National 25

Publicly-held companies based outside Massachusetts with a major presence in the state, ranked by composite performance

2007 rank	2006 rank	Company	Composite score	Return on average equity (%)	1-year change in revenue (%)	1-year change in profit margin (%)	2006 revenue (billions)
1	5	IBM Corp.	11.50	30.6	0.3	17.4	$91.4
2	3	Best Buy Co.	11.75	24.0	16.5	3.7	$35.9
3	12	Bank of America Corp.	11.75	18.1	30.2	-1.4	$73.0
4	6	Wal-Mart Stores	12.00	21.2	11.7	-4.4	$348.7
5	7	Procter & Gamble Co.	12.25	14.5	19.3	7.2	$73.6
6	24	Fortune Brands	12.50	19.8	22.6	16.5	$8.3
7	--	Hewlett-Packard Co.	12.50	17.7	7.0	127.1	$94.1
8	15	Walgreen Co.	12.75	19.6	14.9	6.3	$51.0
9	1	Home Depot	13.25	22.2	11.4	-11.5	$90.8
10	4	Target Corp.	13.75	18.7	13.1	2.4	$59.5
11	8	United Parcel Service	14.00	26.0	11.7	-2.8	$47.5
12	11	General Electric Co.	14.00	18.6	10.0	0.7	$160.9
13	--	Starbucks Corp.	14.75	26.2	22.3	-4.4	$8.2
14	--	Kohl's Corp.	14.75	19.2	16.0	13.5	$15.5
15	--	Comcast Corp.	15.00	5.5	18.5	127.9	$25.0
16	9	Wyeth	15.25	31.5	8.5	5.8	$20.4
17	19	Verizon Communications	15.50	12.4	26.8	-28.3	$88.1
18	2	Lowe's Cos.	15.75	20.7	8.5	3.5	$46.9
19	20	Royal Bank of Scotland	17.00	16.4	8.1	6.4	$54.8
20	21	Sears Holdings Corp.	17.00	12.3	7.9	45.6	$53.0
21	17	Brinker International	17.25	21.5	8.2	17.2	$4.3
22	--	Sodexho Alliance	17.25	15.3	9.5	39.2	$16.4
23	25	Whole Foods Market	17.50	14.6	16.2	15.5	$5.8
24	--	Supervalu	17.75	8.6	60.2	-28.0	$31.7
25	22	McDonald's Corp.	18.50	18.8	8.8	2.1	$21.6