World's Most Admired Companies 2008

Top 20 global stars

All praise is welcome, but it is particularly sweet when it comes from one's peers. Fortune and its survey partners at Hay Group asked the experts -- in this case, more than 1,400 people from dozens of industries -- to select the 10 companies they admire most.

Caterpillar

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Caterpillar

Overall score: 7.98
Top 50 rank: 20
Rank in Industrial and Farm Equipment: 2
Country: U.S.

See how Caterpillar rates in 9 key areas

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Last updated March 10 2008: 10:22 AM ET

General Electric

Berkshire Hathaway

Procter & Gamble

Johnson & Johnson

Costco Wholesale

United Parcel Service

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