How Family Companies Fare

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Back to the November 10, 2003 Issue

Here are results for 177 outfits defined by BusinessWeek as being family companies. These companies were drawn from the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index as of July, 2003

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Rank
Company Name
10-year average annual shareholder return
10-year average annual return on assets
10-year average annual income growth
10-year average annual sales growth
1 APOLLO GROUP  66.5 16.2 54.7 29.9 
2 DELL COMPUTER  59.8 14.5 35.5 33.2 
3 BED BATH & BEYOND  30.9 14.5 34.2 32.7 
4 MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS  32.0 17.4 34.2 28.0 
5 CONCORD EFS  27.5 10.4 42.1 40.5 
6 EBAY  81.9 5.0 245.1 285.1 
7 KLA-TENCOR  26.8 9.6 46.5 26.5 
8 ORACLE  25.7 24.8 32.2 20.2 
9 STARBUCKS  23.1 7.8 48.6 42.8 
10 ALTERA  30.3 13.0 23.0 21.5 
10 BEST BUY  36.7 7.1 41.1 29.2 
12 MERCURY INTERACTIVE  24.5 5.5 53.7 57.2 
13 GUIDANT  34.0 12.2 31.4 16.9 
14 CARDINAL HEALTH  25.5 6.0 42.1 38.5 
14 MICROSOFT  25.1 12.8 26.5 24.0 
16 PEOPLESOFT  25.0 5.4 43.8 51.0 
17 MEDTRONIC  28.2 13.7 22.4 19.2 
18 JABIL CIRCUIT  33.6 5.6 26.9 35.2 
19 PAYCHEX  29.6 8.4 30.8 19.2 
20 AUTONATION  27.3 2.3 50.9 67.8 
21 LINEAR TECHNOLOGY  25.1 18.3 23.0 15.7 
22 WATSON PHARMACEUTICALS  14.6 8.4 47.6 42.8 
23 FEDERATED INVESTORS  16.2 23.1 57.0 14.1 
23 QUALCOMM  26.1 3.2 45.8 39.8 
25 NVIDIA  58.1 9.0  NR 179.6 
26 STAPLES  20.6 5.9 39.4 29.4 
27 STRYKER  27.1 8.0 21.9 20.2 
27 VERITAS SOFTWARE  48.9 -9.5 55.0 73.8 
29 CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS  32.1 0.1 67.0 58.9 
29 DOLLAR GENERAL  20.4 10.7 22.2 20.8 
31 JONES APPAREL GROUP  18.1 9.7 23.2 25.8 
32 BIOGEN  16.7 13.3 17.9 25.0 
33 BIOMET  20.3 14.6 16.6 15.8 
33 DANAHER  24.0 7.3 30.0 17.0 
35 HOME DEPOT  13.5 11.7 26.0 23.3 
36 KING PHARMACEUTICALS  25.8 8.2  NR 96.6 
37 ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL  26.2 13.4 -6.8 24.1 
38 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC  24.2 5.1 20.7 24.9 
38 NETWORK APPLIANCE  39.4 6.2  NR 66.9 
40 INTUIT  23.5 2.9 29.5 32.1 
41 UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS  22.1 3.8 29.2 28.3 
42 MBNA  25.4 3.2 26.2 24.4 
43 ANALOG DEVICES  26.8 8.2 21.6 11.6 
43 FAMILY DOLLAR STORES  22.6 11.8 14.6 13.6 
45 CALPINE  19.1 1.9 30.0 72.0 
46 INTEL  20.0 15.8 11.3 16.4 
47 ADOBE SYSTEMS  15.9 18.1 15.9 15.9 
48 CINTAS  15.4 10.8 18.7 19.5 
49 WALGREEN  20.6 10.3 16.5 14.4 
50 SIEBEL SYSTEMS  25.6 5.2  NR 113.7 
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Data: Spencer Stuart, Standard & Poor's Compustat database, SEC filings, corporate histories, Hoover's Handbook, BusinessWeek research.

*Ranking based on 7 to 9 years of performance data.
NA=seven years of data not available.
NC=not calculable due to losses in first or last year of study.
NR=Not ranked.