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VALUE AS A LONG TERM INVESTMENT - BRITAIN'S MOST ADMIRED COMPANIES - 2008
  Company Score
1 Johnson Matthey 8
2 BG Group 7.9
3 FirstGroup 7.8
4 Diageo 7.7
5 Tesco 7.7
6 Rolls-Royce 7.7
7 Smith & Nephew 7.6
8 3i 7.6
9 BP 7.6
10 BAE Systems 7.5
11 Cobham 7.5
12 Prudential 7.5
13 Man 7.4
14 Tullow Oil 7.4
15 Babcock International 7.3
16 CRH 7.3
17 Reed Elsevier 7.3
18 Kingspan 7.2
19 Balfour Beatty 7.2
20 Unilever 7.2
21 BSkyB 7.2
22 Berkeley Group 7.2
23 Capita Group 7.2
24 Bayer Plc (UK & Ireland) 7.2
25 Weir Group 7.2
26 Dunelm 7.2
27 ARM Holdings 7.2
28 Whitbread 7.2
29 Vodafone 7.1
30 Thomson Reuters* 7.1
31 Royal Dutch Shell 7.1
32 ICAP 7
33 Intermediate Capital 7
34 Cadbury Schweppes* 7
35 InterContinental Hotels 7
36 WPP Group 7
37 Eurasian Natural Resources 7
38 National Express 7
39 Stagecoach 7
40 National Grid 7
41 Scottish & Southern Energy 6.9
42 Serco Group 6.9
43 Saint-Gobain (UK) 6.9
44 SABMiller 6.9
45 Carnival 6.9
46 Kier Group 6.9
47 Land Securities 6.9
48 Wetherspoon (JD) 6.8
49 Travis Perkins 6.8
50 SIG 6.8
51 Carphone Warehouse 6.8
52 Arriva 6.8
53 Britvic 6.8
54 St James’s Place Capital 6.8
55 Rio Tinto 6.8
56 Daily Mail & General Trust 6.7
57 Legal & General Group 6.7
58 Novo-Nordisk AS UK 6.7
59 Compass 6.7
60 Anglo American 6.7
61 Telford Homes 6.7
62 Greene King 6.6
63 Croda International 6.6
64 Spirax Sarco Engineering 6.6
65 Associated British Foods 6.6
66 British Land Co. 6.6
67 Carillion 6.6
68 Barclays 6.6
69 Royal Bank of Scotland 6.6
70 Lloyds TSB 6.6
71 Next 6.6
72 Dyson Group 6.5
73 Scottish & Newcastle* 6.5
74 BT Group 6.5
75 BHP Billiton 6.5
76 Derwent London* 6.5
77 Domino Printing Sciences 6.5
78 Siemens (UK) 6.5
79 Home Retail Group 6.4
80 Abbey (Banco Santander) 6.4
81 Marshalls 6.4
82 Great Portland Estates 6.4
83 Pennon Group 6.4
84 VT Group 6.4
85 Tui Travel 6.4
86 Xstrata 6.4
87 Sainsbury (J) 6.4
88 United Business Media 6.4
89 Old Mutual 6.3
90 Burberry Group 6.3
91 Aviva 6.3
92 Intertek 6.3
93 United Utilities 6.3
94 AMEC 6.3
95 Rentokil Initial 6.3
96 Victrex 6.3
97 Go-Ahead Gp 6.3
98 Ultra Electronics 6.2
99 Liberty International 6.2
100 IMI 6.2
101 Aggreko 6.2
102 Bunzl 6.2
103 Pearson 6.2
104 Hammerson 6.2
105 Inchcape 6.2
106 Cairn Energy 6.2
107 Persimmon 6.2
108 Keller Group 6.2
109 Ladbrokes 6.2
110 Bellway 6.2
111 GKN 6.2
112 Marks & Spencer 6.1
113 Informa 6.1
114 Royal & Sun Alliance* 6.1
115 Smiths Group 6
116 BASF Plc (UK & Ireland) 6
117 Abbott (UK) 6
118 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) 6
119 Reckitt Benckiser 6
120 Thomas Cook Gp 6
121 Kesa Electricals 6
122 Morgan Crucible 5.9
123 Spectris 5.9
124 Electrocomponents 5.9
125 Game Group 5.9
126 Mothercare 5.9
127 Grafton Gp 5.9
128 ROK Property Solutions 5.9
129 Morrison (Wm) 5.9
130 Inmarsat 5.9
131 Admiral 5.9
132 William Hill 5.9
133 Standard Life 5.9
134 Mitchells & Butlers 5.8
135 Seven Trent 5.8
136 Avis Europe 5.8
137 Premier Farnell 5.8
138 Rotork 5.8
139 Northumbrian Water 5.8
140 eastJet 5.8
141 Marston’s 5.8
142 IG Group 5.8
143 HSBC 5.7
144 Charter 5.7
145 Cookson 5.7
146 Tate & Lyle 5.7
147 Delta 5.7
148 Chemring Group 5.7
149 Brown (N) Group 5.7
150 Kingfisher 5.7
151 Halma 5.7
152 Morgan Sindall 5.7
153 Greencore (UK) 5.6
154 Segro  5.6
155 Schroders 5.6
156 Shaftesbury 5.6
157 Carpetright 5.6
158 Enterprise Inns 5.6
159 Ryanair 5.6
160 Yule Catto 5.5
161 Investec 5.5
162 Bovis Homes 5.5
163 Galliford Try 5.5
164 CSR 5.4
165 Signet  5.4
166 Centrica 5.4
167 Provident Financial 5.4
168 Punch Taverns 5.4
169 Porvair 5.4
170 Millennium & Copthorne 5.4
171 International Power 5.4
172 Meggitt 5.3
173 Lilly (Eli) UK 5.3
174 Shire  5.3
175 G4S 5.3
176 Bodycote Int.* 5.3
177 QinetiQ Group 5.3
178 Brixton  5.3
179 Cranswick 5.3
180 Pfizer (UK) 5.3
181 HBOS 5.2
182 Standard Chartered 5.2
183 UMECO 5.2
184 Spirent 5.2
185 Redrow 5.2
186 Experian Group* 5.1
187 Debenhams 5.1
188 Resolution* 5.1
189 Laird Group* 5.1
190 Boot (Henry) 5.1
191 Halfords 5
192 Hikma Pharmaceuticals 5
193 Invensys 5
194 Wolseley 4.9
195 Cable & Wireless 4.9
196 WH Smiths 4.9
197 Allied Irish Bank (GB) 4.9
198 AstraZeneca 4.9
199 Elementis 4.8
200 Pendragon 4.8
201 Topps Tiles 4.8
202 Ashmore Group 4.8
203 Robert Wiseman 4.7
204 JJB Sport 4.7
205 Findel 4.7
206 Enodis 4.7
207 Dobbies Garden Centres* 4.6
208 Costain Group 4.6
209 Thus Group* 4.5
210 Cattles 4.5
211 Dairy Crest 4.5
212 Lookers 4.5
213 Rank Group 4.5
214 Wren Homes Gp 4.5
215 British Energy 4.4
216 Kingston Communications* 4.3
217 HMV 4.3
218 Tomkins 4.3
219 Gleeson (M.J.) Group 4.3
220 Premier Foods 4.3
221 Sports Direct 4.2
222 British Airways 4.1
223 Oakdene Homes 4
224 DSG International 3.9
225 ITV 3.9
226 Barratt Developments 3.8
227 Aer Lingus 3.7
228 Quintain Estates 3.7
229 COLT Telecom 3.6
230 Drax 3.6
231 Alliance & Leicester 3.6
232 Avanti Communications 3.5
233 Yell Group 3.5
234 Taylor Wimpey 3.5
235 Northern Foods 3.3
236 Friends Provident 3.2
237 Telecom Plus 3
238 Bradford & Bingley 2.8
239 Woolworths 2
240 Vanco 1.7
* Merged, acquired or name change
 
 
         
 
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