World's Most Admired Companies

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To appear as Most Admired, a company must have scored in the top half of its industry survey. The rest are listed as contenders.

Most Admired

Company	City	Overall score
Google	Mountain View	8.22
Apple	Cupertino	8.16
Walt Disney	Burbank	8.07
Nike	Beaverton	8.07
McDonald's	Oak Brook	7.97
Amazon.com	Seattle	7.95
W.W. Grainger	Lake Forest	7.77
United Technologies	Hartford	7.70
Occidental Petroleum	Los Angeles	7.65
IBM	Armonk	7.64
Exxon Mobil	Irving	7.53
Polo Ralph Lauren	New York	7.53
VF	Greensboro	7.51
EMCOR Group	Norwalk	7.45
Procter & Gamble	Cincinnati	7.43
UPS	Atlanta	7.42
PepsiCo	Purchase	7.42
Marriott International	Bethesda	7.41
Manpower	Milwaukee	7.35
Deere	Moline	7.32
Caterpillar	Peoria	7.30
3M	St. Paul	7.29
U.S. Bancorp	Minneapolis	7.27
Goldman Sachs Group	New York	7.25
Chevron	San Ramon	7.24
Ball	Broomfield	7.24
Charles Schwab	San Francisco	7.23
Time Warner	New York	7.22
Medco Health Solutions	Franklin Lakes	7.21
Robert Half International	Menlo Park	7.20
Qualcomm	San Diego	7.20
J.P. Morgan Chase	New York	7.19
Intel	Santa Clara	7.15
Texas Instruments	Dallas	7.13
Coach	New York	7.13
Discovery Communications	Silver Spring	7.12
Colgate-Palmolive	New York	7.10
UnitedHealth Group	Minnetonka	7.10
Bank of New York Mellon	New York	7.08
Cisco Systems	San Jose	7.07
Philip Morris International	New York	7.04
PNC Financial Services Group	Pittsburgh	7.01
Illinois Tool Works	Glenview	7.00
Northern Trust Corp.	Chicago	6.98
T. Rowe Price	Baltimore	6.98
Netflix	Los Gatos	6.98
Yum Brands	Louisville	6.98
FedEx	Memphis	6.98
St. Jude Medical	St. Paul	6.97
Plains All American Pipeline	Houston	6.96
NextEra Energy	Juno Beach	6.95
Southern	Atlanta	6.95
Adobe Systems	San Jose	6.95
Wal-Mart Stores	Bentonville	6.93
Archer Daniels Midland	Decatur	6.93
American Express	New York	6.93
Stryker	Kalamazoo	6.92
Target	Minneapolis	6.92
Lockheed Martin	Bethesda	6.92
Devon Energy	Oklahoma City	6.91
Alcoa	New York	6.91
Eaton	Cleveland	6.91
Starbucks	Seattle	6.91
Expedia	Bellevue	6.89
Berkshire Hathaway	Omaha	6.88
Cummins	Columbus	6.87
Visa	San Francisco	6.87
Boeing	Chicago	6.87
Oracle	Redwood City	6.86
Becton Dickinson	Franklin Lakes	6.85
Raytheon	Waltham	6.85
Publix Super Markets	Lakeland	6.84
Viacom	New York	6.82
MasterCard	Purchase	6.82
Avnet	Phoenix	6.80
Reynolds American	Winston-Salem	6.80
Merck	Whitehouse Station	6.80
Corn Products International	Westchester	6.80
Whole Foods Market	Austin	6.80
EMC	Hopkinton	6.79
Applied Materials	Santa Clara	6.78
Automatic Data Processing	Roseland	6.78
eBay	San Jose	6.77
General Mills	Minneapolis	6.77
Broadcom	Irvine	6.76
Verizon Communications	New York	6.74
Honeywell International	Morris Township	6.74
Johnson & Johnson	New Brunswick	6.72
Kellogg	Battle Creek	6.72
News Corp.	New York	6.71
Hewlett-Packard	Palo Alto	6.71
Phillips–Van Heusen	New York	6.71
Pactiv	Lake Forest	6.70
Bemis	Neenah	6.70
Graybar Electric	St. Louis	6.69
Tech Data	Clearwater	6.68
Arrow Electronics	Melville	6.68
Costco Wholesale	Issaquah	6.68
Simon Property Group	Indianapolis	6.68
Jacobs Engineering Group	Pasadena	6.67
Microsoft	Redmond	6.66
Union Pacific	Omaha	6.63
Dominion Resources	Richmond	6.63
Nordstrom	Seattle	6.62
Weyerhaeuser	Federal Way	6.61
Abbott Laboratories	Abbott Park	6.60
Thermo Fisher Scientific	Waltham	6.60
McKesson	San Francisco	6.59
Estée Lauder	New York	6.59
Baxter International	Deerfield	6.58
Parker Hannifin	Cleveland	6.58
International Paper	Memphis	6.58
Xerox	Norwalk	6.58
Altria Group	Richmond	6.56
AT&T	Dallas	6.56
Home Depot	Atlanta	6.56
Whirlpool	Benton Harbor	6.56
Intuit	Mountain View	6.55
Sealed Air	Elmwood Park	6.54
General Dynamics	Falls Church	6.54
Quest Diagnostics	Madison	6.52
Hyatt Hotels	Chicago	6.51
Staples	Framingham	6.50
Herman Miller	Zeeland	6.50
Public Service Enterprise Group	Newark	6.50
Ingram Micro	Santa Ana	6.49
Limited Brands	Columbus	6.49
Cognizant Technology Solutions	Teaneck	6.47
Northrop Grumman	Los Angeles	6.47
Northwestern Mutual	Milwaukee	6.45
Kroger	Cincinnati	6.45
Constellation Energy	Baltimore	6.45
Aramark	Philadelphia	6.45
Delta Air Lines	Atlanta	6.44
Vornado Realty Trust	New York	6.43
Owens-Illinois	Perrysburg	6.43
General Electric	Fairfield	6.43
Fluor	Irving	6.42
DuPont	Wilmington	6.42
Walgreen	Deerfield	6.41
Autodesk	San Rafael	6.41
Brightpoint	Indianapolis	6.39
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	Eden Prairie	6.39
Prudential Financial	Newark	6.39
State Street Corp.	Boston	6.38
Fortune Brands	Deerfield	6.38
Aflac	Columbus	6.37
US Oncology Holdings	The Woodlands	6.37
Lowe's	Mooresville	6.36
CB Richard Ellis Group	Los Angeles	6.36
Henry Schein	Melville	6.34
HCA	Nashville	6.34
Darden Restaurants	Orlando	6.34
Kraft Foods	Northfield	6.34
Safeway	Pleasanton	6.33
Juniper Networks	Sunnyvale	6.32
Computer Sciences	Falls Church	6.30
Sonoco Products	Hartsville	6.28
Bunge	White Plains	6.28
Franklin Resources	San Mateo	6.27
Amgen	Thousand Oaks	6.27
Exelon	Chicago	6.27
MetLife	New York	6.26
Best Buy	Richfield	6.25
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold	Phoenix	6.25
Wells Fargo	San Francisco	6.25
CVS/Caremark	Woonsocket	6.25
Warnaco Group	New York	6.25
Aetna	Hartford	6.20
Starwood Hotels & Resorts	White Plains	6.18
DaVita	Denver	6.18
Southwest Airlines	Dallas	6.17
TJX	Framingham	6.15
Comcast	Philadelphia	6.14
Raymond James Financial	St. Petersburg	6.14
Goodyear Tire & Rubber	Akron	6.14
Universal Health Services	King of Prussia	6.13
Broadridge Financial Solutions	Lake Success	6.12
Iron Mountain	Boston	6.09
New York Life Insurance	New York	6.06
Corning	Corning	6.04
Kindred Healthcare	Louisville	6.04
Humana	Louisville	6.03
Cardinal Health	Dublin	6.01
Kohl's	Menomonee Falls	6.01
Travelers Cos.	New York	5.99
Community Health Systems	Franklin	5.98
Wynn Resorts	Las Vegas	5.97
Cintas	Cincinnati	5.97
Stanley Black & Decker	New Britain	5.96
KB Home	Los Angeles	5.95
Genuine Parts	Atlanta	5.94
J.B. Hunt Transport Services	Lowell	5.93
Norfolk Southern	Norfolk	5.93
Jones Lang LaSalle	Chicago	5.93
Host Hotels & Resorts	Bethesda	5.93
Cheesecake Factory	Calabasas Hills	5.93
Dun & Bradstreet	Short Hills	5.93
Dell	Round Rock	5.93
Coca-Cola	Atlanta	5.93
Gap	San Francisco	5.92
Paychex	Rochester	5.92
Owens & Minor	Mechanicsville	5.91
Jefferies Group	New York	5.91
Airgas	Radnor	5.86
Chiquita Brands International	Cincinnati	5.86
Neiman Marcus	Dallas	5.85
SAIC	McLean	5.85
Dow Chemical	Midland	5.84
Expeditors International of Washington	Seattle	5.83
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance	Springfield	5.83
CSX	Jacksonville	5.82
Tupperware Brands	Orlando	5.82
Leggett & Platt	Carthage	5.81
Reliance Steel & Aluminum	Los Angeles	5.79
ServiceMaster	Memphis	5.78
Express Scripts	St. Louis	5.77
WellPoint	Indianapolis	5.77
Discover Financial Services	Riverwoods	5.74
Capital One Financial	McLean	5.69
Seagate Technology	Scotts Valley	5.68
Morgan Stanley	New York	5.66
Laboratory Corp. of America	Burlington	5.64
Emerson Electric	St. Louis	5.63
Johnson Controls	Milwaukee	5.60
Toll Brothers	Horsham	5.60
State Farm Insurance	Bloomington	5.59
Micron Technology	Boise	5.58
Abercrombie & Fitch	New Albany	5.49
J.C. Penney	Plano	5.39
PPG Industries	Pittsburgh	5.39
TIAA-CREF	New York	5.37
Amerigroup	Virginia Beach	5.32
Convergys	Cincinnati	5.27
Navistar International	Warrenville	5.22
NVR	Reston	5.08
PulteGroup	Bloomfield Hills	5.05
Coca-Cola Enterprises	Atlanta	4.44
Ford Motor	Dearborn	4.36

Contenders

Company	City	Overall score
ConocoPhillips	Houston	6.67
Priceline.com	Norwalk	6.57
Medtronic	Minneapolis	6.45
ITT	White Plains	6.31
Valero Energy	San Antonio	6.21
Crown Holdings	Philadelphia	6.21
PG&E Corp.	San Francisco	6.21
Enterprise GP Holdings	Houston	6.16
Universal	Richmond	6.09
BB&T Corp	Winston-Salem	6.04
H.J. Heinz	Pittsburgh	6.04
Symantec	Mountain View	6.03
Kimberly-Clark	Irving	6.02
Harris	Melbourne	6.00
Pfizer	New York	5.94
Health Management Associates	Naples	5.92
Levi Strauss	San Francisco	5.91
Agilent Technologies	Santa Clara	5.90
Teradata	Dayton	5.90
Synnex	Fremont	5.89
Equifax	Atlanta	5.86
MeadWestvaco	Richmond	5.85
Duke Energy	Charlotte	5.83
TD Ameritrade	Omaha	5.82
CBS	New York	5.82
Hanesbrands	Winston-Salem	5.81
Legg Mason	Baltimore	5.79
Smithfield Foods	Smithfield	5.78
CACI International	Arlington	5.77
Steelcase	Grand Rapids	5.76
Wyndham Worldwide	Parsippany	5.75
Activision Blizzard	Santa Monica	5.75
VWR Funding	West Chester	5.74
Zimmer Holdings	Warsaw	5.74
Guess?	Los Angeles	5.74
Clorox	Oakland	5.73
Yahoo	Sunnyvale	5.73
SunGard Data Systems	Wayne	5.73
Danaher	Washington	5.71
Fiserv	Brookfield	5.71
Equity Residential	Chicago	5.70
Tyson Foods	Springdale	5.70
Warner Music Group	New York	5.70
Anixter International	Glenview	5.68
Edison International	Rosemead	5.68
AOL	New York	5.65
Fidelity National Information Services	Jacksonville	5.65
ScanSource	Greenville	5.64
Jones Financial	Des Peres	5.62
Eli Lilly	Indianapolis	5.61
IMS Health	Norwalk	5.60
PSS World Medical	Jacksonville	5.58
Temple-Inland	Austin	5.58
Vanguard Health Systems	Nashville	5.58
LifePoint Hospitals	Brentwood	5.57
Allstate	Northbrook	5.56
Avon Products	New York	5.54
Motorola	Schaumburg	5.54
HNI	Muscatine	5.54
Seaboard	Shawnee Mission	5.54
Electronic Arts	Redwood City	5.54
Ryder System	Miami	5.53
United Continental Holdings	Chicago	5.53
CommScope	Hickory	5.52
ConAgra Foods	Omaha	5.52
AmerisourceBergen	Chesterbrook	5.51
Consolidated Edison	New York	5.51
Total System Services	Columbus	5.48
Bristol-Myers Squibb	New York	5.47
WESCO International	Pittsburgh	5.46
Energizer Holdings	St. Louis	5.45
Ruddick	Charlotte	5.43
CA	Islandia	5.43
World Fuel Services	Miami	5.42
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	Lebanon	5.41
Werner Enterprises	Omaha	5.40
Liberty Mutual Insurance Group	Boston	5.40
Western Union	Englewood	5.40
Macy's	Cincinnati	5.38
Lorillard	Greensboro	5.37
Smurfit-Stone Container	Chicago	5.37
Liberty Media	Englewood	5.36
Patterson	St. Paul	5.35
Eastman Kodak	Rochester	5.32
Advanced Micro Devices	Sunnyvale	5.31
FirstEnergy	Akron	5.31
Dollar General	Goodlettsville	5.22
E*Trade Financial	New York	5.21
Live Nation Entertainment	Beverly Hills	5.21
Cigna	Philadelphia	5.20
MGM Resorts International	Las Vegas	5.18
Newell Rubbermaid	Atlanta	5.18
Masco	Taylor	5.18
Landstar System	Jacksonville	5.17
Brinker International	Dallas	5.16
Alliance Data Systems	Dallas	5.15
Hartford Financial Services	Hartford	5.13
Brink's	Richmond	5.13
Ross Stores	Pleasanton	5.12
SFN Group	Fort Lauderdale	5.10
PharMerica	Louisville	5.09
Kelly Services	Troy	5.08
Tenet Healthcare	Dallas	5.08
United Stationers	Deerfield	5.07
Collective Brands	Topeka	5.07
Jabil Circuit	St. Petersburg	5.07
Domtar	Fort Mill	5.07
Team Health Holdings	Knoxville	5.06
Omnicare	Covington	5.05
Bank of America	Charlotte	5.04
Sara Lee	Downers Grove	5.04
BJ's Wholesale Club	Natick	5.02
Toys "R" Us	Wayne	5.02
GameStop	Grapevine	5.00
Land O'Lakes	Arden Hills	4.99
Jones Group	New York	4.99
Alliance One International	Morrisville	4.98
Graphic Packaging Holding	Marietta	4.98
Foot Locker	New York	4.94
Unisys	Blue Bell	4.94
Spectrum Brands	Madison	4.94
Catalyst Health Solutions	Rockville	4.93
Citigroup	New York	4.88
Family Dollar Stores	Matthews	4.88
Lender Processing Services	Jacksonville	4.87
ABM Industries	New York	4.87
SRA International	Fairfax	4.86
ManTech International	Fairfax	4.84
Boise	Boise	4.83
Las Vegas Sands	Las Vegas	4.82
Universal Forest Products	Grand Rapids	4.81
CC Media Holdings	San Antonio	4.81
Lennar	Miami	4.79
SunTrust Banks	Atlanta	4.77
Sanmina-SCI	San Jose	4.76
Sprint Nextel	Overland Park	4.74
American Eagle Outfitters	Pittsburgh	4.73
Jarden	Rye	4.73
Dean Foods	Dallas	4.73
Insight Enterprises	Tempe	4.70
Realogy	Parsippany	4.69
First Data	Atlanta	4.67
Fifth Third Bancorp	Cincinnati	4.66
Con-way	Ann Arbor	4.64
Health Net	Woodland Hills	4.55
Coventry Health Care	Bethesda	4.52
American International Group	New York	4.43
Boston Scientific	Natick	4.40
Sears Holdings	Hoffman Estates	4.40
Bob Evans Farms	Columbus	4.32
Burlington Coat Factory	Burlington	4.30
Jack in the Box	San Diego	4.24
TRW Automotive Holdings	Livonia	4.19
Regions Financial	Birmingham	4.17
Dillard's	Little Rock	4.16
Universal American	Rye Brook	4.15
OfficeMax	Naperville	4.13
General Growth Properties	Chicago	4.10
KeyCorp	Cleveland	4.09
Wendy's/Arby's Group	Atlanta	4.08
Liz Claiborne	New York	4.07
D.R. Horton	Fort Worth	4.05
Pacer International	Concord	3.93
NewPage Holding	Miamisburg	3.90
U.S. Postal Service	Washington	3.89
Supervalu	Eden Prairie	3.88
Office Depot	Boca Raton	3.87
Caesars Entertainment	Las Vegas	3.76
General Motors	Detroit	3.75
WellCare Health Plans	Tampa	3.74
Winn-Dixie Stores	Jacksonville	3.50
AbitibiBowater	Greenville	3.47
Hovnanian Enterprises	Red Bank	3.36
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea	Montvale	3.32
US Airways Group	Tempe	3.24
AMR	Fort Worth	3.19
Rite Aid	Camp Hill	3.06
YRC Worldwide	Overland Park	2.80

From the March 21, 2011 issue

Top 50 Headquarters

Show: Top 50 | All Most Admired: The Americas | Europe | Asia/Australia

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Country	No. of most admired cos.

Australia	1
Belgium	1
Brazil	2
Britain	11
Britain/Netherlands	1
Canada	6
China	3

Denmark	0
Finland	2
France	9
Germany	21
India	1
Ireland	1
Italy	3

Japan	15
Luxembourg	1
Malaysia	0
Mexico	1
Netherlands	4
Norway	1
Russia	1

Singapore	3
South Africa	0
South Korea	5
Spain	2
Sweden	4
Switzerland	11
Taiwan	1
Turkey	0
USA	238

Innovation	Quality of management
People management	Financial soundness
Use of corporate assets	Long-term investment
Social responsibility	Product/services quality
Global competitiveness

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