1. Apple (AAPL) -- $32,280
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL; previously Apple Computer, Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Apple software includes the Mac OS X operating system; theiTunes media browser; the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software; the iWork suite of productivity software; Aperture, a professional photography package; Final Cut Studio, a suite of professional audio and film-industry software products; Logic Studio, a suite of music production tools and its iOS Mobile Operating System. As of August 2010, the company operates 301 retail stores [7] in ten countries, [8] and an online store where hardware and software products are sold.
2. Southwestern Energy (SWN) -- $31,880
Southwestern Energy Company is an energy company focused on exploring and producing natural gas in the southwestern region of the United States. It generates revenue through Midstream services that market its own produced gas and gathers fees associated with the transportation of natural gas to market.
3. Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF) -- $26,460
Cliffs Natural Resources , formerly Cleveland-Cliffs, is a Cleveland, Ohio business firm that specializes in the mining and beneficiation of iron ore and the mining of coal. The firm, which believes it is the largest producer of beneficiated iron ore pellets in North America, is an independent company whose shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The firm has stated that it had approximately 4,000 employees and a 28% share of the iron-ore pellet market.
4. Coach (COH) -- $21,320
Coach, Inc. is an American leather goods company known for ladies' and men's handbags, as well as items such as luggage, briefcases,wallets and other accessories (belts, shoes, scarves, umbrellas, sunglasses, key chains, etc.). Coach also offers watches and footwear.
5. Ventas (VTR) -- $19,420
Ventas is a Real estate investment trust that owns and leases nursing homes and other health care properties. In the last five years, Ventas has acquired $5B in assets as it repositions its portfolio towards properties that require private payment. Since VTR's tenants earn a higher margin from patients that pay out of pocket and with private health insurance, it wants to minimize the number of facilities in its network that rely on government reimbursement programs (i.e. Medicare/Medicaid) for their revenues.
6. Cognizant Technology (CTSH) -- $18,870
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is an American multinational IT services and consulting corporation headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States. Cognizant has been named to the 2010 Fortune 100 Fastest-Growing Companies List for the eighth consecutive year.[2] Cognizant has also been named to the Fortune 1000 and Forbes Global 2000 lists. It has consistently ranked among the fastest growing companies including the 2010 Business Week 50 list of the top-performing U.S. companies, the BusinessWeek Hottest Tech Companies 2010, and the Forbes Fast Tech 2010 list of 25 Fastest Growing Technology Companies In America.
7. CarMax (KMX) -- $15,080
CarMax is the United States' largest used-car retailer and a Fortune 500 company. The first CarMax used car auto superstore was opened in September 1993. In the fiscal year ending February 28, 2009, more than 350,000 cars were sold; as of August 2010 the company has 103 locations.
8. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) -- $14,630
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., often called simply Freeport, is the world's lowest-cost copper producer and one of the world's largest producers of gold. It was formerly based in New Orleans, Louisiana but moved its headquarters to Phoenix, Arizona, after acquiring copper producer Phelps Dodge in 2007; its headquarters are located in the Freeport-McMoRan Center in downtown Phoenix. In addition to Phelps Dodge, its subsidiaries include PT Freeport Indonesia, PT Irja Eastern Minerals and Atlantic Copper, S.A. Freeport is the largest publicly traded copper andmolybdenum producer in the world.
9. Cummins (CMI) -- $13,010
Cummins Inc. is a corporation that designs, manufactures, distributes and services engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission control and electrical power generation systems. Headquartered in Columbus, Indiana, United States, Cummins sells in approximately 190 countries and territories through a network of more than 500 company-owned and independent distributors and approximately 5,200 dealers. Cummins reported net income of $428 million on sales of $10.8 billion in 2009.
Cummins is a technology leader in the diesel engine market. Cummins was the only company in the industry to meet the 2010 EPA standards for NOx emissions with the release in early 2007 of its new 6.7-liter turbo diesel for the Dodge Ram Heavy Duty pickup.
10. Range Resources (RRC) -- $12,440
Range Resources Corp. is an independent oil and gas company operating in the Southwestern, Appalachian and Gulf Coast regions of the United States. The Company pursues a growth strategy that targets exploitation of its sizeable inventory of lower risk development drilling opportunities including an increasing number of projects that target shale gas and coal bed methane resource projects. These development activities are combined with a complementary acquisition effort. Range’s 2007 year-end drilling inventory included more than 11,000 proven drilling projects, and its leasehold position totaled 3.4 (2.7 net) million acres. Proved reserves totaled 2.2 Tcfe, a 27% increase over the prior year. Range’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “RRC.” It is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, and is a member of the S&P 500 stock market index. Range Resource's primary target of exploration has been the Barnett Shale but more recently have turned their gaze to the Marcellus Formation in Pennsylvania.
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