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FINANCIAL SOUNDNESS - BRITAIN'S MOST ADMIRED COMPANIES - 2008

  Company Score
1 Associated British Foods 9.2
2 Diageo 8.7
3 BAE Systems 8.5
4 Unilever 8.5
5 HSBC 8.4
6 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) 8.4
7 Johnson Matthey 8.2
8 Stagecoach 8.1
9 BSkyB 8.1
10 Capita Group 8.1
11 Tesco 8
12 Royal Dutch Shell 7.9
13 Cadbury Schweppes* 7.9
14 BASF Plc (UK & Ireland) 7.9
15 Whitbread 7.8
16 Cobham 7.8
17 BP 7.8
18 Rolls-Royce 7.8
19 Victrex 7.8
20 Serco Group 7.7
21 CRH 7.7
22 Man 7.7
23 Reckitt Benckiser 7.7
24 Compass 7.7
25 Balfour Beatty 7.7
26 Spirax Sarco Engineering 7.6
27 Arriva 7.6
28 Rotork 7.6
29 Schroders 7.6
30 Berkeley Group 7.6
31 BG Group 7.6
32 Bunzl 7.6
33 SABMiller 7.6
34 Weir Group 7.5
35 Abbott (UK) 7.5
36 Reed Elsevier 7.5
37 Anglo American 7.5
38 Rio Tinto 7.5
39 National Grid 7.5
40 Babcock International 7.4
41 Ultra Electronics 7.4
42 Go-Ahead Gp 7.4
43 Saint-Gobain (UK) 7.4
44 SIG 7.4
45 3i 7.4
46 Kier Group 7.4
47 IMI 7.4
48 Land Securities 7.3
49 Prudential 7.3
50 BT Group 7.3
51 AstraZeneca 7.3
52 St James’s Place Capital 7.3
53 WPP Group 7.3
54 Xstrata 7.3
55 Greene King 7.2
56 Kingspan 7.2
57 ICAP 7.2
58 Intermediate Capital 7.2
59 Thomson Reuters* 7.2
60 Dunelm 7.2
61 ARM Holdings 7.2
62 Scottish & Southern Energy 7.1
63 Next 7.1
64 Scottish & Newcastle* 7.1
65 Legal & General Group 7.1
66 Standard Chartered 7.1
67 British Land Co. 7
68 Royal Bank of Scotland 7
69 Bayer Plc (UK & Ireland) 7
70 IG Group 7
71 Pfizer (UK) 7
72 InterContinental Hotels 7
73 Sainsbury (J) 7
74 Marshalls 6.9
75 United Business Media 6.9
76 Vodafone 6.9
77 Tate & Lyle 6.9
78 Abbey (Banco Santander) 6.9
79 Ryanair 6.9
80 Tullow Oil 6.9
81 Morrison (Wm) 6.9
82 Siemens (UK) 6.9
83 Standard Life 6.9
84 Elementis 6.8
85 Bodycote Int.* 6.8
86 Burberry Group 6.8
87 Home Retail Group 6.8
88 AMEC 6.8
89 Old Mutual 6.8
90 Game Group 6.7
91 Wetherspoon (JD) 6.7
92 BHP Billiton 6.7
93 Novo-Nordisk AS UK 6.7
94 Domino Printing Sciences 6.7
95 Daily Mail & General Trust 6.6
96 Smith & Nephew 6.6
97 Marks & Spencer 6.6
98 G4S 6.6
99 Charter 6.6
100 Resolution* 6.6
101 Carphone Warehouse 6.6
102 Hammerson 6.6
103 Carnival 6.6
104 Thomas Cook Gp 6.6
105 eastJet 6.6
106 Travis Perkins 6.5
107 Intertek 6.5
108 Delta 6.5
109 Investec 6.5
110 Ladbrokes 6.5
111 Pearson 6.5
112 Eurasian Natural Resources 6.5
113 Great Portland Estates 6.5
114 Kesa Electricals 6.5
115 Smiths Group 6.5
116 Aviva 6.5
117 Aggreko 6.4
118 Cable & Wireless 6.4
119 Chemring Group 6.4
120 VT Group 6.4
121 Admiral 6.4
122 Electrocomponents 6.4
123 Derwent London* 6.4
124 Royal & Sun Alliance* 6.4
125 FirstGroup 6.4
126 Yule Catto 6.3
127 GKN 6.3
128 Avis Europe 6.3
129 National Express 6.3
130 Inmarsat 6.3
131 Liberty International 6.3
132 Experian Group* 6.3
133 Britvic 6.3
134 Millennium & Copthorne 6.3
135 Spectris 6.3
136 Lloyds TSB 6.2
137 Centrica 6.2
138 Croda International 6.2
139 Bellway 6.2
140 Boot (Henry) 6.1
141 Barclays 6.1
142 Tui Travel 6.1
143 Segro  6.1
144 Robert Wiseman 6.1
145 Cairn Energy 6.1
146 CSR 6.1
147 Enodis 6.1
148 Marston’s 6
149 Morgan Sindall 6
150 Northumbrian Water 6
151 Lilly (Eli) UK 6
152 Shire  6
153 Kingfisher 6
154 Carillion 6
155 Grafton Gp 6
156 United Utilities 5.9
157 Mothercare 5.9
158 Informa 5.9
159 Pennon Group 5.9
160 Cookson 5.9
161 Keller Group 5.9
162 QinetiQ Group 5.9
163 Galliford Try 5.8
164 Morgan Crucible 5.8
165 Inchcape 5.8
166 Shaftesbury 5.8
167 Tomkins 5.7
168 William Hill 5.7
169 Brixton  5.7
170 UMECO 5.7
171 Signet  5.7
172 Laird Group* 5.7
173 Telford Homes 5.7
174 Premier Farnell 5.7
175 ROK Property Solutions 5.7
176 Porvair 5.6
177 Dobbies Garden Centres* 5.6
178 WH Smiths 5.6
179 Provident Financial 5.6
180 Persimmon 5.6
181 Halfords 5.6
182 Dyson Group 5.5
183 Seven Trent 5.5
184 Ashmore Group 5.5
185 Brown (N) Group 5.5
186 British Airways 5.5
187 Invensys 5.5
188 Meggitt 5.5
189 Spirent 5.4
190 Carpetright 5.4
191 Cranswick 5.4
192 Dairy Crest 5.4
193 Greencore (UK) 5.4
194 Mitchells & Butlers 5.4
195 International Power 5.3
196 HBOS 5.2
197 Kingston Communications* 5.2
198 Halma 5.2
199 Bovis Homes 5.2
200 Thus Group* 5.1
201 Enterprise Inns 5
202 Rentokil Initial 5
203 Wren Homes Gp 5
204 Topps Tiles 4.9
205 JJB Sport 4.9
206 Drax 4.9
207 Allied Irish Bank (GB) 4.8
208 COLT Telecom 4.8
209 Gleeson (M.J.) Group 4.7
210 Costain Group 4.7
211 Rank Group 4.7
212 Debenhams 4.6
213 Pendragon 4.5
214 Sports Direct 4.5
215 DSG International 4.4
216 Alliance & Leicester 4.3
217 Lookers 4.2
218 Aer Lingus 4.2
219 Findel 4.2
220 HMV 4.1
221 Cattles 4
222 Redrow 4
223 British Energy 4
224 Punch Taverns 3.9
225 Avanti Communications 3.8
226 Northern Foods 3.8
227 ITV 3.8
228 Quintain Estates 3.8
229 Hikma Pharmaceuticals 3.7
230 Friends Provident 3.6
231 Wolseley 3.6
232 Telecom Plus 3.5
233 Premier Foods 3.3
234 Bradford & Bingley 3.2
235 Oakdene Homes 2.7
236 Yell Group 2.5
237 Taylor Wimpey 2.3
238 Woolworths 2.2
239 Vanco 2.1
240 Barratt Developments 2
* Merged, acquired or name change
 
 
         
 
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