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Top companies: Fastest growing
Rank ▾ Company 500 Rank 2001 - 2011 % Annual Growth in EPS
1 Steel Dynamics 323 52.9
2 Gilead Sciences 306 49.2
3 Advance Auto Parts 392 44.4
4 Ingram Micro 81 44.0
5 Avnet 108 42.0
6 Cognizant Technology Solutions 398 41.1
6 Devon Energy 232 41.1
8 eBay 228 40.9
9 Harris 413 39.9
10 Fluor 124 39.1
11 Chubb 202 33.7
12 AGCO 292 33.5
12 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold 135 33.5
14 Whirlpool 147 32.0
15 Hewlett-Packard 10 31.8
16 Autoliv 313 29.8
17 Express Scripts Holding 60 29.2
18 AutoZone 320 28.9
19 Intel 51 28.8
20 FMC Technologies 475 28.6
21 Humana 79 28.3
22 Berkshire Hathaway 7 28.1
23 PVH 419 27.6
24 World Fuel Services 85 26.9
25 HollyFrontier 170 26.8
26 Ryder System 407 26.6
26 MGM Resorts International 331 26.6
28 MetLife 34 26.1
29 Dillard's 383 25.9
30 Ralph Lauren 431 25.2
30 Mylan 396 25.2
32 Wesco International 397 24.9
33 Chevron 3 24.2
34 Biogen Idec 476 23.9
35 NetApp 474 23.3
36 Seaboard 427 23.0
37 Agilent Technologies 375 22.3
38 National Oilwell Varco 184 22.2
39 PetSmart 400 22.0
40 CSX 226 21.9
41 Reliance Steel & Aluminum 315 21.7
42 BorgWarner 355 21.6
42 Starbucks 227 21.6
44 Icahn Enterprises 223 21.5
45 Marathon Oil 173 21.1
45 Nucor 138 21.1
45 UnitedHealth Group 22 21.1
48 Anixter International 386 21.0
48 VF 277 21.0
48 Nordstrom 242 21.0
48 Coventry Health Care 219 21.0
Issue date: May 21, 2012
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