The Barron’s 500: Apple Tops the List
by Christopher Freeburn | May 6, 2013 9:49 am
[1]Barron’s is out with its annual list of the 500 best performing companies for 2013[2].
This year, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL[3]) captured the top spot, rising from second place last year. Barron’s noted that the company produced revenue of $157 billion in fiscal 2012 with free cash flow of $42.7 billion.
Credit card companies also fared well this year. Visa (NYSE:V[4]) slipped from fifth place last year, to eight this year. But rivals MasterCard (NYSE:MA[5]), American Express (NYSE:AXP[6]) and Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS[7]) all placed in the top 30.
Barron’s compiles the list by evaluating thousands of publicly-traded companies in the U.S. and Canada in a partnership with a division of Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS[8]). The companies are ranked based on adjusted three-year return on investment, a median cash-flow metric and sales growth during the most recent fiscal year.
Here are the top 10 performing companies in 2013, according to Barron’s:
- Apple
- Wesco International (NYSE:WCC[9])
- Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC[10])
- DaVita HealthCare Partners (NYSE:DVA[11])
- C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:CHRW[12])
- Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM[13])
- Joy Global (NYSE:JOY[14])
- Visa
- Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX[15])
- MRC Global (NYSE:MRC[16])
You can find the entire list and additional detail on the top companies at Barron’s[17].
Financial[18], Bank[19], Technology[20]
Endnotes:
- [Image]: https://investorplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/apple-on-fire-630.jpg
- best performing companies for 2013: http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052748703591404578453032382599550.html?mod=BOL_article_full_more#articleTabs_article%3D0
- AAPL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AAPL
- V: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=V
- MA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MA
- AXP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AXP
- DFS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=DFS
- CS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CS
- WCC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WCC
- WDC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WDC
- DVA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=DVA
- CHRW: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CHRW
- QCOM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=QCOM
- JOY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=JOY
- STX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=STX
- MRC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MRC
- Barron’s: http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052748703591404578461563217278972.html?mod=BOL_qtoverview_barlatest
- Financial: https://investorplace.com/industries/financial/
- Bank: https://investorplace.com/industries/financial/bank/
- Technology: https://investorplace.com/industries/technology/
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