Datafile Name: Companies
Datafile Subjects:
Economics
Story Names:
Forbes 500 Companies Sales
Reference: Forbes, 1986
Authorization: free use
Description: Facts about companies selected from the Forbes 500 list for 1986. This is a 1/10 systematic sample from the alphabetical list of companies. The Forbes 500 includes all companies in the top 500 on any of the criteria, and thus has almost 800 companies in the list.
Number of cases: 77
Variable Names:
- Company: Company Name
- Assets: Amount of assets (in millions)
- Sales: Amount of sales (in millions)
- Market_Value: Market Value of the company (in millions)
- Profits: Profits (in millions)
- Cash_Flow: Cash Flow (in millions)
- Employees: Number of employees (in thousands)
- Sector: Type of market the company is associated with
The Data:
Company Assets Sales Market_Value Profits Cash_Flow Employees sector
Air Products 2687 1870 1890 145.7 352.2 18.2 Other
Allied Signal 13271 9115 8190 -279.0 83.0 143.8 Other
American Electric Power 13621 4848 4572 485.0 898.9 23.4 Energy
American Savings Bank FSB 3614 367 90 14.1 24.6 1.1 Finance
AMR 6425 6131 2448 345.8 682.5 49.5 Transportation
Apple Computer 1022 1754 1370 72.0 119.5 4.8 HiTech
Armstrong World Industries 1093 1679 1070 100.9 164.5 20.8 Manufacturing
Bally Manufacturing 1529 1295 444 25.6 137.0 19.4 Other
Bank South 2788 271 304 23.5 28.9 2.1 Finance
Bell Atlantic 19788 9084 10636 1092.9 2576.8 79.4 Communication
H&R Block 327 542 959 54.1 72.5 2.8 Finance
Brooklyn Union Gas 1117 1038 478 59.7 91.7 3.8 Energy
California First Bank 5401 550 376 25.6 37.5 4.1 Finance
CBI Industries 1128 1516 430 -47.0 26.7 13.2 Manufacturing
Central Illinois Public Service 1633 701 679 74.3 135.9 2.8 Energy
Cigna 44736 16197 4653 -732.5 -651.9 48.5 Finance
Cleveland Electric Illuminating 5651 1254 2002 310.7 407.9 6.2 Energy
Columbia Gas System 5835 4053 1601 -93.8 173.8 10.8 Energy
Community Psychiatric Centers 278 205 853 44.8 50.5 3.8 Medical
Continental Telecom 5074 2557 1892 239.9 578.3 21.9 Communication
Crown Cork & Seal 866 1487 944 71.7 115.4 12.6 Other
Dayton-Hudson 4418 8793 4459 283.6 456.5 128.0 Retail
Digital Equipment 6914 7029 7957 400.6 754.7 87.3 HiTech
Dillard Department Stores 862 1601 1093 66.9 106.8 16.0 Retail
Dreyfus 401 176 1084 55.6 57.0 0.7 Finance
Eg&G 430 1155 1045 55.7 70.8 22.5 HiTech
Ex-Cell-O 799 1140 683 57.6 89.2 15.4 Other
First American 4789 453 367 40.2 51.4 3.0 Finance
First Empire State 2548 264 181 22.2 26.2 2.1 Finance
First Tennessee National 5249 527 346 37.8 56.2 4.1 Finance
Florida Progress 3494 1653 1442 160.9 320.3 6.4 Energy
Fruehauf 1804 2564 483 70.5 164.9 26.6 Manufacturing
General Electric 26432 28285 33172 2336.0 3562.0 304.0 HiTech
Giant Food 623 2247 797 57.0 93.8 18.6 Retail
Great A&P Tea 1608 6615 829 56.1 134.0 65.0 Retail
Halliburton 4662 4781 2988 28.7 371.5 66.2 Manufacturing
Hewlett-Packard 5769 6571 9462 482.0 792.0 83.0 HiTech
Hospital Corp of America 6259 4152 3090 283.7 524.5 62.0 Medical
Idaho Power 1654 451 779 84.8 130.4 1.6 Energy
IBM 52634 50056 95697 6555.0 9874.0 400.2 HiTech
IU International 999 1878 393 -173.5 -108.1 23.3 Transportation
Kansas Power & Light 1679 1354 687 93.8 154.6 4.6 Energy
Kroger 4178 17124 2091 180.8 390.4 164.6 Retail
Liz Claiborne 223 557 1040 60.6 63.7 1.9 Other
LTV 6307 8199 598 -771.5 -524.3 57.5 Manufacturing
Marine Corp 3720 356 211 26.6 34.8 2.4 Finance
May Department Stores 3442 5080 2673 235.4 361.5 77.3 Retail
Mellon Bank 33406 3222 1413 201.7 246.7 15.8 Finance
Mesa Petroleum 1257 355 181 167.5 304.0 0.6 Energy
Montana Power 1743 597 717 121.6 172.4 3.5 Energy
National City 12505 1302 702 108.4 131.4 9.0 Finance
NCR 3940 4317 3940 315.2 566.3 62.0 HiTech
Norstar Bancorp 8998 882 988 93.0 119.0 7.4 Finance
Norwest 21419 2516 930 107.6 164.7 15.6 Finance
Owens-Corning Fiberglas 2366 3305 1117 131.2 256.5 25.2 Manufacturing
Pan Am 2448 3484 1036 48.8 257.1 25.4 Transportation
Peoples Energy 1440 1617 639 81.7 126.4 3.5 Energy
Phillips Petroleum 14045 15636 2754 418.0 1462.0 27.3 Energy
PPG Industries 4084 4346 3023 302.7 521.7 37.5 Manufacturing
Public Service Co of New Mexico 3010 749 1120 146.3 209.2 3.4 Energy
Republic Airlines 1286 1734 361 69.2 145.7 14.3 Transportation
AH Robins 707 706 275 61.4 77.8 6.1 Medical
San Diego Gas & Electric 3086 1739 1507 202.7 335.2 4.9 Energy
Shared Medical Systems 252 312 883 41.7 60.6 3.3 Medical
Southeast Banking 11052 1097 606 64.9 97.6 7.0 Finance
Sovran Financial 9672 1037 829 92.6 118.2 8.2 Finance
Stop & Shop Cos 1112 3689 542 30.3 96.9 43.5 Retail
Supermarkets General 1104 5123 910 63.7 133.3 48.5 Retail
Telex 478 672 866 67.1 101.6 5.4 HiTech
Textron 10348 5721 1915 223.6 322.5 49.5 Manufacturing
TWA 2769 3725 663 -208.4 12.4 29.1 Transportation
Turner 752 2149 101 11.1 15.2 2.6 Manufacturing
United Financial Group 4989 518 53 -3.1 -0.3 0.8 Finance
United Technologies 10528 14992 5377 312.7 710.7 184.8 Manufacturing
Valero Energy 1995 2662 341 34.7 100.7 2.3 Energy
Warner Communications 2286 2235 2306 195.3 219.0 8.0 Other
Western Air Lines 952 1307 309 35.4 92.8 10.3 Transportation
Wickes Cos 2957 2806 457 40.6 93.5 50.0 Retail
FW Woolworth 2535 5958 1921 177.0 288.0 118.1 Retail
