The
first table is for companies in the USA.
| Company
Name |
Ticker
Symbol |
Return
on Equity |
Sales
Growth 5-Year |
EPS
Growth 5-Year |
Average
Annual Total Return 5-Year |
| Amgen |
AMGN |
24.57 |
14.0 |
17.0 |
33.12 |
| Apollo
Group `A' |
APOL |
23.05 |
29.0 |
36.5 |
27.09 |
| Applebee's
Int'l |
APPB |
21.08 |
20.5 |
20.0 |
29.03 |
| Bed
Bath & Beyond |
BBBY |
20.06 |
29.5 |
32.0 |
28.04 |
| Biomet |
BMET |
20.37 |
14.0 |
16.5 |
16.70 |
| Cardinal
Health |
CAH |
18.98 |
12.0 |
23.5 |
11.36 |
| Cintas
Corp. |
CTAS |
16.45 |
19.5 |
18.5 |
6.61 |
| DeVry
Inc. |
DV |
18.96 |
16.0 |
23.5 |
0.46 |
| Express
Scripts 'A' |
ESRX |
15.03 |
57.0 |
32.0 |
12.78 |
| Harley-Davidson |
HDI |
24.92 |
14.5 |
23.5 |
27.33 |
| Health
Mgmt. Assoc. |
HMA |
18.29 |
20.5 |
18.5 |
3.14 |
| Heartland
Express |
HTLD |
16.17 |
9.0 |
16.0 |
0.48 |
| Household
Int'l |
HI |
25.03 |
8.5 |
19.5 |
-6.62 |
| Jacobs
Engineering |
JEC |
15.9 |
16.5 |
16.5 |
21.99 |
| Johnson
Controls |
JCI |
17.15 |
14.5 |
17.0 |
11.09 |
| Kohl's
Corp. |
KSS |
17.75 |
22.5 |
31.0 |
25.07 |
| Lincare
Holdings |
LNCR |
19.6 |
21.5 |
18.5 |
11.98 |
| Liz
Claiborne |
LIZ |
19.09 |
15.0 |
15.5 |
7.45 |
| Lowe's
Cos. |
LOW |
15.33 |
17.5 |
24.0 |
22.27 |
| Marsh
& McLennan |
MMC |
23.94 |
15.5 |
15.0 |
14.03 |
| McGraw-Hill |
MHP |
25.91 |
8.5 |
15.0 |
12.84 |
| Medtronic
Inc. |
MDT |
22.97 |
15.5 |
19.0 |
12.92 |
| Merck
& Co. |
MRK |
45.36 |
20.0 |
15.5 |
0.66 |
| Omnicom
Group |
OMC |
23.09 |
17.5 |
20.0 |
8.92 |
| Patterson
Dental |
PDCO |
18.52 |
11.5 |
21.5 |
21.47 |
| Pfizer
Inc. |
PFE |
45.64 |
12.5 |
20.5 |
3.44 |
| ResMed
Inc. |
RMD |
19.44 |
26.0 |
30.0 |
28.82 |
| Safeway
Inc. |
SWY |
22.54 |
11.0 |
25.0 |
-6.37 |
| Sonic
Corp. |
SONC |
20.67 |
19.0 |
21.0 |
22.02 |
| Stryker
Corp. |
SYK |
25.73 |
23.0 |
19.5 |
26.71 |
| Sysco
Corp. |
SYY |
31.87 |
11.5 |
17.5 |
22.94 |
| Total
System Svcs. |
TSS |
20.54 |
19.0 |
23.0 |
-2.89 |
| Wal-Mart
Stores |
WMT |
19.11 |
16.0 |
18.0 |
19.83 |
| Walgreen
Co. |
WAG |
16.29 |
15.0 |
17.5 |
12.66 |
| WellPoint
Health Ntwks |
WLP |
19.44 |
30.5 |
16.5 |
24.25 |
The following
table uses the same criteria for companies listed on the Australian
stock exchange.
ASX
Code |
Company
Name |
STAEGR
|
Rev/share
5 yr. avg. growth
|
EPS
5 yr. avg. growth
|
Return
on Equity
|
Average
Annual Total Return 5-Year |
| ARP |
ARB
Corp |
88.00% |
14.70% |
23.30%
|
21.70%
|
44.20% |
| AVJ |
AV
Jennings Homes |
83.30% |
13.10% |
19.50% |
22.30% |
12.10% |
| MGW |
Brian
McGuigan Wines |
85.50% |
25.10% |
23.40% |
16.40% |
30.10% |
| ERS |
Environmental
Rec'y |
80.00% |
6.20% |
10.90% |
16.90% |
17.70% |
| HVN |
Harvey
Norman |
87.20% |
54.50% |
24.70% |
20.20% |
40.20% |
| HIL |
Hills
Industries |
93.60% |
5.90% |
7.70% |
16.60% |
21.60% |
| LEI |
Leighton
Holdings |
80.60% |
8.80% |
18.10% |
20.30% |
16.80% |
| LEV |
Lemvest |
81.90% |
21.20% |
6.90% |
18.90% |
3.90% |
| MND |
Monadelphous |
90.90% |
9.30% |
19.60% |
27.80% |
31.50% |
| PPT |
Perpetual
Trustees |
85.30% |
20.80% |
27.50% |
20.30% |
55.70% |
| PLW |
Peter
Lehmann Wines |
87.70% |
14.70% |
24.40% |
16.80% |
30.00% |
| SBE |
Sabre |
82.90% |
9.20% |
13.10% |
21.90% |
29.10% |
| SDG |
Sunland
Group |
91.60% |
23.90% |
28.80% |
23.30% |
17.10% |
| SAQ |
Sydney
Aquarium |
91.90% |
6.40% |
8.00% |
32.00% |
13.10% |
| TEM |
Tempo
Services |
86.90% |
25.10% |
14.80% |
54.00% |
45.10% |
| WSF |
Westfield
Hold |
86.90% |
14.40% |
17.70% |
23.20% |
32.50% |
| WOW |
Woolworths |
97.10% |
7.60% |
7.00% |
34.00% |
23.40% |
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