE 17.1 20 METAL PRODUCTS 16.8 21 COMMERCIAL BANKS 16.7 22 AUTOMOTIVE RETAILING, SERVICES 16.0 23 INDUSTRIAL AND FARM EQUIPMENT 15.9 24 CHEMICALS 15.9 25 MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS 15.6 26 DIVERSIFIED OUTSOURCING SERVICES 15.5 27 COMPUTER PERIPHERALS 14.9 28 WHOLESALERS: ELCTRON., OFF. EQUIP. 14.5 29 SPECIALTY RETAILERS 13.3 30 ENERGY 13.0 31 WHOLESALERS: DIVERSIFIED 12.5 32 INSURANCE: LIFE, HEALTH (STOCK) 12.5 33 UTILITIES: GAS AND ELECTRIC 11.8 34 NETWORK, OTHER COMMUN. EQUIP. 11.1 35 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 10.9 36 WHOLESALERS: FOOD AND GROCERY 10.9 37 HOTELS, CASINOS, RESORTS 10.5 38 FOREST AND PAPER PRODUCTS 10.4 39 RAILROADS 9.6 40 HEALTH CARE 9.0 41 PIPELINES 8.9 42 INSURANCE: P&C (STOCK) 8.9 43 MAIL, PACKAGE, FREIGHT DELIVERY 8.8 44 GENERAL MERCHANDISERS 8.3 45 FOOD PRODUCTION 7.3 46 METALS 5.5 47 ENTERTAINMENT (0.4) 48 BUILDING MATERIALS, GLASS (14.3) THE 500 MEDIAN 14.6

Most bang for the buck Health-care wholesalers, like McKesson HBOC and Cardinal Health, wrung revenues from each dollar of assets thanks to fewer pharmaceuticals warehouses and the ongoing demand for drugs.

REVENUES PER DOLLAR OF ASSETS

RANK 2000 $

1 WHOLESALERS: HEALTH CARE 4.04 2 WHOLESALERS: FOOD AND GROCERY 4.01 3 WHOLESALERS: ELCTRON., OFF. EQUIP. 2.83 4 AUTOMOTIVE RETAILING, SERVICES 2.78 5 FOOD AND DRUG STORES 2.61 6 DIVERSIFIED OUTSOURCING SERVICES 2.28 7 WHOLESALERS: DIVERSIFIED 2.19 8 SPECIALTY RETAILERS 2.12 9 FOOD PRODUCTION 1.78 10 PETROLEUM REFINING 1.72 11 HEALTH CARE 1.68 12 MAIL, PACKAGE, FREIGHT DELIVERY 1.65 13 FOOD CONSUMER PRODUCTS 1.65 14 GENERAL MERCHANDISERS 1.60 15 ENERGY 1.48 16 ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION 1.44 17 PIPELINES 1.38 18 COMPUTER PERIPHERALS 1.37 19 SOAPS, COSMETICS 1.29 20 COMPUTERS, OFFICE EQUIPMENT 1.17 21 ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL EQUIP. 1.13 22 MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS 1.11 23 INDUSTRIAL AND FARM EQUIPMENT 1.11 24 BEVERAGES 0.98 25 AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE 0.97 26 COMPUTER AND DATA SERVICES 0.96 27 METAL PRODUCTS 0.95 28 SCIENTIFIC, PHOTO, CONTROL EQUIP. 0.95 29 SEMICONDUCTORS, OTHER 0.94 30 AIRLINES 0.94 31 PHARMACEUTICALS 0.89 32 NETWORK, OTHER COMMUN. EQUIP. 0.83 33 METALS 0.82 34 CHEMICALS 0.82 35 PUBLISHING, PRINTING 0.81 36 BUILDING MATERIALS, GLASS 0.78 37 FOREST AND PAPER PRODUCTS 0.78 38 MINING, CRUDE-OIL PRODUCTION 0.75 39 UTILITIES: GAS AND ELECTRIC 0.46 40 HOTELS, CASINOS, RESORTS 0.45 41 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 0.39 42 RAILROADS 0.38 43 ENTERTAINMENT 0.33 44 INSURANCE: P&C (STOCK) 0.25 45 DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS 0.15 46 INSURANCE: LIFE, HEALTH (STOCK) 0.12 47 SECURITIES 0.11 48 COMMERCIAL BANKS 0.10 THE 500 MEDIAN 0.94

REVENUES PER DOLLAR OF EQUITY

RANK 2000 $

1 DIVERSIFIED OUTSOURCING SERVICES 20.26 2 WHOLESALERS: HEALTH CARE 16.47 3 ENERGY 13.51 4 WHOLESALERS: FOOD AND GROCERY 11.17 5 AUTOMOTIVE RETAILING, SERVICES 10.58 6 PIPELINES 8.18 7 FOOD CONSUMER PRODUCTS 7.91 8 FOOD PRODUCTION 7.67 9 WHOLESALERS: ELCTRON., OFF. EQUIP. 7.51 10 MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS 6.46 11 ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION 6.00 12 FOOD AND DRUG STORES 5.91 13 PETROLEUM REFINING 5.55 14 SPECIALTY RETAILERS 5.19 15 HEALTH CARE 5.09 16 WHOLESALERS: DIVERSIFIED 4.86 17 GENERAL MERCHANDISERS 4.50 18 BUILDING MATERIALS, GLASS 4.45 19 MAIL, PACKAGE, FREIGHT DELIVERY 3.77 20 ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL EQUIP. 3.73 21 INDUSTRIAL AND FARM EQUIPMENT 3.60 22 COMPUTERS, OFFICE EQUIPMENT 3.51 23 SOAPS, COSMETICS 3.51 24 AIRLINES 3.49 25 AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE 3.28 26 MINING, CRUDE-OIL PRODUCTION 3.05 27 BEVERAGES 2.97 28 CHEMICALS 2.85 29 METALS 2.82 30 METAL PRODUCTS 2.70 31 COMPUTER PERIPHERALS 2.66 32 FOREST AND PAPER PRODUCTS 2.34 33 COMPUTER AND DATA SERVICES 2.34 34 PUBLISHING, PRINTING 2.26 35 SECURITIES 2.18 36 HOTELS, CASINOS, RESORTS 2.10 37 SCIENTIFIC, PHOTO, CONTROL EQUIP. 2.04 38 DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS 2.03 39 SEMICONDUCTORS, OTHER 1.88 40 UTILITIES: GAS AND ELECTRIC 1.71 41 PHARMACEUTICALS 1.70 42 INSURANCE: LIFE, HEALTH (STOCK) 1.42 43 INSURANCE: P&C (STOCK) 1.42 44 RAILROADS 1.30 45 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1.21 46 NETWORK, OTHER COMMUN. EQUIP. 1.21 47 COMMERCIAL BANKS 1.20 48 ENTERTAINMENT 0.74 THE 500 MEDIAN 2.93

REVENUES PER EMPLOYEE

RANK 2000 $

1 PIPELINES 4,892,670 2 ENERGY 2,822,460 3 PETROLEUM REFINING 1,779,592 4 WHOLESALERS: HEALTH CARE 1,758,318 5 MINING, CRUDE-OIL PRODUCTION 1,624,571 6 SECURITIES 821,001 7 WHOLESALERS: ELCTRON., OFF. EQUIP. 797,583 8 INSURANCE: LIFE, HEALTH (STOCK) 796,443 9 HEALTH CARE 673,974 10 AUTOMOTIVE RETAILING, SERVICES 672,497 11 UTILITIES: GAS AND ELECTRIC 635,700 12 INSURANCE: P&C (STOCK) 584,798 13 WHOLESALERS: FOOD AND GROCERY 477,804 14 WHOLESALERS: DIVERSIFIED 448,689 15 ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION 432,711 16 DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS 427,175 17 COMPUTERS, OFFICE EQUIPMENT 409,317 18 NETWORK, OTHER COMMUN. EQUIP. 360,329 19 COMMERCIAL BANKS 342,240 20 COMPUTER PERIPHERALS 329,542 21 FOOD PRODUCTION 329,393 22 PHARMACEUTICALS 318,114 23 CHEMICALS 315,735 24 METALS 295,486 25 FOREST AND PAPER PRODUCTS 283,660 26 FOOD CONSUMER PRODUCTS 283,287 27 SEMICONDUCTORS, OTHER 271,326 28 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 251,650 29 SOAPS, COSMETICS 244,332 30 ENTERTAINMENT 222,539 31 BEVERAGES 220,149 32 BUILDING MATERIALS, GLASS 212,891 33 SCIENTIFIC, PHOTO, CONTROL EQUIP. 202,000 34 AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE 201,024 35 PUBLISHING, PRINTING 196,655 36 AIRLINES 194,569 37 RAILROADS 190,564 38 METAL PRODUCTS 189,041 39 INDUSTRIAL AND FARM EQUIPMENT 182,222 40 SPECIALTY RETAILERS 178,811 41 COMPUTER AND DATA SERVICES 173,822 42 FOOD AND DRUG STORES 164,040 43 MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS 161,707 44 ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL EQUIP. 152,339 45 GENERAL MERCHANDISERS 131,547 46 MAIL, PACKAGE, FREIGHT DELIVERY 117,384 47 DIVERSIFIED OUTSOURCING SERVICES 82,925 48 HOTELS, CASINOS, RESORTS 72,285 THE 500 MEDIAN 308,358

Best investments by industry Over the decade, investing in computer-peripherals giants (led by powerhouse EMC) paid off over and over again. But this year the industry--and all of tech--ran out of gas.

TOTAL RETURN TO SHAREHOLDERS

1 YEAR

RANK 2000 %

1 WHOLESALERS: HEALTH CARE 102.0 2 HEALTH CARE 89.2 3 PIPELINES 88.6 4 ENERGY 67.3 5 UTILITIES: GAS AND ELECTRIC 48.9 6 ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION 41.6 7 INSURANCE: P&C (STOCK) 41.6 8 PHARMACEUTICALS 38.8 9 AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE 37.0 10 WHOLESALERS: FOOD AND GROCERY 34.7 11 DIVERSIFIED OUTSOURCING SERVICES 33.4 12 BEVERAGES 30.5 13 COMMERCIAL BANKS 27.0 14 DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS 24.5 15 PETROLEUM REFINING 22.0 16 FOOD PRODUCTION 21.1 17 AIRLINES 20.9 18 FOOD AND DRUG STORES 19.6 19 MINING, CRUDE-OIL PRODUCTION 18.2 20 SECURITIES 17.1 21 FOOD CONSUMER PRODUCTS 14.5 22 HOTELS, CASINOS, RESORTS 12.6 23 INSURANCE: LIFE, HEALTH (STOCK) 11.2 24 ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL EQUIP. 6.1 25 RAILROADS 2.8 26 CHEMICALS (1.1) 27 INDUSTRIAL AND FARM EQUIPMENT (2.8) 28 SCIENTIFIC, PHOTO, CONTROL EQUIP. (6.1) 29 METAL PRODUCTS (8.3) 30 PUBLISHING, PRINTING (10.4) 31 TELECOMMUNICATIONS (11.1) 32 MAIL, PACKAGE, FREIGHT DELIVERY (11.4) 33 SOAPS, COSMETICS (12.8) 34 COMPUTER PERIPHERALS (14.6) 35 WHOLESALERS: DIVERSIFIED (15.2) 36 WHOLESALERS: ELCTRON., OFF. EQUIP. (16.0) 37 FOREST AND PAPER PRODUCTS (16.4) 38 SEMICONDUCTORS, OTHER (18.0) 39 NETWORK, OTHER COMMUN. EQUIP. (20.3) 40 SPECIALTY RETAILERS (22.6) 41 ENTERTAINMENT (26.1) 42 AUTOMOTIVE RETAILING, SERVICES (28.5) 43 GENERAL MERCHANDISERS (29.6) 44 MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS (33.1) 45 COMPUTER AND DATA SERVICES (36.5) 46 COMPUTERS, OFFICE EQUIPMENT (37.9) 47 METALS (38.8) 48 BUILDING MATERIALS, GLASS (85.3) THE 500 MEDIAN 10.4

5 YEARS '95-'00 annual RANK rate %

1 COMPUTER PERIPHERALS 70.2 2 SECURITIES 45.7 3 NETWORK, OTHER COMMUN. EQUIP. 43.6 4 SEMICONDUCTORS, OTHER 38.7 5 DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS 32.3 6 PHARMACEUTICALS 27.2 7 PIPELINES 24.8 8 SOAPS, COSMETICS 20.9 9 COMMERCIAL BANKS 20.6 10 PUBLISHING, PRINTING 20.4 11 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 19.3 12 INSURANCE: LIFE, HEALTH (STOCK) 18.5 13 ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION 18.5 14 INSURANCE: P&C (STOCK) 16.9 15 COMPUTER AND DATA SERVICES 16.5 16 BEVERAGES 16.2 17 ENTERTAINMENT 16.0 18 ENERGY 15.9 19 COMPUTERS, OFFICE EQUIPMENT 14.0 20 PETROLEUM REFINING 13.3 21 FOOD AND DRUG STORES 13.0 22 SPECIALTY RETAILERS 12.8 23 AIRLINES 12.2 24 INDUSTRIAL AND FARM EQUIPMENT 12.1 25 UTILITIES: GAS AND ELECTRIC 11.6 26 WHOLESALERS: HEALTH CARE 11.5 27 FOOD CONSUMER PRODUCTS 10.9 28 METAL PRODUCTS 10.3 29 DIVERSIFIED OUTSOURCING SERVICES 9.9 30 ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL EQUIP. 9.5 31 HOTELS, CASINOS, RESORTS 9.1 32 AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE 8.6 33 MINING, CRUDE-OIL PRODUCTION 8.3 34 CHEMICALS 7.0 35 SCIENTIFIC, PHOTO, CONTROL EQUIP. 6.7 36 FOREST AND PAPER PRODUCTS 6.6 37 HEALTH CARE 4.5 38 WHOLESALERS: ELCTRON., OFF. EQUIP. 4.5 39 WHOLESALERS: DIVERSIFIED 2.6 40 MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS 2.5 41 FOOD PRODUCTION 2.1 42 GENERAL MERCHANDISERS 0.9 43 MAIL, PACKAGE, FREIGHT DELIVERY (2.1) 44 WHOLESALERS: FOOD AND GROCERY (2.2) 45 RAILROADS (2.3) 46 METALS (8.1) 47 AUTOMOTIVE RETAILING, SERVICES (18.2) 48 BUILDING MATERIALS, GLASS (32.2) THE 500 MEDIAN 12.6

10 YEARS '95-'00 annual RANK rate %

1 COMPUTER PERIPHERALS 82.0 2 SECURITIES 41.1 3 SEMICONDUCTORS, OTHER 37.3 4 NETWORK, OTHER COMMUN. EQUIP. 36.6 5 DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS 28.0 6 COMMERCIAL BANKS 25.1 7 PIPELINES 25.0 8 INSURANCE: LIFE, HEALTH (STOCK) 22.8 9 PHARMACEUTICALS 22.1 10 HOTELS, CASINOS, RESORTS 20.8 11 COMPUTER AND DATA SERVICES 20.7 12 SOAPS, COSMETICS 20.6 13 DIVERSIFIED OUTSOURCING SERVICES 18.0 14 SPECIALTY RETAILERS 18.0 15 BEVERAGES 17.6 16 WHOLESALERS: HEALTH CARE 17.4 17 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 17.4 18 INDUSTRIAL AND FARM EQUIPMENT 17.2 19 WHOLESALERS: ELCTRON., OFF. EQUIP. 16.2 20 PUBLISHING, PRINTING 16.1 21 AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE 15.8 22 ENERGY 15.4 23 COMPUTERS, OFFICE EQUIPMENT 15.3 24 ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION 14.8 25 HEALTH CARE 14.6 26 INSURANCE: P&C (STOCK) 14.6 27 ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL EQUIP. 14.6 28 ENTERTAINMENT 14.3 29 SCIENTIFIC, PHOTO, CONTROL EQUIP. 13.9 30 CHEMICALS 13.3 31 GENERAL MERCHANDISERS 12.9 32 UTILITIES: GAS AND ELECTRIC 12.2 33 PETROLEUM REFINING 11.8 34 METAL PRODUCTS 11.7 35 FOOD CONSUMER PRODUCTS 11.6 36 METALS 10.7 37 FOOD AND DRUG STORES 10.2 38 FOREST AND PAPER PRODUCTS 10.1 39 AIRLINES 9.9 40 WHOLESALERS: DIVERSIFIED 9.7 41 RAILROADS 9.2 42 AUTOMOTIVE RETAILING, SERVICES 8.7 43 MINING, CRUDE-OIL PRODUCTION 8.0 44 MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS 6.9 45 MAIL, PACKAGE, FREIGHT DELIVERY 6.2 46 FOOD PRODUCTION 4.8 47 WHOLESALERS: FOOD AND GROCERY 2.3 48 BUILDING MATERIALS, GLASS (22.3) THE 500 MEDIAN 15.7