Categories: Wealth Creators Index

2014 Wealth Creators Index

Rank	Company	CEO	2014 Score	2013 Score	Change in Score	3 Yr. EVA Momentum	EVA Margin	Market-implied Momentum	MVA Margin
146	Principle Financial Group	Larry D. Zimpleman	54.9	51.5	3.4	C	C	C	C
9	Harley-Davidson	James L. Ziemer	97.5	96.3	1.2	A	A	B	B
14	Discovery Communications	David M. Zaslav	95.7	96.9	-1.2	A	B	B	B
118	Dr. Pepper Snapple Group	Larry D. Young	63.4	51.8	11.6	C	B	D	C
48	Fiserv	Jeffery W. Yabuki	85.2	66.8	18.4	C	C	B	B
23	Wynn Resorts	Stephen A. Wynn	92.9	92.6	0.3	C	B	B	A
224	Omnicom	John D. Wren	30.9	25.7	5.2	C	B	F	C
321	Archer Daniels Midland	Patricia A. Woertz	0.9	3.9	-3	D	C	D	D
68	VF Corp	Eric C. Wiseman	78.8	73.9	4.9	C	C	C	C
249	Dentsply International	Bret W. Wise	23.3	11.6	11.7	C	C	C	C
186	Patterson	James W. Wiltz	42.6	42.6	0	C	C	C	C
103	McCormick	Alan D. Wilson	68	74.8	-6.8	C	C	C	C
158	Allstate	Thomas J. Wilson, II	51.2	70.2	-19	C	C	D	C
240	M&T Bank	Robert G. Wilmers	26	50.6	-24.6	D	C	C	C
168	Noble	David W. Williams	48.1	9.2	38.9	A	C	F	D
273	Frontier Communications	Mary Agnes Wilderotter	15.6	5.8	9.8	C	C	D	D
232	C.H. Robinson Worldwide	John P. Wiehoff	28.5	23.9	4.6	C	C	C	C
47	Red Hat	James M. Whitehurst	85.5	92.9	-7.4	B	B	C	B
150	DirecTV	Michael D. White	53.6	52.7	0.9	C	B	F	C
84	Limited Brands	Leslie H. Wexner	73.9	80.6	-6.7	C	A	D	A
318	Corning	Wendell P. Weeks	1.8	0	1.8	F	D	C	D
231	Chevron	John S. Watson	28.8	68.4	-39.6	C	A	F	C
277	Unum	Thomas R. Watjen	14.4	15	-0.6	C	C	C	D
101	Walgreen	Gregory D. Wasson	68.7	32.5	36.2	C	B	C	B
246	Parker Hannifin	Donald E. Washkewicz	24.2	33.7	-9.5	C	C	C	C
227	Netapp	Daniel J. Warmenhoven	30	59.5	-29.5	C	A	F	C
179	CSX	Michael J. Ward	44.7	76.6	-31.9	C	B	C	B
145	KLA-Tencor	Richard P. Wallace	55.2	84.9	-29.7	C	A	C	B
221	Northern Trust	Frederick H. Waddell	31.9	22.3	9.6	C	C	C	C
5	Brown-Forman	Paul C. Varga	98.7	97.8	0.9	B	A	A	A
67	Starwood Hotels & Resorts	Frits D. van Paasschen	79.1	81.2	-2.1	C	B	C	B
152	EMC	Joseph M. Tucci	53	64.4	-11.4	C	C	C	C
32	IFF	Douglas D. Tough	90.1	77.6	12.5	B	B	C	B
265	D.R. Horton	Donald J. Tomnitz	18	21.7	-3.7	D	C	C	C
170	Total System Services	Philip W. Tomlinson	47.5	29.4	18.1	C	C	C	C
299	Loews	James S. Tisch	7.6	8.5	-0.9	D	F	B	D
183	Exxon Mobil	Rex W. Tillerson	43.5	68.7	-25.2	C	A	F	C
95	DaVita	Kent J. Thiry	70.5	76.3	-5.8	B	C	C	C
182	Bemis	Henry J. Theisen	43.8	49	-5.2	C	C	D	C
105	Texas Instruments	Richard K. Templeton	67.4	44.7	22.7	C	B	C	B
226	Citrix Systems	Mark B. Templeton	30.3	49.6	-19.3	C	C	C	C
169	Bed Bath & Beyond	Steven H. Temares	47.8	69.6	-21.8	C	B	F	C
12	Avago Technologies	Hock E. Tan	96.3	89.5	6.8	B	A	B	A
258	Molson Coors	Peter Swinburn	20.2	35.8	-15.6	C	C	C	C
166	Wells Fargo	John G. Stumpf	48.7	43.5	5.2	C	B	C	C
322	Owens Illinois	Albert P.L. Stroucken	0.6	0.3	0.3	C	D	F	F
301	L-3 Communications	Michael T. Strianese	7	4.2	2.8	C	C	D	D
302	Prudential	John R. Strangfeld, Jr.	6.7	6.7	0	F	C	C	C
192	AT&T	Randall L. Stephenson	40.7	42	-1.3	C	B	D	C
268	Huntington Bancshares	Stephen D. Steinour	17.1	33.1	-16	C	D	D	F
255	Waste Management	David P. Steiner	21.1	37.7	-16.6	C	C	C	C
3	Kansas City Southern	David L. Starling	99.3	100	-0.7	A	A	A	A
148	Saint Jude Medical	Daniel J. Starks	54.2	16.2	38	C	B	C	C
290	QEP Resources	Charles B. Stanley	10.4	21.4	-11	C	C	C	D
292	IntercontinentalExchange	Jeffrey C. Sprecher	9.8	98.4	-88.6	F	F	A	C
120	AGL Resources	John W. Somerhalder	62.8	7.3	55.5	B	B	F	C
252	J.M. Smucker	Timothy & Richard Smucker	22	32.2	-10.2	C	C	C	C
194	Tesoro	Bruce A. Smith	40.1	63.8	-23.7	C	C	C	D
308	Tyson Foods	Donnie Smith	4.9	5.5	-0.6	C	C	D	D
234	Fedex	Frederick W. Smith	27.9	14.4	13.5	C	C	C	C
69	Intuit	Brad D. Smith	78.5	78.8	-0.3	C	A	C	C
26	Equifax	Richard F. Smith	92	95.3	-3.3	B	B	B	B
211	Republic Services	Donald W. Slager	34.9	13.8	21.1	C	C	C	C
122	Nisource	Robert C. Skaggs, Jr.	62.2	36.8	25.4	C	C	C	C
90	Costco	James D. Sinegal	72	84	-12	B	C	C	C
157	Zions Bancorp	Harris H. Simmons	51.5	55.5	-4	B	D	C	F
251	Pioneer Natural Resources	Scott D. Sheffield	22.3	88.3	-66	D	D	A	B
271	Fluor	David T. Seaton	16.2	20.5	-4.3	C	C	F	C
60	Starbucks	Howard D. Schultz	81.2	80.9	0.3	C	B	C	B
206	Integrys	Charles A. Schrock	36.5	27.6	8.9	C	C	D	D
77	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	Leonard S. Schleifer	76	79.1	-3.1	A	A	D	C
163	Avery Dennison	Dean A. Scarborough	49.6	16.8	32.8	C	C	D	C
151	Biogen Idec	George A. Scangos, Ph.D.	53.3	46.9	6.4	C	A	D	D
75	Dollar Tree	Bob Sasser	76.6	73.6	3	C	B	C	B
312	Staples	Ronald L. Sargent	3.6	6.1	-2.5	C	C	D	F
65	Microchip Technology	Steve Sanghi	79.7	62.8	16.9	C	A	C	B
31	Constellation Brands	Robert S. Sands	90.4	89.2	1.2	A	B	C	B
4	Monster Beverage	Rodney C. Sacks	99	99.3	-0.3	B	A	A	A
41	Sigma-Aldrich	Rakesh Sachdev	87.4	91.7	-4.3	C	A	B	A
285	Denbury Resources	Phil Rykhoek	11.9	35.2	-23.3	C	C	C	D
27	W.W Grainger	James T. Ryan	91.7	91.1	0.6	B	A	C	B
324	Exelon	John W. Rowe	0	1.2	-1.2	F	D	C	F
250	Interpublic	Michael I. Roth	23	21.1	1.9	C	C	C	C
300	Mondelez International	Irene B. Rosenfeld	7.3	7	0.3	F	D	C	C
215	Suntrust Banks	William H. Rogers, Jr.	33.7	41.7	-8	C	D	C	D
317	Conagra Foods	Gary M. Rodkin	2.1	22.6	-20.5	D	C	C	D
79	Comcast	Brian L. Roberts	75.4	58.8	16.6	B	C	C	C
184	C.R. Bard	Timothy M. Ring	43.2	29.7	13.5	C	B	C	C
229	Pepco Holdings	Joseph M. Rigby	29.4	7.9	21.5	C	D	C	C
257	Devon Energy	John Richels	20.5	10.1	10.4	C	B	F	C
73	Autozone	William C. Rhodes, III	77.3	68	9.3	B	A	D	A
126	Progressive	Glenn M. Renwick	61	74.5	-13.5	C	B	C	B
66	Sempra Energy	Debra L. Reed	79.4	17.4	62	B	C	C	B
233	Pfizer	Ian C. Read	28.2	26.9	1.3	C	B	F	D
319	Teco Energy	John B. Ramil	1.5	1.5	0	D	C	D	F
80	Allergan	David E.I. Pyott	75.1	73.3	1.8	C	B	C	C
281	Mosaic	James T. Prokopanko	13.1	28.5	-15.4	F	C	C	C
304	Centurytel	Glen F. Post, III	6.1	2.7	3.4	D	C	C	D
86	Pinnacle West Capital	William J. Post	73.3	85.8	-12.5	C	C	C	C
284	Assurant	Robert B. Pollock	12.2	24.8	-12.6	D	C	C	C
20	Under Armour	Kevin A. Plank	93.8	93.5	0.3	B	C	A	A
52	Range Resources	John H. Pinkerton	84	75.4	8.6	B	C	C	B
85	Snap-On	Nicholas T. Pinchuk	73.6	65.9	7.7	C	C	C	C
272	Express Scripts	George Paz	15.9	19.3	-3.4	C	C	C	C
2	Cerner	Neal Patterson	99.6	99	0.6	A	A	A	A
208	Baxter International	Robert L. Parkinson, Jr.	35.8	39.5	-3.7	C	C	F	C
42	Nike	Mark G. Parker	87.1	81.9	5.2	C	B	B	B
220	Perrigo	Joseph C. Papa	32.2	72	-39.8	C	C	C	C
18	Harman International	Dinesh C. Paliwal	94.4	61.6	32.8	A	B	B	B
83	Google	Larry Page	74.2	76	-1.8	C	A	C	C
320	Darden Restaurants	Clarence Otis, Jr.	1.2	2.1	-0.9	F	D	C	D
8	Fastenal	Willard D. Oberton	97.8	98.1	-0.3	B	A	A	A
283	Caterpillar	Douglas R. Oberhelman	12.5	44.4	-31.9	D	C	C	C
100	Quanta Services	James F. O'Neil, III	69	65.6	3.4	B	C	C	C
207	Yum! Brands	David C. Novak	36.1	39.8	-3.7	C	C	C	C
56	Rockwell Automation	Keith D. Nosbusch	82.8	83.4	-0.6	C	A	C	C
21	Amphenol	Adam Norwitt	93.5	94.7	-1.2	B	A	C	B
164	Nordstrom	Blake W. Nordstrom	49.3	46.3	3	C	B	D	C
134	Pepsico	Indra K. Nooyi	58.5	59.2	-0.7	C	B	C	C
89	Lowe's	Robert A. Niblock	72.3	46.6	25.7	C	C	C	C
147	Discover	David W. Nelms	54.6	76.9	-22.3	C	B	D	B
236	Adobe Systems	Shantanu Narayen	27.3	50.9	-23.6	D	C	B	B
144	Accenture	Pierre Nanterme	55.5	61.9	-6.4	C	C	C	C
45	Edwards Lifesciences	Michael A. Mussallem	86.1	90.7	-4.6	B	B	C	C
149	Gap	Glenn K. Murphy	53.9	23	30.9	C	B	F	B
108	Twenty-First Century Fox	Rupert Murdoch	66.5	62.5	4	C	C	C	C
261	ConocoPhillips	James J. Mulva	19.3	25.1	-5.8	C	C	F	F
294	Ford Motor	Alan Mulally	9.2	19	-9.8	C	C	F	D
129	Southwestern Energy	Steven L. Mueller	60.1	55.8	4.3	C	B	D	C
15	Paychex	Martin Mucci	95.3	96	-0.7	B	A	B	A
306	Bank Of America	Brian T. Moynihan	5.5	14.7	-9.2	C	D	F	F
92	Norfolk Southern	Charles W. Moorman, IV	71.4	72.6	-1.2	C	A	D	B
198	Cameron International	Jack B. Moore	38.9	45.7	-6.8	C	C	C	C
153	CBS	Leslie Moonves	52.7	51.2	1.5	B	D	C	D
201	KeyCorp	Elizabeth E. Mooney	38	53.6	-15.6	C	C	C	C
128	Lennar	Stuart A. Miller	60.4	71.7	-11.3	C	C	C	C
35	TJX	Carol M. Meyrowitz	89.2	67.1	22.1	B	B	C	B
53	Robert Half	Harold M. Messmer, Jr.	83.7	88.9	-5.2	B	B	C	C
55	CVS Caremark	Larry J. Merlo	83.1	69	14.1	A	C	C	C
64	Sandisk	Sanjay Mehrotra	80	23.6	56.4	C	B	C	B
142	Boeing	W. James McNerney, Jr.	56.1	57.9	-1.8	C	C	C	C
237	Broadcom	Scott A. McGregor	26.9	28.2	-1.3	C	C	C	C
130	Air Products & Chemicals	John E. McGlade	59.8	50	9.8	C	C	B	B
309	Hartford Financial Services	Liam E. McGee	4.6	41.4	-36.8	D	F	C	F
204	XL Capital	Michael S. McGavick	37.1	54.6	-17.5	B	C	D	F
22	Moody's	Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr.	93.2	83.7	9.5	A	A	C	A
17	F5 Networks	John McAdam	94.7	92	2.7	B	A	B	A
119	Fidelity National Information Services	Frank R. Martire	63.1	47.5	15.6	C	C	C	C
104	Gilead Sciences	John C. Martin, Ph.D.	67.7	38.6	29.1	B	A	F	D
298	Jacobs Engineering Group	Craig L. Martin	7.9	27.9	-20	D	C	D	C
303	Kohls	Kevin Mansell	6.4	8.8	-2.4	D	C	F	C
61	Linear Technology	Lothar Maier	80.9	82.8	-1.9	C	A	C	A
10	Whole Foods Market	John P. Mackey	97.2	98.7	-1.5	A	A	B	B
180	TE Connectivity Ltd.	Thomas J. Lynch	44.4	42.9	1.5	C	C	C	C
307	Stanley Black & Decker	John F. Lundgren	5.2	9.5	-4.3	D	D	C	C
178	Macy's	Terry J. Lundgren	45	41.1	3.9	C	C	D	C
96	Meadwestvaco	John A. Luke, Jr.	70.2	27.3	42.9	C	C	B	B
94	Seagate Technology	Stephen J. Luczo	70.8	64.1	6.7	B	B	D	C
34	Scripps Networks Interactive	Kenneth W. Lowe	89.5	94.1	-4.6	C	A	C	B
78	Mohawk Industries	Jeffrey S. Lorberbaum	75.7	57.3	18.4	A	D	B	C
209	Transocean	Robert L. Long	35.5	1.8	33.7	A	C	F	F
107	Dover	Robert A. Livingston	66.8	45.3	21.5	C	B	C	C
260	Dow Chemical	Andrew N. Liveris	19.6	10.4	9.2	C	C	D	C
244	Family Dollar Stores	Howard R. Levine	24.8	28.8	-4	C	C	C	C
173	Halliburton	David J. Lesar	46.6	57	-10.4	C	B	C	B
267	Eli Lilly	John C. Lechleiter, Ph.D.	17.4	20.8	-3.4	C	B	F	F
181	Ralph Lauren	Ralph Lauren	44.1	79.7	-35.6	C	C	C	C
57	Estee Lauder	William P. Lauder	82.5	89.8	-7.3	C	C	C	B
275	Ingersoll-Rand	Michael W. Lamach	15	13.1	1.9	C	C	C	C
218	DuPont	Ellen J. Kullman	32.8	25.4	7.4	C	B	C	C
19	Pall	Lawrence D. Kingsley	94.1	84.6	9.5	B	A	B	A
316	Goodyear	Richard Kramer	2.4	0.9	1.5	D	F	C	F
46	Tiffany	Michael J. Kowalski	85.8	88	-2.2	C	A	B	A
243	Teradata	Michael Koehler	25.1	82.2	-57.1	D	B	C	C
188	Clorox	Donald R. Knauss	42	30.3	11.7	C	B	C	B
195	Alcoa	Klaus Kleinfeld	39.8	24.5	15.3	C	C	C	D
72	Wisconsin Energy	Gale E. Klappa	77.6	78.5	-0.9	B	A	D	B
217	LabCorp	David P. King	33.1	48.1	-15	C	B	C	C
238	Kinder Morgan	Richard D. Kinder	26.6	37.4	-10.8	C	C	C	C
177	Lorillard	Murray S. Kessler	45.3	56.4	-11.1	C	C	C	A
54	Coca-Cola	Muhtar Kent	83.4	90.1	-6.7	C	A	C	A
7	T. Rowe Price	James A. C. Kennedy	98.1	97.5	0.6	A	A	B	B
174	Southwest Airlines	Gary C. Kelly	46.3	34.6	11.7	C	C	C	C
189	Fossil	Kosta N. Kartsotis	41.7	82.5	-40.8	C	B	D	C
291	MetLife	Steven A. Kandarian	10.1	20.2	-10.1	D	C	C	C
123	Fifth Third Bancorp	Kevin T. Kabat	61.9	60.1	1.8	B	C	C	C
259	CMS Energy	David W. Joos	19.9	31.9	-12	C	C	D	D
97	Cincinnati Financial	Steven J. Johnston	69.9	63.1	6.8	C	C	B	B
82	Franklin Resources	Gregory E. Johnson	74.5	78.2	-3.7	B	A	F	B
24	Roper Industries	Brian D. Jellison	92.6	95.7	-3.1	C	B	A	A
62	Vulcan Materials	Donald M. James	80.6	80.3	0.3	A	F	A	B
216	Autonation	Michael J. Jackson	33.4	24.2	9.2	C	C	C	C
305	PSEG	Ralph Izzo	5.8	3.6	2.2	F	C	C	C
143	Medtronic	Omar S. Ishrak	55.8	34.3	21.5	C	B	F	C
121	General Electric	Jeffrey R. Immelt	62.5	66.5	-4	C	B	D	C
51	Walt Disney	Robert A. Iger	84.3	69.3	15	B	B	C	C
131	Celgene	Robert J Hugin	59.5	57.6	1.9	C	A	D	D
98	NVIDIA	Jen-Hsun Huang	69.6	66.2	3.4	B	B	F	C
287	State Street	Joseph L. Hooley	11.3	7.6	3.7	C	C	C	C
167	Wyndham Worldwide	Stephen P. Holmes	48.4	52.4	-4	C	C	C	C
279	Pentair	Randall J. Hogan	13.8	13.4	0.4	D	D	B	C
200	Hess	John B. Hess	38.3	30.6	7.7	C	C	C	C
37	AMETEK	Frank S. Hermance	88.6	95	-6.4	B	B	C	B
11	O'Reilly Automotive	Gregory L. Henslee	96.9	94.4	2.5	B	A	B	A
185	General Mills	Frederick A. Henderson	42.9	30	12.9	C	C	C	C
187	UnitedHealth Group	Stephen J. Hemsley	42.3	67.7	-25.4	C	C	C	B
13	Alliance Data Systems	Edward J. Heffernan	96	54.2	41.8	B	B	A	B
191	Ball	John A. Hayes	41.1	35.5	5.6	C	B	C	C
115	NetFlix	Reed Hastings	64.4	65	-0.6	D	B	B	B
212	Allegheny Technologies	Richard J. Harshman	34.6	23.3	11.3	C	C	C	C
235	McKesson	John H. Hammergren	27.6	26	1.6	C	C	C	C
242	Regions Financial	O. B. Grayson Hall	25.4	38	-12.6	B	F	C	F
59	Leggett & Platt	David S. Haffner	81.9	54.9	27	C	C	B	C
33	Intuitive Surgical	Gary S. Guthart	89.8	96.6	-6.8	C	A	C	B
81	FMC Technologies	John T. Gremp	74.8	65.3	9.5	C	B	C	B
266	Nasdaq OMX Group	Robert Greifeld	17.7	10.7	7	C	C	F	F
171	ACE Limited	Evan G. Greenberg	47.2	33.4	13.8	C	C	C	C
6	Monsanto	Hugh Grant	98.4	97.2	1.2	A	A	B	A
139	Graham Holdings	Donald E. Graham	57	30.9	26.1	C	C	C	C
222	Morgan Stanley	James Gorman	31.5	5.2	26.3	C	C	C	D
225	Hasbro	Brian Goldner	30.6	19.9	10.7	D	C	C	C
274	Lincoln National	Dennis R. Glass	15.3	31.2	-15.9	C	C	C	D
71	EQT Corporation	Murry S. Gerber	77.9	60.7	17.2	C	C	C	B
43	Xilinx	Moshe N. Gavrielov	86.8	86.1	0.7	B	A	C	B
276	Windstream	Jeffery R. Gardner	14.7	18.4	-3.7	D	C	C	C
155	LyondellBasell Industries	James L. Gallogly	52.1	61	-8.9	C	B	F	C
213	CareFusion	Kieran T. Gallahue	34.3	37.1	-2.8	C	C	F	D
127	Genuine Parts	Thomas C. Gallagher	60.7	50.3	10.4	C	C	C	C
199	PerkinElmer	Robert F. Friel	38.6	40.1	-1.5	C	C	C	C
223	Merck	Kenneth C. Frazier	31.2	26.3	4.9	C	C	C	D
172	Carmax	Thomas J. Folliard	46.9	16.5	30.4	C	C	B	C
165	Invesco	Martin L. Flanagan, CPA	49	75.1	-26.1	C	C	C	C
125	Travelers	Jay S. Fishman	61.3	36.1	25.2	C	B	D	C
210	Chubb	John D. Finnegan	35.2	29.1	6.1	C	A	F	B
44	BlackRock	Laurence D. Fink	86.5	87.4	-0.9	B	C	B	C
253	Whirlpool	Jeff M. Fettig	21.7	6.4	15.3	C	C	F	D
280	Tenet Healthcare	Trevor Fetter	13.4	18	-4.6	C	D	C	F
314	Apache	G. Steven Farris	3	15.3	-12.3	D	C	D	F
160	Dominion Resources	Thomas F. Farrell, II	50.6	79.4	-28.8	D	B	B	A
159	Emerson Electric	David N. Farr	50.9	45	5.9	C	B	D	C
58	Cintas	Scott D. Farmer	82.2	70.8	11.4	B	B	C	C
286	International Paper	John V. Faraci	11.6	34.9	-23.3	C	C	D	D
74	Southern Company	Thomas A. Fanning	76.9	69.9	7	C	A	D	B
106	Kimberly Clark	Thomas J. Falk	67.1	38.3	28.8	C	C	C	C
289	Capital One	Richard D. Fairbank	10.7	15.6	-4.9	C	C	D	D
214	Hormel Foods	Jeffrey M. Ettinger	34	49.3	-15.3	C	C	C	C
297	Western Union	Hikmet Ersek	8.2	11.9	-3.7	F	B	F	C
39	Chipotle Mexican Grill	Steve Ells	88	90.4	-2.4	C	C	B	B
116	Oracle	Lawrence J. Ellison	64.1	70.5	-6.4	C	A	D	C
132	Spectra Energy	Greg Ebel	59.2	48.4	10.8	C	C	C	B
161	Zimmer	David C. Dvorak	50.3	36.5	13.8	C	B	D	C
102	Pulte Homes	Richard J. Dugas, Jr.	68.4	72.3	-3.9	B	B	F	C
113	Dollar General	Richard W. Dreiling	65	58.2	6.8	C	C	C	C
162	Textron	Scott Donnelly	50	42.3	7.7	B	C	C	C
16	Precision Castparts	Mark Donegan	95	75.7	19.3	B	A	B	A
109	eBay	John J. Donahoe	66.2	73	-6.8	C	B	D	C
30	Cabot Oil & Gas	Dan O. Dinges	90.7	91.4	-0.7	B	B	C	B
295	J.P. Morgan Chase	James S. Dimon	8.8	11	-2.2	C	C	F	D
288	GameStop	Daniel A. DeMatteo	11	4.9	6.1	C	C	D	C
269	Sysco	William DeLaney	16.8	17.7	-0.9	D	C	C	C
264	Baker Hughes	Chad C. Deaton	18.4	14.1	4.3	C	C	C	C
63	United Parcel Service	D. Scott Davis	80.3	85.5	-5.2	C	B	C	C
110	U.S. Bancorp	Richard K. Davis	65.9	59.8	6.1	C	A	C	B
111	Noble Energy	Charles D. Davidson	65.6	77.3	-11.7	C	C	C	C
112	Viacom	Philippe P. Dauman	65.3	61.3	4	C	A	C	B
205	Altera	John P. Daane	36.8	81.5	-44.7	D	A	C	B
29	Cognizant Technology Solutions	Francisco D'Souza	91.1	86.5	4.6	B	B	C	B
282	Eaton	Alexander M. Cutler	12.8	26.6	-13.8	D	C	C	C
76	Danaher	H. Lawrence Culp, Jr.	76.3	71.1	5.2	C	C	C	B
256	Edison International	Theodore F. Craver, Jr.	20.8	3.3	17.5	C	D	C	D
310	NRG Energy	David W. Crane	4.2	4.6	-0.4	F	F	B	C
99	Ameriprise Financial	James M. Cracchiolo	69.3	55.2	14.1	C	C	C	B
197	Mylan	Robert J. Coury	39.2	40.4	-1.2	C	C	D	D
49	Honeywell	David M. Cote	84.9	87.7	-2.8	B	B	C	C
190	Cigna	David M. Cordani	41.4	63.4	-22	C	C	C	C
25	Colgate-Palmolive	Ian M. Cook	92.3	84.3	8	C	A	B	A
36	Sherwin-Williams	Christopher M. Connor	88.9	87.1	1.8	B	B	C	B
91	H&R Block	William C. Cobb	71.7	77.9	-6.2	C	C	B	B
315	PVH Corp	Emanuel Chirico	2.7	19.6	-16.9	D	D	C	D
124	United Technologies	Louis Chenevert	61.6	56.7	4.9	C	B	C	C
140	American Express	Kenneth I. Chenault	56.7	58.5	-1.8	C	B	C	C
176	Occidental Petroleum	Stephen I. Chazen	45.7	60.4	-14.7	C	A	D	C
138	Cisco Systems	John T. Chambers	57.3	47.2	10.1	C	A	F	C
193	Thermo Fisher Scientific	Marc N. Casper	40.4	53.3	-12.9	C	C	C	C
278	Aon	Gregory C. Case	14.1	3	11.1	D	D	B	C
175	Northrop Grumman	Wesley G. Bush	46	40.7	5.3	C	C	F	C
323	Xerox	Ursula M. Burns	0.3	0.6	-0.3	C	D	D	F
50	PPG Industries	Charles E. Bunch	84.6	52.1	32.5	B	C	C	C
117	Berkshire Hathaway	Warren E. Buffett	63.8	56.1	7.7	C	C	C	C
263	Kellogg	John A. Bryant	18.7	22	-3.3	D	C	C	C
87	FMC	Pierre R. Brondeau	73	86.8	-13.8	C	B	C	C
245	Coca-Cola Enterprises	John F. Brock	24.5	34	-9.5	C	D	C	D
296	Peabody Energy	Gregory H. Boyce	8.5	12.8	-4.3	D	C	C	F
313	Newfield Exploration	Lee K. Boothby	3.3	8.2	-4.9	F	C	C	C
88	Flowserve	Mark A. Blinn	72.6	31.5	41.1	C	C	C	B
248	Goldman Sachs	Lloyd C. Blankfein	23.6	2.4	21.2	C	C	D	C
28	Home Depot	Francis S. Blake	91.4	83.1	8.3	B	B	C	B
219	Actavis	Paul M. Bisaro	32.5	47.8	-15.3	C	C	C	C
38	Hershey	John P. Bilbrey	88.3	92.3	-4	C	B	B	B
137	Amazon.com	Jeffrey P. Bezos	57.6	53	4.6	C	C	C	C
141	Time Warner	Jeffrey L. Bewkes	56.4	43.8	12.6	B	D	C	D
133	Charles Schwab	Walter W. Bettinger II	58.8	44.1	14.7	C	C	B	A
203	Aetna	Mark T. Bertolini	37.4	62.2	-24.8	C	C	C	C
93	Waters	Douglas A. Berthiaume	71.1	85.2	-14.1	C	A	C	C
202	AIG	Robert H. Benmosche	37.7	53.9	-16.2	C	F	C	F
254	Salesforce.com	Marc Benioff	21.4	18.7	2.7	F	C	B	B
70	Alexion Pharmaceuticals	Leonard Bell, M.D.	78.2	74.2	4	B	A	D	C
136	Autodesk	Carl Bass	57.9	71.4	-13.5	C	C	C	C
247	Cardinal Health	George S. Barrett	23.9	17.1	6.8	C	C	D	C
230	People's United Financial	John P. Barnes	29.1	48.7	-19.6	C	D	C	D
1	MasterCard	Ajay Banga	100	99.6	0.4	A	A	A	A
262	Hospira	F. Michael Ball	19	11.3	7.7	C	C	D	F
114	Ecolab	Douglas M. Baker, Jr.	64.7	46	18.7	C	C	B	B
228	Comerica	Ralph W. Babb, Jr.	29.7	39.2	-9.5	C	C	C	C
135	Williams	Alan S. Armstrong	58.2	67.4	-9.2	C	C	B	B
40	Praxair	Stephen F. Angel	87.4	93.8	-6.4	C	B	B	B
156	Bristol-Myers Squibb	Lamberto Andreotti	51.8	64.7	-12.9	C	B	C	C
239	Delta Air Lines	Richard H. Anderson	26.3	12.2	14.1	C	C	C	C
293	DTE Energy	Gerard M. Anderson	9.5	15.9	-6.4	D	C	C	C
154	AFLAC	Daniel P. Amos	52.4	80	-27.6	C	B	C	B
196	BB&T	John A. Allison, IV	39.5	32.8	6.7	C	C	C	C
270	Deere	Samuel R. Allen	16.5	43.2	-26.7	C	C	F	C
311	FirstEnergy	Anthony J. Alexander	3.9	12.5	-8.6	F	F	A	F
241	Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold	Richard C. Adkerson	25.7	9.8	15.9	D	C	C	C

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