The 2011 IW 50 Best Manufacturing Companies
The IW 50 Best Manufacturing Companies is IndustryWeek's report on the 50
best publicly held U.S. manufacturing companies. To identify the top performing manufacturers, the IW formula factored in
revenue growth and profit margin over the past three years, with 2010
results weighted most heavily. We also considered three-year performance in
four other financial ratios: inventory turns, asset turnover, return on
assets and return on equity. This list was published in the July 2011 issue of IndustryWeek .
IW 50 Rank Company Revenue ($millions) Revenue Growth (%) Profit Margin (%)
1
Western Digital Corp.
$9,850
32.16
14.03
2
Apple Inc.
$65,225
78.52
21.48
3
Lorillard Inc.*
$5,932
13.36
17.35
4
Philip Morris International Inc.
$67,713
9.07
10.72
5
Tempur-Pedic International Inc.
$1,105
33
14.22
6
Microsoft Corp.
$62,484
6.93
30.02
7
Polaris Industries Inc.
$1,991
27.16
7.39
8
Deckers Outdoor Corp.
$1,001
23.1
15.81
9
PepsiCo Inc.
$57,838
33.79
10.93
10
Exxon Mobil Corp.
$372,544
22.77
8.18
11
Guess Inc.
$2,487
16.86
11.64
12
Hansen Natural Corp.
$1,304
14.05
16.26
13
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
$15,564
1.55
14.15
14
NewMarket Corp.
$1,797
17.47
9.85
15
Coach Inc.
$3,608
11.68
20.37
16
First Solar Inc.
$2,564
24.07
25.91
17
IBM Corp.
$99,870
4.29
14.85
18
Hershey Co.
$5,671
7.03
8.99
19
Lockheed Martin Corp.
$45,803
1.36
6.39
20
Sanderson Farms Inc.
$1,925
7.6
7
21
Walter Energy Inc.
$1,588
64.22
24.3
22
Lancaster Colony Corp.
$1,057
0.49
10.88
23
IDEXX Laboratories Inc.
$1,103
6.96
12.8
24
CF Industries Holdings Inc.
$3,965
52.01
8.81
25
Flowers Foods Inc.
$2,574
-1.04
5.32
26
Campbell Soup Co.
$7,676
1.19
11
27
Dell Inc.
$61,494
16.24
4.28
28
Chevron Corp.
$199,291
18.4
9.55
29
Kellogg Co.
$12,397
-1.42
10.06
30
Alliant Techsystems Inc.
$4,808
4.9
5.8
31
Altera Corp.
$1,954
63.49
40.06
32
Stepan Co.
$1,431
12.12
4.57
33
Cubic Corp.
$1,194
17.46
5.91
34
Impax Laboratories Inc.
$880
145.39
28.47
35
Intuitive Surgical Inc.
$1,413
34.29
27.02
36
Packaging Corp. of America
$2,436
13.41
8.43
37
Hormel Foods Corp.
$7,221
10.52
5.48
38
Loral Space & Communications Inc.
$1,159
16.67
42.01
39
Fossil Inc.
$2,031
31.17
12.57
40
Varian Medical Systems Inc.
$2,357
6.44
15.29
41
Hewlett-Packard Co.
$126,033
10.02
6.95
42
Amphenol Corp.
$3,554
26.03
13.97
43
Coca-Cola Co.
$35,119
13.32
33.63
44
Mattel Inc.
$5,856
7.83
11.69
45
Joy Global Inc.
$3,524
-2.06
13.09
46
Murphy Oil Corp.
$23,345
22.79
3.42
47
Carter's Inc.
$1,749
10.04
8.37
48
Texas Instruments Inc.
$13,966
33.94
23.11
49
G-III Apparel Group Ltd.
$1,063
32.78
5.33
50
Raytheon Co.
$25,183
1.21
7.31
