The Value Investor 500: The Full List
The Value Investor 500 is my attempt to highlight the top 500 publicly traded companies in the U.S. Click here to read more on my methodology and reasoning.
ROIC Rank | Company | 5-Year Average Pre-Tax ROIC | FCF Rank | FCF (in millions) | Market Cap (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Terra Nitrogen (NYS: TNH) | 370.01% | 369 | 506.2 | $3,541 |
2 | Apple (NAS: AAPL) | 261.32% | 4 | 40,943.0 | $536,847 |
3 | Altera (NAS: ALTR) | 192.72% | 225 | 927.8 | $10,666 |
4 | Mastercard (NYS: MA) | 177.00% | 83 | 2,607.0 | $53,925 |
5 | Apollo Group (NAS: APOL) | 174.69% | 305 | 677.2 | $3,995 |
6 | Accenture (NYS: ACN) | 154.42% | 65 | 3,401.5 | $38,074 |
7 | TD Ameritrade (NAS: AMTD) | 148.01% | 326 | 609.4 | $9,355 |
8 | Moody's (NYS: MCO) | 137.52% | 284 | 735.6 | $8,024 |
9 | ITT Educational Services (NYS: ESI) | 131.84% | 449 | 356.9 | $1,306 |
10 | Linear Technology (NAS: LLTC) | 116.35% | 355 | 549.3 | $6,876 |
11 | Mead Johnson Nutrition (NYS: MJN) | 112.10% | 364 | 523.3 | $17,396 |
12 | Coach (NYS: COH) | 98.64% | 191 | 1,115.4 | $17,590 |
13 | Monster Beverage (NAS: MNST) | 95.75% | 496 | 308.3 | $13,857 |
14 | Humana (NYS: HUM) | 92.80% | 119 | 1,733.0 | $12,842 |
15 | Microsoft (NAS: MSFT) | 92.24% | 5 | 26,735.0 | $252,194 |
16 | CH Robinson Worldwide (NAS: CHRW) | 87.80% | 420 | 393.8 | $9,523 |
17 | priceline.com (NAS: PCLN) | 85.12% | 164 | 1,295.0 | $32,834 |
18 | CF Industries Holdings (NYS: CF) | 81.68% | 111 | 1,831.7 | $10,837 |
19 | salesforce.com (NYS: CRM) | 76.34% | 405 | 420.2 | $18,569 |
20 | Teradata (NYS: TDC) | 76.06% | 382 | 471.0 | $12,165 |
21 | Dun & Bradstreet (NYS: DNB) | 73.97% | 498 | 306.7 | $3,226 |
22 | Paychex (NAS: PAYX) | 73.71% | 333 | 592.8 | $11,612 |
23 | Expeditors International of Washington (NAS: EXPD) | 69.16% | 430 | 379.0 | $8,386 |
24 | Herbalife (NYS: HLF) | 66.43% | 407 | 418.9 | $5,360 |
25 | Gilead Sciences (NAS: GILD) | 65.70% | 61 | 3,507.1 | $38,086 |
26 | Ross Stores (NAS: ROST) | 62.45% | 417 | 403.8 | $15,025 |
27 | Google (NAS: GOOG) | 61.13% | 19 | 11,127.0 | $184,044 |
28 | Weight Watchers International (NYS: WTW) | 60.12% | 428 | 380.1 | $2,938 |
29 | Autodesk (NAS: ADSK) | 59.69% | 367 | 510.5 | $7,668 |
30 | Cognizant Technology Solutions (NAS: CTSH) | 58.55% | 338 | 586.9 | $18,422 |
31 | Southern Copper (NYS: SCCO) | 58.43% | 149 | 1,457.3 | $26,103 |
32 | Varian Medical Systems (NYS: VAR) | 56.69% | 474 | 331.9 | $6,733 |
33 | Dolby Laboratories (NYS: DLB) | 56.44% | 431 | 378.5 | $4,518 |
34 | Verisk Analytics (NAS: VRSK) | 55.98% | 490 | 315.9 | $8,063 |
35 | Dish Network (NAS: DISH) | 55.56% | 116 | 1,795.0 | $12,496 |
36 | The TJX Companies (NYS: TJX) | 55.12% | 192 | 1,112.7 | $31,461 |
37 | Forest Laboratories (NYS: FRX) | 55.00% | 169 | 1,252.0 | $9,153 |
38 | Analog Devices (NYS: ADI) | 54.75% | 266 | 775.9 | $11,012 |
39 | Fluor (NYS: FLR) | 52.77% | 354 | 551.6 | $8,030 |
40 | AutoZone (NYS: AZO) | 51.92% | 222 | 938.8 | $14,423 |
41 | Colgate-Palmolive (NYS: CL) | 49.34% | 92 | 2,359.0 | $48,455 |
42 | The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYS: MHP) | 48.72% | 173 | 1,225.0 | $11,887 |
43 | Philip Morris International (NYS: PM) | 48.47% | 27 | 9,632.0 | $149,629 |
44 | Cisco Systems (NAS: CSCO) | 48.45% | 25 | 10,166.0 | $91,603 |
45 | Intuitive Surgical (NAS: ISRG) | 46.48% | 330 | 594.7 | $21,108 |
46 | Western Digital (NAS: WDC) | 44.67% | 228 | 909.0 | $7,980 |
47 | Franklin Resources (NYS: BEN) | 44.57% | 153 | 1,439.3 | $23,494 |
48 | Gap (NYS: GPS) | 44.06% | 251 | 815.0 | $13,077 |
49 | Waters Corp. (NYS: WAT) | 43.23% | 410 | 411.9 | $7,160 |
50 | T. Rowe Price Group (NAS: TROW) | 42.92% | 236 | 866.1 | $15,507 |
51 | Garmin (NAS: GRMN) | 42.22% | 262 | 784.0 | $7,857 |
52 | Joy Global (NYS: JOY) | 41.84% | 446 | 361.6 | $5,910 |
53 | Lam Research (NAS: LRCX) | 41.57% | 340 | 582.9 | $4,541 |
54 | Intuit (NAS: INTU) | 40.76% | 205 | 1,045.0 | $17,127 |
55 | BMC Software (NAS: BMC) | 39.80% | 240 | 856.6 | $6,965 |
56 | Celgene (NAS: CELG) | 39.40% | 127 | 1,676.6 | $29,143 |
57 | Express Scripts (NAS: ESRX) | 39.30% | 103 | 2,047.6 | $43,766 |
58 | Endo Pharmaceuticals (NAS: ENDP) | 39.10% | 319 | 642.7 | $3,531 |
59 | Nike (NYS: NKE) | 38.83% | 168 | 1,262.0 | $46,639 |
60 | Bed Bath & Beyond (NAS: BBBY) | 38.69% | 230 | 907.3 | $16,794 |
61 | Texas Instruments (NAS: TXN) | 38.52% | 89 | 2,440.0 | $31,882 |
62 | Avon Products (NYS: AVP) | 38.32% | 429 | 379.1 | $6,818 |
63 | Oracle (NAS: ORCL) | 38.08% | 15 | 12,629.0 | $137,810 |
64 | Diamond Offshore Drilling (NYS: DO) | 37.80% | 315 | 645.3 | $8,422 |
65 | Stryker (NYS: SYK) | 37.74% | 175 | 1,208.0 | $20,628 |
66 | CR Bard (NYS: BCR) | 36.61% | 314 | 650.1 | $8,596 |
67 | Intel (NAS: INTC) | 36.14% | 24 | 10,199.0 | $137,548 |
68 | Eli Lilly (NYS: LLY) | 35.83% | 33 | 6,562.5 | $46,516 |
69 | F5 Networks (NAS: FFIV) | 35.55% | 409 | 414.9 | $8,111 |
70 | Global Payments (NYS: GPN) | 34.89% | 434 | 374.6 | $3,231 |
71 | NetApp (NAS: NTAP) | 34.66% | 213 | 983.0 | $11,155 |
72 | HollyFrontier (NYS: HFC) | 34.64% | 216 | 964.2 | $6,740 |
73 | Dollar Tree (NAS: DLTR) | 34.39% | 395 | 436.4 | $12,797 |
74 | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYS: FCX) | 34.33% | 55 | 4,086.0 | $32,593 |
75 | NVIDIA (NAS: NVDA) | 33.81% | 269 | 770.4 | $7,605 |
76 | Western Union (NYS: WU) | 33.22% | 190 | 1,122.1 | $9,954 |
77 | SAIC (NYS: SAI) | 33.19% | 316 | 645.0 | $4,181 |
78 | Yum! Brands (NYS: YUM) | 33.08% | 171 | 1,230.0 | $29,932 |
79 | Xilinx (NAS: XLNX) | 33.01% | 256 | 796.2 | $8,590 |
80 | Best Buy (NYS: BBY) | 32.75% | 88 | 2,441.0 | $6,808 |
81 | KLA-Tencor (NAS: KLAC) | 32.68% | 234 | 884.4 | $8,084 |
82 | Williams Partners (NYS: WPZ) | 32.50% | 180 | 1,175.0 | $16,449 |
83 | Estee Lauder (NYS: EL) | 32.10% | 282 | 741.5 | $21,407 |
84 | Starbucks (NAS: SBUX) | 32.01% | 242 | 848.6 | $39,852 |
85 | W.W. Grainger (NYS: GWW) | 31.88% | 356 | 549.2 | $12,661 |
86 | Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYS: BMY) | 31.87% | 52 | 4,473.0 | $57,817 |
87 | VMware (NYS: VMW) | 31.86% | 115 | 1,795.5 | $38,888 |
88 | Rockwell Collins (NYS: COL) | 31.74% | 439 | 372.0 | $7,117 |
89 | Total System Services (NYS: TSS) | 30.99% | 412 | 409.4 | $4,502 |
90 | Check Point Software (NAS: CHKP) | 30.90% | 293 | 707.7 | $10,445 |
91 | Halliburton (NYS: HAL) | 30.86% | 286 | 731.0 | $27,183 |
92 | Sotheby's (NYS: BID) | 30.64% | 424 | 385.9 | $2,107 |
93 | Applied Materials (NAS: AMAT) | 30.47% | 107 | 1,960.0 | $14,086 |
94 | Scripps Networks Interactive (NYS: SNI) | 29.92% | 307 | 674.8 | $8,604 |
95 | Qualcomm (NAS: QCOM) | 29.73% | 39 | 5,781.0 | $96,857 |
96 | Nordstrom (NYS: JWN) | 29.69% | 310 | 666.0 | $10,224 |
97 | 3M (NYS: MMM) | 29.44% | 57 | 3,905.0 | $60,672 |
98 | Advance Auto Parts (NYS: AAP) | 29.26% | 351 | 560.7 | $5,086 |
99 | AmerisourceBergen (NYS: ABC) | 28.98% | 141 | 1,532.9 | $9,352 |
100 | Microchip Technology (NAS: MCHP) | 28.96% | 444 | 363.6 | $6,288 |
101 | Johnson & Johnson (NYS: JNJ) | 28.90% | 18 | 11,405.0 | $181,288 |
102 | Mattel (NAS: MAT) | 28.80% | 381 | 473.8 | $11,036 |
103 | ExxonMobil (NYS: XOM) | 28.71% | 6 | 24,370.0 | $389,150 |
104 | DIRECTV (NAS: DTV) | 28.55% | 105 | 2,015.0 | $29,400 |
105 | Clorox (NYS: CLX) | 28.44% | 406 | 420.0 | $9,438 |
106 | Sysco (NYS: SYY) | 28.42% | 331 | 594.5 | $17,069 |
107 | GameStop (NYS: GME) | 27.67% | 385 | 459.6 | $2,323 |
108 | Seagate Technology (NAS: STX) | 27.61% | 279 | 747.0 | $10,023 |
109 | International Business Machines (NYS: IBM) | 27.52% | 10 | 15,738.0 | $229,659 |
110 | PepsiCo (NYS: PEP) | 27.42% | 41 | 5,605.0 | $108,664 |
111 | Baxter International (NYS: BAX) | 27.40% | 110 | 1,857.0 | $27,427 |
112 | Amphenol (NYS: APH) | 27.29% | 383 | 465.0 | $9,027 |
113 | Ralph Lauren (NYS: RL) | 27.26% | 321 | 635.0 | $13,534 |
114 | Precision Castparts (NYS: PCP) | 27.25% | 248 | 823.7 | $24,236 |
115 | Chicago Bridge & Iron (NYS: CBI) | 27.24% | 438 | 372.2 | $3,505 |
116 | UnitedHealth Group (NYS: UNH) | 27.05% | 38 | 5,901.0 | $61,106 |
117 | Mosaic (NYS: MOS) | 26.85% | 220 | 954.8 | $21,145 |
118 | Becton, Dickinson (NYS: BDX) | 26.80% | 207 | 1,025.3 | $14,917 |
119 | McDonald's (NYS: MCD) | 26.73% | 53 | 4,420.3 | $91,970 |
120 | IntercontinentalExchange (NYS: ICE) | 26.70% | 313 | 655.5 | $9,807 |
121 | Adobe Systems (NAS: ADBE) | 26.42% | 159 | 1,333.0 | $16,070 |
122 | Discover Financial Services (NYS: DFS) |
