![FOREIGN VALUE: <a href='//money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=DEO'>Diageo</a>](https://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/galleries/2008/fortune/0806/gallery.retire_rich_Fortune40.fortune/images/diageo.la.jpg)
Market cap (billions): $50.0
P/E ratio*: 17
Earnings growth**: 17%
Dividend yield: 2.6%
London-based Diageo is the world's leading alcoholic-beverage company. It owns nearly half of the top 20 spirits brands, including Guinness, Smirnoff and Captain Morgan. Sales increased 7% over the last three quarters, and the company is on track to see profit grow 9% for the full fiscal year. In the cash-strapped U.S. market, sales rose 8% over the first half of the year.
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Last updated June 20 2008: 2:35 PM ET
Criteria include low price/earnings and price/book ratios relative to competitors, rising profit margins, and accelerating earnings growth.
*Based on previous 12-months' reported earnings. **Wall Street estimates for the next three years.
Source: Zacks Investment Research
*Based on previous 12-months' reported earnings. **Wall Street estimates for the next three years.
Source: Zacks Investment Research