Key financials |
$ millions |
% change from 2008 |
Revenues |
10,298.0 |
4.9 |
Profits |
2,350.2 |
12.8 |
Assets |
12,676.2 |
|
Stockholders' equity |
8,493.0 |
|
Market value (3/26/2010) |
26,420.4 |
|
Profits as % of |
|
Revenues |
22.8 |
Assets |
18.5 |
Stockholders' equity |
27.7 |
Earnings per share |
|
2009 $ |
5.27 |
% change from 2008 |
12.8 |
1999-2009 annual growth rate % |
N.A. |
Total return to investors |
% |
2009 |
77.0 |
1999-2009 annual rate |
N.A. |
4 | Monsanto | 197 | 11,740.0 | 5 | Mosaic | 231 | 10,298.0 | 6 | Praxair | 262 | 8,956.0 | 7 | Air Products & Chemicals | 273 | 8,381.4 | 8 | Ashland | 280 | 8,106.0 | 9 | Huntsman | 293 | 7,763.0 | 10 | Sherwin-Williams | 319 | 7,094.2 | 11 | Avery Dennison | 362 | 5,952.7 | 12 | Ecolab | 365 | 5,900.6 | 13 | Celanese | 414 | 5,082.0 | 14 | Eastman Chemical | 415 | 5,047.0 | 15 | Lubrizol | 453 | 4,586.3 |
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