Showing posts with label Fortune 500. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fortune 500. Show all posts
12.30.2016
7.11.2014
The Fortune 500 at Sixty: Rising and Falling "Stars"
What happened to the first Fortune 500
Excerpt:
The first-ever Fortune 500 was published in 1955. 60 years later we look back at where the companies from the head of the class—Fortune 500 companies 1-10, with revenues ranging from $1.7-$9.8 billion—are now. Some no longer exist, some exist by another name and/or as shadows of their former corporate selves, and some still stand today as the biggest names in corporate America.Comment: Image captures from a nice interactive database. Top is HP ... bottom is US Steel. The top 10 60 years ago:
Comment: I had never heard of Esmark.
5.08.2013
19 Minnesota companies in Fortune 500
19 Minnesota companies in Fortune 500; 10 move up in rank
Comment: Click image for larger. Of the above I like: TGT, MMM, USB, GIS, XEL, HRL, and UNH. I generally only target stocks with a dividend yield above 3%
5.06.2013
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