| Revenues |
8,143.5 |
9.9 |
| Profits |
711.7 |
17.8 |
| Assets |
10,408.8 |
— |
| Stockholders' Equity |
4,575.5 |
— |
| Market Value 3/17/2006 |
14,635.4 |
— |
| Revenues |
8.7 |
| Assets |
6.8 |
| Stockholders' equity |
0.0 |
|
| 2005 $ |
3.08 |
| % change from 2004 |
16.7 |
| 1995-2005 annual growth rate % |
6.5 |
|
| 2005 |
4.3 |
| 1995-2005 annual rate |
10.5 |
| 1 |
Dow Chemical
|
36 |
46,307.0 |
| 2 |
DuPont
|
73 |
28,491.0 |
| 3 |
Lyondell Chemical
|
121 |
18,606.0 |
| 4 |
Huntsman
|
172 |
12,986.0 |
| 5 |
PPG Industries
|
232 |
10,201.0 |
| 6 |
Ashland
|
239 |
9,860.0 |
| 7 |
Air Products & Chem.
|
282 |
8,143.5 |
| 8 |
Rohm & Haas
|
286 |
7,994.0 |
| 9 |
Praxair
|
297 |
7,656.0 |
| 10 |
Sherwin-Williams
|
311 |
7,190.7 |
| 11 |
Eastman Chemical
|
315 |
7,059.0 |
| 12 |
Monsanto
|
336 |
6,439.0 |
| 13 |
Celanese
|
356 |
6,070.0 |
| 14 |
Avery Dennison
|
393 |
5,496.3 |
| 15 |
Engelhard
|
454 |
4,618.1 |
| 16 |
Ecolab
|
459 |
4,534.8 |
| 17 |
Hexion Specialty Chemicals
|
462 |
4,470.0 |
| 18 |
Mosaic
|
470 |
4,396.7 |
| 19 |
Lubrizol
|
486 |
4,098.9 |
| 20 |
Nalco Holding
|
566 |
3,312.4 |
| 21 |
Chemtura
|
597 |
3,123.0 |
| 22 |
Rockwood Holdings
|
598 |
3,121.2 |
| 23 |
Cytec Industries
|
617 |
2,999.7 |
| 24 |
Solutia
|
637 |
2,825.0 |
| 25 |
Valspar
|
648 |
2,714.0 |
| 26 |
PolyOne
|
674 |
2,570.2 |
| 27 |
W.R. Grace
|
675 |
2,569.5 |
| 28 |
RPM International
|
678 |
2,555.7 |
| 29 |
UAP Holding
|
693 |
2,506.7 |
| 30 |
Scotts Miracle-Gro
|
719 |
2,369.3 |
| 31 |
Georgia Gulf
|
745 |
2,273.7 |
| 32 |
FMC
|
771 |
2,150.2 |
| 33 |
Cabot
|
772 |
2,125.0 |
| 34 |
Albemarle
|
776 |
2,107.5 |
| 35 |
Hercules
|
787 |
2,068.8 |
| 36 |
Intl. Flavors & Frag.
|
812 |
1,993.4 |
| 37 |
Terra Industries
|
824 |
1,939.1 |
| 38 |
CF Industries
|
833 |
1,908.4 |
| 39 |
Sigma-Aldrich
|
909 |
1,666.5 |
| 40 |
H.B. Fuller
|
965 |
1,512.2 |
| 41 |
Schulman (A.)
|
995 |
1,435.6 |
From the April 17th, 2006 issue
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| Most profitable companies |
| Women CEOs of FORTUNE 500 companies |
 There 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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