The 2019 IndustryWeek 50 Best US Manufacturers

The annual IndustryWeek 50 Best U.S. Manufacturers ranks the best-performing U.S. public manufacturing companies.

IW compiles the list by ranking the IW U.S. 500 companies based on their financial performance in six key areas over a three-year period. These areas are inventory turns, profit margin, asset turnover, return on assets, return on equity and revenue growth. The most recent year (2018) accounts for 50% of the calculation, while 2017 is weighted at 30% and 2016 contributes 20%.

This free database includes the full ranking of this year's class—sortable by rank, company name, industry and several financial measures (based on 2018 performance)—plus a complete data profile for each company on the list.

2019 IW 50 Best Rank	Company	Primary Industry	Revenue Growth (%)	Profit Margin (%)
1	Align Technology Inc.	Medical Instruments & Equipment	33.47	20.35
2	Patrick Industries Inc.	Wood Products	38.36	5.30
3	Thor Industries Inc.	Motor Vehicles	14.93	5.16
4	Apple Inc.	Computers & Other Electronic Products	15.86	22.41
5	NVIDIA Corp.	Computers & Other Electronic Products	20.61	35.34
6	Cintas Corp.	Apparel	21.66	13.01
7	Winnebago Industries Inc.	Motor Vehicles	30.36	5.08
8	Sanderson Farms Inc.	Food	-3.18	18.98
9	Clorox Co.	Chemicals	2.53	13.44
10	LCI Industries	Motor Vehicle Parts	15.27	6.00
11	Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.	Railcars, Ships, & Other Trans. Equip.	9.88	10.23
12	Mettler-Toledo International Inc.	Instruments	7.73	17.46
13	Lancaster Colony Corp.	Food	1.75	11.06
14	Steel Dynamics Inc.	Primary Metals	23.72	10.64
15	Monster Beverage Corp.	Beverages	13.00	26.08
16	Lear Corp.	Motor Vehicle Parts	3.33	5.44
17	Lennox International Inc.	Electrical Equipment & Appliances	1.15	9.24
18	Louisiana-Pacific Corp.	Wood Products	3.44	13.95
19	American Woodmark Corp.	Furniture & Fixtures	21.36	5.05
20	Packaging Corp. of America	Paper	8.84	10.52
21	Allison Transmission Holdings Inc.	Motor Vehicle Parts	19.94	23.55
22	KEMET Corp.	Computers & Other Electronic Products	15.22	14.94
23	Trinseo SA	Plastics	3.93	6.33
24	John Bean Technologies Corp.	Electrical Equipment & Appliances	17.41	5.42
25	Toro Co.	Machinery	4.53	10.38
26	Lam Research Corp.	Computers & Other Electronic Products	38.23	21.49
27	Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc.	Machinery	15.40	9.48
28	Hershey Co.	Food	3.67	15.11
29	Applied Materials Inc.	Computers & Other Electronic Products	18.68	19.20
30	Illinois Tool Works Inc.	Fabricated Metal Products	3.17	17.36
31	Nucor Corp.	Primary Metals	23.77	9.42
32	Sherwin-Williams Co.	Chemicals	17.02	6.32
33	CVR Energy Inc.	Petroleum & Coal Products	18.96	4.06
34	A.O. Smith Corp.	Electrical Equipment & Appliances	6.38	13.93
35	Global Brass & Copper Holdings Inc.	Fabricated Metal Products	13.11	3.32
36	Celanese Corp.	Chemicals	16.53	16.87
37	Herman Miller Inc.	Furniture & Fixtures	4.52	5.38
38	Phillips 66	Petroleum & Coal Products	8.90	5.02
39	Raytheon Co.	Aerospace & Defense	6.75	10.75
40	Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc.	Primary Metals	40.12	6.62
41	PACCAR Inc.	Motor Vehicles	20.76	9.34
42	Acuity Brands Inc.	Electrical Equipment & Appliances	4.99	9.50
43	Gentex Corp.	Motor Vehicle Parts	2.18	23.88
44	Hormel Foods Corp.	Food	4.13	10.61
45	Church & Dwight Co. Inc.	Chemicals	9.79	13.71
46	PepsiCo Inc.	Beverages	1.79	19.35
47	Avery Dennison Corp.	Paper	8.24	6.53
48	Amphenol Corp.	Computers & Other Electronic Products	16.98	14.69
49	Atkore International Group Inc.	Electrical Equipment & Appliances	22.02	7.45
50	Texas Instruments Inc.	Computers & Other Electronic Products	5.50	35.35