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Rank Company 500 Rank 2000 - 2010 % Annual Growth in EPS
1 Cummins 186 59.4
2 National Oilwell Varco 202 47.8
3 Sherwin-Williams 308 45.4
4 Biogen Idec 476 44.4
5 AGCO 340 43.9
6 DaVita 359 43.5
7 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold 136 42.8
8 Cliffs Natural Resources 477 42.5
9 Harris 429 42.4
10 Cognizant Technology Solutions 484 41.7
11 eBay 269 41.4
12 Progressive 164 41.0
13 Community Health Systems 190 35.9
14 Aetna 77 33.9
15 Cameron International 375 33.6
16 Yahoo 365 31.1
17 Apple 35 30.1
18 Humana 79 28.2
19 Raytheon 104 28.1
20 World Fuel Services 133 27.7
21 Oshkosh 252 27.6
22 Holly 289 27.0
23 W.R. Berkley 475 26.6
24 Starbucks 229 26.0
25 Ball 300 25.3
26 Norfolk Southern 261 24.4
27 Apollo Group 452 24.2
28 Air Products & Chemicals 271 23.6
29 Quest Diagnostics 320 22.3
30 UnitedHealth Group 22 22.3
31 AutoZone 322 22.3
32 Precision Castparts 409 22.3
33 St. Jude Medical 436 22.0
34 Coventry Health Care 212 21.8
35 Nordstrom 254 21.6
36 Archer Daniels Midland 39 21.5
37 L-3 Communications 159 21.4
38 Jarden 379 21.4
39 Baker Hughes 170 20.9
40 Laboratory Corp. of America 447 20.7
41 O'Reilly Automotive 424 19.4
42 Stryker 323 19.2
43 Coca-Cola 70 19.1
44 C.H. Robinson Worldwide 265 18.8
45 Marathon Oil 29 17.9
46 Henry Schein 317 17.9
47 Dominion Resources 162 17.8
48 Ross Stores 303 17.7
49 Bed Bath & Beyond 304 17.6
50 Universal American 401 17.1
Issue date: May 23, 2011
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