Fortune’s 50 Most Admired Companies
For the 50 most admired companies overall, FORTUNE’s survey asked businesspeople to vote for the companies that they admired most, from any industry.
Rank Company
1 Apple
2 Berkshire Hathaway
3 Toyota Motor
4 Google
5 Johnson & Johnson
6 Procter & Gamble
7* FedEx
7* Southwest Airlines
9 General Electric
10 Microsoft
11 Wal-Mart Stores
12 Coca-Cola
13 Walt Disney
14 Wells Fargo
15 Goldman Sachs Group
16 McDonald’s
17 IBM
18 3M
19 Target
20 J.P. Morgan Chase
21 PepsiCo
22 Costco Wholesale
23 Nike
24 Nordstrom
25 Exxon Mobil
26 Bank of America
27 United Parcel Service
28 BMW
29 American Express
30 Hewlett-Packard
31 Cisco Systems
32 Honda Motor
33 Singapore Airlines
34 Starbucks
35 Caterpillar
36 Intel
37 Marriott International
38 Nestlé
39 Sony
40 Boeing
41 Deere
42 Nokia
43 Northwestern Mutual
44 Best Buy
45 General Mills
46 Toyota Industries
47 Lowe’s
48 AT&T
49 Accenture
50 Samsung Electronics
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:48 pm
no Cash 4 Gold?
there’s always next year…
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Meh. I loathe at least 10 of those companies.
Gotta agree with the Apple pick, though. Never been happier than since I’ve switched to all Apple computer products.
And B of A? Lol!
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Wells Fargo is number 14? What exactly are the businesspeople admiring here, ability to hide toxic crap off the balance sheet?
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Not a single winner!
And here is the 50 Most Admired Companies Performance Over the Last Year:
Rank Company YOY % Change
16 McDonalds -1.5
11 Walmart -2.71
45 General Mills -6.86
49 Accenture -19.72
17 IBM -21.38
5 Johnson & Johnson -21.98
32 Honda Motor -24.24
25 Exxon Mobil -24.4
1 Apple -26.9
4 Google -27.62
6 Proctor & Gamble -28.43
12 Coca-Cola -32.06
21 PepsiCo -32.52
23 NIKE -33.02
48 AT&T -33.54
38 Nestle -33.97
22 Costco -33.88
44 Best Buy -36.6
36 Intel -37.38
47 Lowe’s -38.96
31 Cisco Systems -40.61
10 Microsoft -40.87
30 Hewlett-Packard -40.86
3 Toyota Motor -44.05
46 Toyota Industries -44.4
18 3M -44.62
27 United Parcel -44.89
20 JPMorgan Chase -44.95
15 Goldman Sachs -46.22
2 Berkshire Hataway -46.64
S&P500 -46.57
19 Target -47.72
13 Walt Disney -50.08
34 Starbucks -50.14
7 FedEx -54.03
7 Southwest Airlines -55.11
37 Marriott -60.54
14 Wells Fargo -60.76
40 Boeing -63.03
39 Sony -64.67
24 Nordstrom -64.92
35 Caterpillar -69.25
41 Deere -71.18
29 American Express -72.86
42 Nokia -75.24
9 General Electric -76.65
26 Bank of America -90.17
BMW, Singapore Air, Northwestern Mutual, and Samsung excluded.
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Bank of America and Wells Fargo?????????? Are the participants in this survey all dope smoking financial guys who got increased bonus’? I agree with a lot, but some of those must be higher-ups from companies receiving bailouts.
March 2nd, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Flibby: 29 companies outperformed the S&P500.
March 2nd, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Bet many of these would also be on a “Most Despised List” as compiled by consumers [maybe that disconnect between what consumers value and "businesspeople" admire is a problem? anyone?]:
Starbucks
B of A
Wells Fargo
Exxon
AT&T…just to name a few.