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	Owens & Minor	OMI	Distribution/Wholesale	Distribution/Wholesale	44.05	7,107	1,800	12.2	13.6	13	0.2	15.1	0.25	A
2	Ross Stores	ROST	Retail	Retail-Apparel/Shoe	31.63	6,317	4,160	23.9	21.3	15.4	9.2	30.3	0.66	A
3	Ryder System	R	Transportation	Transport-Services	40.92	6,496	2,276	-13.4	8.3	9.6	1	22.5	0.36	A
4	Nike	NKE	Apparel	Athletic Footwear	56.22	19,404	27,278	-10.7	13.8	13.7	14.4	23.7	1.43	A
5	Kellogg	K	Food	Food-Misc/Diversified	52.45	12,683	19,983	2.2	8.2	10.3	6.8	44.7	1.59	A
6	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
7	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
8	Hormel Foods	HRL	Food	Food-Meat Products	29.26	6,558	3,946	-15.6	10.4	8.2	13.9	16.2	0.61	A
9	CSX	CSX	Transportation	Transport-Rail	46.90	11,158	18,501	8.9	17.5	11.4	4	17.1	1.71	A
10	Staples	SPLS	Retail	Retail-Office Supplies	19.49	20,452	13,878	-9.7	11.9	12.3	77.8	17.5	0.66	A
11	Costco Wholesale	COST	Retail	Retail-Discount	55.09	72,483	23,827	-15.2	9.8	14.3	5.5	14.4	0.33	A
12	CVS Caremark	CVS	Retail	Retail-Drug Store	31.77	85,272	45,674	-23.3	17.3	9.9	1.9	9.3	0.53	A
13	Genuine Parts	GPC	Distribution/Wholesale	Distribution/Wholesale	39.91	11,122	6,408	-15.7	8.7	7.1	-0.3	19.1	0.59	A
14	AT&T	T	Telecommunications	Telephone-Integrated	29.28	123,301	172,547	-24	25.4	18.4	6.2	12.2	1.42	A
15	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
16	Medco Health Solutions	MHS	Pharmaceuticals	Pharmacy Services	38.00	48,034	19,216	-19.9	24.4	12.4	15.4	15	0.42	A
17	Comcast	CMCSA	Media	Cable TV	17.77	33,505	51,174	-12.7	36.2	20.1	1.2	6.7	1.58	A
18	Ball	BLL	Packaging&Containers	Containers-Metal/Glass	36.93	7,585	3,522	-23.6	9.7	14.3	3.3	23.1	0.47	A
19	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
20	Casey's General Stores	CASY	Retail	Retail-Convenience Store	30.21	5,113	1,534	9.9	25.5	19.6	7.8	13.2	0.30	A
21	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
22	Big Lots	BIG	Retail	Retail-Discount	24.84	4,700	2,015	6.7	125.1	12.1	-5.1	21	0.46	A
23	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
24	H.J. Heinz	HNZ	Food	Food-Misc/Diversified	45.78	10,406	14,298	3.8	10.4	10.3	7.1	44.9	1.38	A
25	Yum! Brands	YUM	Retail	Retail-Restaurants	30.60	11,158	14,137	-20.1	15.3	12.8	3.4	110.9	1.34	A
26	Kroger	KR	Food	Food-Retail	27.77	74,530	18,078	-0.8	300	12	5.9	24.5	0.25	A
27	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
28	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
29	DIRECTV Group	DTV	Media	Cable TV	22.49	18,601	25,291	-12.2	52.1	21.1	17.6	22.3	1.40	A
30	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
31	Airgas	ARG	Chemicals	Industrial Gases	39.51	4,373	3,258	-20.3	31.1	15	14.4	18.7	0.75	A
32	Family Dollar Stores	FDO	Retail	Retail-Discount	27.14	6,984	3,792	17.6	8.5	12.6	1.4	19.2	0.54	A
33	Wal-Mart	WMT	Retail	Retail-Discount	56.13	397,347	220,814	29.3	9.9	12	6.3	20.8	0.56	A
34	Dollar Tree	DLTR	Retail	Retail-Discount	37.99	4,441	3,430	4.1	14.9	18.8	1.5	19.4	0.78	A
35	Mattel	MAT	Toys/Games/Hobbies	Toys	15.35	6,167	5,511	-22.3	12	10.4	7.7	22.2	0.90	A
36	Ecolab	ECL	Chemicals	Chemicals-Specialty	38.96	6,094	9,654	-15	16	12.3	20	24.5	1.58	A
37	DTE Energy	DTE	Electric	Electric-Integrated	38.11	9,370	6,216	-18.3	39	7	-0.2	11.7	0.66	A
38	Advance Auto Parts	AAP	Retail	Retail-Auto Parts	31.42	4,998	2,985	-9.1	7.2	10.9	8.7	23.4	0.60	A
39	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
40	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
41	Estee Lauder	EL	Cosmetics/Personal Care	Cosmetics&Toiletries	36.83	8,104	7,232	-11.6	15.2	14	12.3	33.1	0.88	A
42	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
43	C.H. Robinson Worldwide	CHRW	Transportation	Transport-Services	55.65	8,576	9,397	19.2	24.4	17.5	7.7	33.4	1.10	A
44	Sherwin-Williams	SHW	Chemicals	Coatings/Paint	56.45	8,134	6,599	-5.7	9.4	10.8	-0.8	35	0.82	A
45	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
46	FirstEnergy	FE	Electric	Electric-Integrated	57.16	13,501	17,424	-14.8	16.6	6.9	4.7	13.7	1.29	A
47	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
48	United Technologies	UTX	Aerospace/Defense	Aerospace/Defense-Equip	57.25	58,896	54,423	-23	16.4	14.3	6.2	22.3	0.92	A
49	Davita	DVA	Healthcare-Services	Dialysis Centers	53.03	5,554	5,557	-10.9	15.3	27.6	5.8	20.5	1.01	A
50	TJX Companies	TJX	Retail	Retail-Major Dept Store	26.38	19,211	11,064	-3.4	19	10.5	2.6	44.3	0.61	A

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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