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Rank Company Fortune 1000 rank $ millions % change from 2007 $ millions % change from 2007
1 Dow Chemical 38 57,514.0 7.5 579.0 -79.9
2 DuPont 75 31,836.0 3.9 2,007.0 -32.8
3 PPG Industries 161 15,849.0 28.9 538.0 -35.5
4 Monsanto 235 11,579.0 34.5 2,024.0 103.8
5 Air Products & Chemicals 248 10,938.6 8.0 909.7 -12.2
6 Praxair 249 10,796.0 14.8 1,211.0 2.9
7 Huntsman 262 10,215.0 -4.7 609.0 N.A.
8 Mosaic 276 9,812.6 70.0 2,082.8 396.3
9 Rohm & Haas 281 9,575.0 7.5 482.0 -27.1
10 Ashland 310 8,381.0 7.0 167.0 -27.4
11 Sherwin-Williams 322 7,979.7 -0.3 476.9 -22.5
12 Eastman Chemical 364 6,895.0 -6.5 346.0 15.3
13 Celanese 368 6,823.0 2.7 282.0 -33.8
14 Avery Dennison 376 6,710.4 6.4 266.1 -12.3
15 Ecolab 403 6,137.5 12.2 448.1 4.9
16 Hexion Specialty Chemicals 407 6,093.0 4.9 -1,190.0 N.A.
17 Lubrizol 471 5,027.8 11.8 -66.1 -123.3
18 Nalco Holding 536 4,212.4 7.7 -342.6 -365.6
19 CF Industries Holdings 563 3,921.1 42.2 684.6 83.7
20 Solutia 565 3,890.0 8.7 786.0 N.A.
21 Westlake Chemical 586 3,692.4 15.7 -29.5 -125.8
22 RPM International 594 3,643.8 9.1 47.7 -77.1
23 Cytec Industries 596 3,639.9 3.9 -198.8 -196.3
24 Chemtura 606 3,546.0 -9.7 -973.0 N.A.
25 Valspar 618 3,482.4 7.2 150.8 -12.4
26 Rockwood Holdings 622 3,435.0 2.6 -588.4 -285.6
27 W.R. Grace 644 3,317.0 6.5 121.5 51.3
28 Cabot 658 3,191.0 22.0 86.0 -33.3
29 FMC 672 3,115.3 18.3 304.6 130.1
30 Scotts Miracle-Gro 693 2,981.8 3.8 -10.9 -109.6
31 Georgia Gulf 703 2,916.5 -8.2 -257.6 N.A.
32 Terra Industries 704 2,909.8 23.3 641.0 217.5
33 PolyOne 731 2,738.7 3.6 -272.9 -2493.6
34 Albemarle 788 2,467.1 5.6 194.2 -15.5
35 Intl. Flavors & Fragrances 805 2,389.4 5.0 229.6 -7.1
36 Ferro 821 2,306.1 4.6 -39.7 N.A.
37 Sigma-Aldrich 842 2,200.7 7.9 341.5 9.8
38 A. Schulman 900 1,984.0 11.0 18.0 -20.2
39 Olin 976 1,764.5 -44.3 157.7 N.A.
40 OM Group 992 1,736.8 43.0 135.0 -45.3
Rank Company Revenues % Assets % Stockholders'
Equity %
1 Dow Chemical 1.0 1.3 4.3
2 DuPont 6.3 5.5 28.2
3 PPG Industries 3.4 3.7 16.1
4 Monsanto 17.5 11.3 21.6
5 Air Products & Chemicals 8.3 7.2 18.1
6 Praxair 11.2 9.3 30.2
7 Huntsman 6.0 7.6 37.8
8 Mosaic 21.2 17.6 30.9
9 Rohm & Haas 5.0 4.9 16.2
10 Ashland 2.0 2.9 5.2
11 Sherwin-Williams 6.0 10.8 29.7
12 Eastman Chemical 5.0 6.6 22.3
13 Celanese 4.1 3.9 154.9
14 Avery Dennison 4.0 4.4 15.2
15 Ecolab 7.3 9.4 28.5
16 Hexion Specialty Chemicals -19.5 -37.4 N.A.
17 Lubrizol -1.3 -1.6 -4.3
18 Nalco Holding -8.1 -6.8 -87.1
19 CF Industries Holdings 17.5 28.7 51.2
20 Solutia 20.2 21.0 150.9
21 Westlake Chemical -0.8 -1.3 -2.4
22 RPM International 1.3 1.3 4.2
23 Cytec Industries -5.5 -5.5 -13.5
24 Chemtura -27.4 -31.8 -204.8
25 Valspar 4.3 4.3 10.4
26 Rockwood Holdings -17.1 -11.4 -71.5
27 W.R. Grace 3.7 3.1 N.A.
28 Cabot 2.7 3.0 6.9
29 FMC 9.8 10.2 33.7
30 Scotts Miracle-Gro -0.4 -0.5 -2.5
31 Georgia Gulf -8.8 -16.0 N.A.
32 Terra Industries 22.0 30.3 60.5
33 PolyOne -10.0 -21.4 -155.2
34 Albemarle 7.9 6.8 18.2
35 Intl. Flavors & Fragrances 9.6 8.4 40.1
36 Ferro -1.7 -2.6 -12.2
37 Sigma-Aldrich 15.5 13.4 24.8
38 A. Schulman 0.9 2.0 4.2
39 Olin 8.9 9.1 22.4
40 OM Group 7.8 9.4 11.9
EARNINGS PER SHARE TOTAL RETURN TO INVESTORS EMPLOYEES
Rank Company 1998-2008 Annual growth (%) 1998-2008 Annual rate (%) 2008 (%) Number % change from 2007
1 Dow Chemical -10.7 -3.2 -59.8 46,102 0.5
2 DuPont -5.6 -4.1 -40.2 60,000 0.0
3 PPG Industries -3.2 0.0 -37.3 42,100 20.6
4 Monsanto N.A. N.A. -36.5 24,050 13.4
5 Air Products & Chemicals 5.3 4.4 -47.9 20,850 -4.4
6 Praxair 11.3 14.7 -31.8 26,936 -3.8
7 Huntsman N.A. N.A. -85.9 12,600 -2.3
8 Mosaic N.A. N.A. -63.2 7,400 4.2
9 Rohm & Haas 0.0 10.1 19.4 15,490 -1.4
10 Ashland 0.0 -10.2 -77.2 11,900 1.7
11 Sherwin-Williams 9.8 9.6 5.6 30,677 -2.8
12 Eastman Chemical 3.8 0.3 -46.6 10,500 -2.8
13 Celanese N.A. N.A. -70.5 8,350 -0.6
14 Avery Dennison 2.3 -0.7 -36.0 35,700 -3.5
15 Ecolab 9.6 8.1 -30.5 26,500 1.7
16 Hexion Specialty Chemicals N.A. N.A. N.A. 6,800 6.2
17 Lubrizol N.A. 6.8 -31.1 6,970 0.7
18 Nalco Holding N.A. N.A. -51.9 11,770 1.8
19 CF Industries Holdings N.A. N.A. -55.1 1,487 2.8
20 Solutia N.A. N.A. N.A. 4,870 -18.8
21 Westlake Chemical N.A. N.A. -13.1 1,961 -7.5
22 RPM International -7.4 2.0 -31.8 10,360 9.9
23 Cytec Industries N.A. 0.4 -65.1 6,700 -1.5
24 Chemtura N.A. -22.1 -81.7 4,700 -8.6
25 Valspar 5.4 1.4 -17.4 9,400 -6.0
26 Rockwood Holdings N.A. N.A. -67.5 10,200 4.1
27 W.R. Grace N.A. -9.2 -77.2 6,300 -3.1
28 Cabot -1.8 1.2 -52.8 4,300 0.0
29 FMC 10.2 11.8 -17.3 5,000 0.0
30 Scotts Miracle-Gro N.A. 6.8 -19.2 6,378 4.2
31 Georgia Gulf N.A. -22.2 -82.9 4,463 -15.0
32 Terra Industries N.A. 10.7 -64.7 938 7.7
33 PolyOne N.A. -11.2 -52.1 4,400 -8.3
34 Albemarle 9.9 8.4 -45.2 4,130 0.0
35 Intl. Flavors & Fragrances 4.2 -1.4 -36.9 5,338 0.4
36 Ferro N.A. -9.8 -64.5 5,638 -10.2
37 Sigma-Aldrich 12.4 12.3 -21.8 7,925 0.8
38 A. Schulman -7.4 0.3 -18.8 2,200 -11.0
39 Olin 2.4 5.3 -2.7 3,600 0.0
40 OM Group 8.1 -5.0 -63.3 2,115 0.9
Issue date: May 4, 2009
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