FORTUNE 500 2006
Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations
Full list
501 Western Gas Resources (WGR) 3,958.7 207.5
502 Host Marriott (HST) 3,942.0 166.0
503 URS (URS) 3,917.6 82.5
504 Brinker International (EAT) 3,912.9 160.2
505 Chiquita Brands Intl. (CQB) 3,904.4 131.4
506 Expeditors Intl. of Washington (EXPD) 3,901.8 218.6
507 Maxtor (MXO) 3,890.2 -43.3
508 Gateway (GTW) 3,854.1 6.2
509 Anixter International (AXE) 3,847.4 90.0
510 Wisconsin Energy (WEC) 3,836.0 308.7
511 Pantry (PTRY) 3,826.9 57.8
512 Neiman Marcus (NMGA) 3,821.9 248.8
513 Consol Energy (CNX) 3,810.4 580.9
514 Old Republic Intl. (ORI) 3,805.9 551.4
515 Community Health Sys. (CYH) 3,788.8 167.5
516 Wendy's International (WEN) 3,783.1 224.1
517 Cincinnati Financial (CINF) 3,767.0 602.0
518 PetSmart (PETM) 3,760.5 182.5
519 M&T Bank Corp. (MTB) 3,738.4 782.2
520 PepsiAmericas (PAS) 3,726.0 194.7
521 Level 3 Communications (LVLT) 3,677.0 -638.0
522 Michaels Stores (MIK) 3,676.4 131.0
523 Laidlaw International (LI) 3,672.7 212.4
524 Comerica (CMA) 3,668.0 861.0
525 Western Digital (WDC) 3,638.8 198.4
526 NTL (NTLID) 3,628.4 766.0
527 Health Management Associates (HMA) 3,624.2 353.1
528 EOG Resources (EOG) 3,620.2 1,259.6
529 Outback Steakhouse (OSI) 3,601.7 149.6
530 Giant Industries (GI) 3,581.2 103.9
531 Sovereign Bancorp (SOV) 3,565.3 676.2
532 Armstrong Holdings (ACKHQ) 3,558.4 112.1
533 Northern Trust Corp. (NTRS) 3,554.4 584.4
534 Washington Post (WPO) 3,553.9 314.3
535 Guidant (GDT) 3,550.6 413.9
536 Allegheny Technologies (ATI) 3,539.9 359.8
537 Williams-Sonoma (WSM) 3,538.9 214.9
538 Alberto-Culver (ACV) 3,531.2 210.9
539 CA (CA) 3,530.0 11.0
540 Sonoco Products (SON) 3,528.6 161.9
541 XTO Energy (XTO) 3,519.0 1,152.0
542 Warner Music Group (WMG) 3,502.0 -169.0
543 North Fork Bancorp. (NFB) 3,484.0 948.8
544 Bowater (BOW) 3,483.8 -120.6
545 Bemis (BMS) 3,474.0 162.5
546 MDU Resources Group (MDU) 3,455.4 275.1
547 Popular (BPOP) 3,451.1 540.7
548 Pactiv (PTV) 3,450.5 54.2
549 Alliant Energy (LNT) 3,445.8 -7.7
550 Rockwell Collins (COL) 3,445.0 396.0
551 Tower Automotive (TWRAQ) 3,443.5 -832.1
552 Manor Care (HCR) 3,417.3 161.0
553 Synovus Financial Corp. (SNV) 3,414.7 516.4
554 AmSouth Bancorp. (ASO) 3,396.3 725.7
555 Dollar Tree Stores (DLTR) 3,393.9 173.9
556 American Axle & Mfg. (AXL) 3,387.3 56.0
557 New York Times (NYT) 3,372.8 259.8
558 Stater Bros. Holdings 3,372.2 26.2
559 Reliance Steel & Alum. (RS) 3,370.7 205.4
560 Lennox International (LII) 3,366.4 150.7
561 Nicor (GAS) 3,357.8 136.3
562 Robert Half Intl. (RHI) 3,338.4 237.9
563 Laboratory Corp. of America (LH) 3,327.6 386.2
564 Shaw Group (SGR) 3,327.2 16.4
565 Stanley Works (SWK) 3,324.0 269.6
566 Nalco Holding (NLC) 3,312.4 47.8
567 Polo Ralph Lauren (RL) 3,305.4 190.4
568 Zimmer Holdings (ZMH) 3,286.1 732.5
569 Universal (UVV) 3,276.1 96.0
570 Insight Enterprises (NSIT) 3,261.2 54.7
571 Vulcan Materials (VMC) 3,259.7 388.8
572 Allegheny Energy (AYE) 3,256.4 63.1
573 BJ Services (BJS) 3,243.2 453.0
574 NSTAR (NST) 3,243.1 196.1
575 First Horizon National Corp. (FHN) 3,239.9 438.0
576 FMC Technologies (FTI) 3,226.7 106.1
577 JohnsonDiversey 3,216.2 -166.6
578 Holly (HOC) 3,212.7 167.7
579 Precision Castparts (PCP) 3,212.5 -1.7
580 Burlington Coat Factory (BCF) 3,211.1 105.0
581 Del Monte Foods (DLM) 3,209.0 117.9
582 Swift Transportation (SWFT) 3,197.5 101.1
583 Simon Property Group (SPG) 3,196.2 475.7
584 Bell Microproducts (BELM) 3,193.8 0.5
585 Jarden (JAH) 3,189.1 60.7
586 Washington Group Intl. (WGII) 3,188.5 58.4
587 Equity Office Properties (EOP) 3,162.6 42.9
588 Forest Laboratories (FRX) 3,159.6 838.8
589 Nacco Industries (NC) 3,157.4 62.5
590 FM Global 3,157.0 634.6
591 CH2M Hill 3,152.2 81.6
592 New Jersey Resources (NJR) 3,148.3 76.3
593 TECO Energy (TE) 3,129.8 274.5
594 Electronic Arts (ERTS) 3,129.0 504.0
595 J.B. Hunt Transport Svcs. (JBHT) 3,127.9 207.3
596 Torchmark (TMK) 3,125.9 495.4
597 Chemtura (CEM) 3,123.0 -184.8
598 Rockwood Holdings (ROC) 3,121.2 95.8
599 EGL (EAGL) 3,096.5 58.2
600 Pinnacle West Capital (PNW) 3,092.0 176.3
From the April 17th, 2006 issue
How the states stack up
Texas 56
New York 55
California 52
Best employers
These companies appear on both the FORTUNE 500 and our 2006 ranking of the Best Companies to Work For.
FedEx 212,241
Intel 48,655
Starbucks 91,056
Most profitable companies
Exxon Mobil 36,130.0
Citigroup 24,589.0
Bank of America Corp. 16,465.0
Best investments
Best Investments By Industry: Total Return to Shareholders (1 Year)
Petroleum Refining 60.7%
Mining, Crude-Oil Production 53.6%
Oil and Gas Equipment, Services 51.6%
Women CEOs of FORTUNE 500 companies
Andrea JungThere 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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