EagleTed
11-08-2003, 01:37 PM
S&P 500 Companies with A+ Quality Rankings
AFLAC (AFL )
Alberto-Culver (ACV )
Altria Group (MO )
American International Group (AIG )
Anheuser-Busch (BUD )
Automatic Data Processing (ADP )
Avery Dennison (AVY )
Bemis Co. (BMS )
Capital One (COF )
Cardinal Health (CAH )
Carnival (CCL )
Cintas (CTAS )
Citigroup (C )
Dollar General (DG )
Emerson Electric (EMR )
Family Dollar Stores (FDO )
Fannie Mae (FNM )
Federal Home Loan (FRE )
Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB )
First Tennessee National (FTN )
General Electric (GE )
Harley-Davidson (HDI )
Home Depot (HD )
Illinois Tool Works (ITW )
Jefferson-Pilot (JP )
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ )
Johnson Controls (JCI )
Lowes Cos. (LOW )
MBNA Corp. (KRB )
McDonalds (MCD )
Merck (MRK )
MGIC Investment (MTG )
Omnicom Group (OMC )
Paychex INC (PAYX )
Pfizer (PFE )
Schering-Plough (SGP )
Sigma-Aldrich (SIAL )
Southtrust (SOTR )
State Street (STT )
Suntrust Banks (STI )
Synovus Financial (SNV )
Sysco (SYY )
Walgreen (WAG )
Wal-Mart (WMT )
Wrigley (WWY )
http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/feb2003/pi20030226_0621_pi015.htm
Might be a good place to start if you're looking at individual companies to invest in. Beware though, S&P will change their ratings on companies, so don't expect these companies to all be on their A+ list five years from now.
AFLAC (AFL )
Alberto-Culver (ACV )
Altria Group (MO )
American International Group (AIG )
Anheuser-Busch (BUD )
Automatic Data Processing (ADP )
Avery Dennison (AVY )
Bemis Co. (BMS )
Capital One (COF )
Cardinal Health (CAH )
Carnival (CCL )
Cintas (CTAS )
Citigroup (C )
Dollar General (DG )
Emerson Electric (EMR )
Family Dollar Stores (FDO )
Fannie Mae (FNM )
Federal Home Loan (FRE )
Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB )
First Tennessee National (FTN )
General Electric (GE )
Harley-Davidson (HDI )
Home Depot (HD )
Illinois Tool Works (ITW )
Jefferson-Pilot (JP )
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ )
Johnson Controls (JCI )
Lowes Cos. (LOW )
MBNA Corp. (KRB )
McDonalds (MCD )
Merck (MRK )
MGIC Investment (MTG )
Omnicom Group (OMC )
Paychex INC (PAYX )
Pfizer (PFE )
Schering-Plough (SGP )
Sigma-Aldrich (SIAL )
Southtrust (SOTR )
State Street (STT )
Suntrust Banks (STI )
Synovus Financial (SNV )
Sysco (SYY )
Walgreen (WAG )
Wal-Mart (WMT )
Wrigley (WWY )
http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/feb2003/pi20030226_0621_pi015.htm
Might be a good place to start if you're looking at individual companies to invest in. Beware though, S&P will change their ratings on companies, so don't expect these companies to all be on their A+ list five years from now.