Fortune: Global Most Admired Companies: No 1s

Company	Industry	Overall score
Industry champions These companies are the most admired in their sector, according to their peers.
Alcoa	Metals	7.53
Anheuser-Busch	Beverages	8.00
Areva	Energy	7.19
AT&T Inc	Telecommunications	6.96
Bank of America	Mega-Banks	7.59
Berkshire Hathaway	Insurance: P & C	7.90
Cardinal Health	Wholesalers: Health Care	7.42
Continental Airlines	Airlines	7.27
DuPont	Chemicals	7.63
Exxon Mobil	Petroleum Refining	8.24
General Electric	Electronics	8.29
Home Depot	Specialty Retailers	7.72
IBM	Computers	7.67
Illinois Tool Works	Industrial & Farm Equipment	7.83
International Paper	Forest & Paper Products	7.31
Johnson & Johnson	Pharmaceuticals	7.64
Nestle	Consumer Food Products	8.07
Nokia	Network Communications	7.46
Northwestern Mutual	Insurance: Life, Health	7.49
Procter & Gamble	Household and Personal Products	8.52
Takenaka	Engineering, Construction	6.73
Texas Instruments	Semiconductors	7.95
Toyota Industries	Motor Vehicle Parts	7.28
Toyota Motor	Motor Vehicles	7.51
United Parcel Service	Delivery	8.38
United Technologies	Aerospace and Defense	7.18
Walgreen	Food & Drug Stores	8.42
Walt Disney	Entertainment	8.38

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How we pick the Most Admired companies

FORTUNE created a list of 351 companies in 30 industries with revenues greater than $8 billion... (more)