These companies are the most admired in their sector, according to their peers.
| Company |
Industry |
Overall score |
| 3M | Medical and Other Precision Equipment | 6.96 | | Aetna | Health Care: Insurance, Managed Care | 7.39 | | Aflac | Insurance: Life and Health | 6.68 | | Alcoa | Metals | 7.05 | | Altria Group | Tobacco | 8.01 | | Anheuser-Busch | Beverages | 7.50 | | Aramark | Diversified Outsourcing Services | 6.62 | | Archer Daniels Midland | Food Production | 7.06 | | AT&T | Telecommunications | 7.05 | | Avnet | Wholesalers: Electronics | 6.97 | | Bank of America | Megabanks | 6.69 | | Bank of New York Mellon | Superregional Banks (U.S.) | 6.78 | | BASF | Chemicals | 7.06 | | Berkshire Hathaway | Insurance: Property and Casualty | 7.78 | | BMW | Motor Vehicles | 6.50 | | Caterpillar | Industrial and Farm Equipment | 7.61 | | Cisco Systems | Network Communications | 7.36 | | Continental Airlines | Airlines | 7.71 | | Costco Wholesale | Specialty Retailers | 6.92 | | Dun & Bradstreet | Financial Data Services | 6.98 | | EMC | Computer Peripherals | 7.63 |
| EMCOR Group* | Engineering, Construction | 7.55 |
| Exxon Mobil | Petroleum Refining | 7.79 | | FedEx | Delivery | 7.56 | | Fortune Brands | Household Products | 7.81 | | FPL Group | Electric and Gas | 6.80 | | General Electric | Electronics | 7.44 | | Goldman Sachs Group | Securities | 7.75 | | Google | Internet Services and Retailing | 7.73 | | Graybar Electric | Wholesalers: Diversified | 8.08 | | Henry Schein | Wholesalers: Health Care | 6.84 | | Herman Miller | Furniture | 7.83 | | Host Hotels & Resorts | Real Estate | 6.59 | | IBM | Infotech Services | 7.55 | | Integrys Energy Group | Energy | 7.94 | | Intel | Semiconductors | 7.57 | | International Paper | Forest and Paper Products | 8.56 | | Intuit | Computer Software | 7.41 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group* | Engineering, Construction | 7.55 |
| Johnson & Johnson | Pharmaceuticals | 7.31 | | KB Home | Homebuilders | 6.58 | | Kindred Healthcare | Health Care: Medical Facilities | 6.36 | | Landstar System | Trucking | 6.64 | | Marriott International | Hotels, Casinos, Resorts | 8.22 | | Martin Marietta Materials | Building Materials, Glass | 6.80 | | McDonald's | Food Services | 7.72 | | Medco Health Solutions | Health Care: Pharmacy and Other Services | 7.68 | | Nestlé | Consumer Food Products | 8.08 | | Nike | Apparel | 8.02 | | Occidental Petroleum | Mining, Crude-Oil Production | 8.04 | | Pactiv | Packaging, Containers | 7.27 | | Penske Automotive Group | Automotive, Retailing | 6.59 | | Procter & Gamble | Soaps and Cosmetics | 7.69 | | Robert Half International | Temporary Help | 6.70 | | Simon Property Group | Real Estate | 6.59 | | Spectra Energy | Pipelines | 6.61 | | Sysco | Wholesalers: Food and Grocery | 7.98 | | Tesco | Food and Drug Stores | 7.11 | | Toyota Industries | Motor Vehicle Parts | 6.84 | | Union Pacific | Railroads | 7.97 | | United Technologies | Aerospace and Defense | 7.30 | | Visa | Consumer Credit Card and Related Services | 6.98 | | Wal-Mart Stores | General Merchandisers | 7.29 | | Walt Disney | Entertainment | 8.53 | | Washington Post | Publishing: Newspapers, Magazines | 7.34 | | Xerox | Computers | 7.28 |
From the March 16, 2009 issue
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