The Top 500 stocks - Growth

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Rank	Company	Ticker	Industry	Sector	Share price	Revenue	Market Cap ($mil)	1 Yr Total Return (%)	3 Yr EPS Growth (%)	3 Yr SPS Growth (%)	1 Yr Total Asset Growth (%)	Return on Equity (%)	Price / Sales	Growth Grade
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1	Berkshire Hathaway	BRK.A	Insurance	Reinsurance	118400.10	113,248	183,428	-10.6	15.6	14.5	3.3	9.7	1.62	A
2	Washington Post	WPO	Media	Publishing-Newspapers	450.25	4,424	4,217	-42.8	-	8.6	7.5	5.8	0.96	D
3	Google	GOOG	Internet	Web Portals/ISP	366.94	20,921	115,308	-48.4	49.9	50.7	31.7	21	5.50	C
4	MasterCard	MA	Commercial Services	Commercial Serv-Finance	170.24	4,839	22,001	-10.2	-	-	18.6	-7.7	4.61	F
5	BlackRock	BLK	Diversified Finan Serv	Invest Mgmnt/Advis Serv	144.05	5,519	16,864	-26.7	35.6	39.4	0.1	9.4	3.37	D
6	AutoZone	AZO	Retail	Retail-Auto Parts	122.85	6,523	7,323	1.4	11.7	12.3	9.4	202.8	1.19	A
7	Apple	AAPL	Computers	Computers	110.99	32,479	98,595	-40.9	49.4	28.8	56.1	27.2	3.01	C
8	Goldman Sachs	GS	Banks	Diversified Banking Inst	95.00	71,431	40,660	-58.3	18	27.9	3.4	19.1	0.57	B
9	Monsanto	MON	Chemicals	Agricultural Chemicals	93.74	11,517	51,425	0	97.5	21.1	38.6	24	4.46	C
10	International Business Machines	IBM	Computers	Computers	93.40	105,490	125,479	-17.2	22.9	9.8	6.7	49.4	1.21	A
11	Burlington Northern Santa Fe	BNI	Transportation	Transport-Rail	91.60	17,890	31,354	7.1	14.4	15.8	6.3	17.9	1.77	A
12	M&T Bank	MTB	Banks	Commer Banks-Eastern US	87.11	4,288	9,609	-1.5	-	7.4	8.7	8.2	2.22	D
13	Alliant Techsystems	ATK	Aerospace/Defense	Aerospace/Defense-Equip	87.10	4,401	2,849	-27.3	17.4	18.5	6.3	33.3	0.65	B
14	Lockheed Martin	LMT	Aerospace/Defense	Aerospace/Defense	85.91	42,440	34,416	-20.8	29.1	8	-1.4	37.1	0.82	A
15	Transocean	RIG	Oil&Gas	Oil&Gas Drilling	84.52	9,827	26,966	-36	116.7	58.8	183.8	38.5	2.54	C
16	EOG Resources	EOG	Oil&Gas	Oil Comp-Explor&Prodtn	84.16	6,308	21,005	-3.3	31.2	25.4	38.1	30.1	3.28	B
17	Genentech	DNA	Biotechnology	Medical-Biomedical/Gene	83.31	12,680	87,645	11.3	39.5	28	18.2	23.8	6.92	B
18	Apache	APA	Oil&Gas	Oil Comp-Explor&Prodtn	83.20	13,447	27,845	-19.3	25.7	23.9	19.3	28.3	2.07	B
19	Devon Energy	DVN	Oil&Gas	Oil Comp-Explor&Prodtn	83.00	14,486	36,935	-9.8	22.5	17.6	15.1	19	2.55	B
20	L-3 Communications	LLL	Aerospace/Defense	Electronics-Military	82.93	14,696	10,035	-23.8	21.4	18.5	4.1	14.8	0.69	A
21	Entergy	ETR	Electric	Electric-Integrated	82.29	12,825	15,680	-28.8	12.6	13.5	3.8	16.3	1.23	B
22	WW Grainger	GWW	Distribution/Wholesale	Distribution/Wholesale	80.95	6,869	6,158	-6.6	18.2	13.8	15.6	23	0.91	A
23	Chevron	CVX	Oil&Gas	Oil Comp-Integrated	78.19	271,399	160,639	-9.1	22.4	17.1	16.8	25.2	0.59	A
24	Exxon Mobil	XOM	Oil&Gas	Oil Comp-Integrated	77.49	460,740	402,483	-10.3	20.4	20.9	16.8	36.2	0.88	A
25	Genzyme	GENZ	Biotechnology	Medical-Biomedical/Gene	74.60	4,468	20,081	-0.2	34	16.9	18.8	6.1	4.46	C
26	Franklin Resources	BEN	Diversified Finan Serv	Invest Mgmnt/Advis Serv	72.84	6,257	17,091	-40.9	16.9	14.2	-1.2	24.4	2.75	C
27	PNC Financial Services	PNC	Banks	Super-Regional Banks-US	72.63	10,085	25,275	9.3	-	4.6	10.8	9.1	2.46	D
28	Rohm and Haas	ROH	Chemicals	Chemicals-Diversified	71.60	9,888	13,976	43.2	4.7	13.5	6.9	20.4	1.40	B
29	Becton, Dickinson & Co	BDX	Healthcare-Products	Medical Products	70.27	6,971	17,116	-14	21.2	10.8	14.1	23.8	2.46	B
30	Union Pacific	UNP	Transportation	Transport-Rail	69.44	17,881	35,166	11.7	39.9	11.3	4.3	13.9	2.00	C
31	FedEx	FDX	Transportation	Transport-Services	68.82	38,724	21,403	-32.5	-	7.8	9.4	7.2	0.55	D
32	Precision Castparts	PCP	Metal Fabricate/Hardware	Metal Processors&Fabrica	68.54	7,142	9,551	-54.3	53.1	27.4	14.6	27.8	1.33	B
33	Praxair	PX	Chemicals	Industrial Gases	68.01	10,916	20,974	-18.7	25.4	14.8	8.8	27.2	1.96	B
34	General Mills	GIS	Food	Food-Misc/Diversified	67.66	14,077	22,693	22.1	2.6	11	3.7	24.4	1.60	B
35	Colgate-Palmolive	CL	Cosmetics/Personal Care	Cosmetics&Toiletries	66.15	15,308	33,387	-9.5	15.1	11.8	4.7	90	2.19	B
36	Procter & Gamble	PG	Cosmetics/Personal Care	Cosmetics&Toiletries	66.07	85,330	197,266	-2.7	12.8	5.7	-0.7	19.1	2.41	D
37	3M	MMM	Miscellaneous Manufactur	Diversified Manufact Op	65.61	25,966	45,465	-20.7	10.3	10.7	13.4	32.6	1.78	A
38	Anheuser-Busch	BUD	Beverages	Brewery	64.60	17,133	46,450	30.8	2.9	7.3	5	52.9	2.73	C
39	General Dynamics	GD	Aerospace/Defense	Aerospace/Defense	63.77	28,963	25,007	-28	20.5	12.5	9.1	21.1	0.88	B
40	Flowserve	FLS	Machinery-Diversified	Machinery-Pumps	63.51	4,414	3,544	-27.5	267.9	17.4	14.4	32.9	0.82	B
41	Laboratory Corporation of America	LH	Healthcare-Services	Medical Labs&Testing Srv	63.23	4,392	7,082	-7.7	14.2	17.5	9.7	25.2	1.61	A
42	Clorox	CLX	Household Products/Wares	Consumer Products-Misc	62.75	5,418	8,704	2.6	-	11.9	24.9	-	1.60	C
43	Danaher	DHR	Miscellaneous Manufactur	Diversified Manufact Op	62.28	12,662	22,063	-23.6	14.5	16.9	27.9	14.6	1.57	B
44	Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	Healthcare-Products	Medical Products	61.89	64,522	173,071	-1.9	12.9	10.2	18	26.5	2.72	B
45	Kimberly-Clark	KMB	Household Products/Wares	Consumer Products-Misc	61.88	19,575	25,662	-7.3	6.3	12.4	2.1	28.7	1.33	A
46	Express Scripts	ESRX	Pharmaceuticals	Pharmacy Services	61.71	19,455	15,271	-5.1	31.2	13.9	6.3	100.9	0.79	A
47	Baxter International	BAX	Healthcare-Products	Medical Products	61.52	12,226	38,316	5.3	34.8	6.5	7.5	28.8	3.17	B
48	Air Products & Chemicals	APD	Chemicals	Industrial Gases	61.05	10,602	12,955	-35.7	10.6	11.8	-1.3	17.3	1.22	C
49	Hess	HES	Oil&Gas	Oil Comp-Integrated	60.97	43,238	19,962	-13.3	37.1	22	23.6	27.1	0.45	A
50	Norfolk Southern	NSC	Transportation	Transport-Rail	60.90	10,613	21,295	21.6	14.5	11.3	2.9	16.7	2.16	B

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Source: Bloomberg; all figures as of the close of Nov. 4, 2008; all prices in U.S. dollars

Top 500 stocks - Growth