Rank | Company | Country | Industry | 2008 Pulse Score | 2007 Pulse Score | Change |
1 | Toyota Motor Corp. | Japan | Automotive | 86.53 | 82.79 | 3.74 |
2 | Google | US | Information & Media | 85.23 | New | |
3 | IKEA | Sweden | Retail - General | 84.14 | 84.05 | 0.09 |
4 | Ferrero | Italy | Food & Tobacco | 83.52 | 82.63 | 0.89 |
5 | Johnson & Johnson | US | Consumer Products | 83.48 | 78.8 | 4.68 |
6 | Tata Group | India | Conglomerate | 82.84 | 72.37 | 10.47 |
7 | Kraft Foods Inc. | US | Food & Tobacco | 82.79 | 81.07 | 1.72 |
8 | Novo Nordisk | Denmark | Pharmaceuticals | 82.28 | 79.09 | 3.18 |
9 | Grupo Bimbo, S.A. | Mexico | Food & Tobacco | 81.75 | 76.08 | 5.67 |
10 | Migros (Federation of Migros Cooperatives) | Switzerland | Retail - Food | 81.54 | 75.16 | 6.37 |
11 | General Mills | US | Food & Tobacco | 81.34 | New | |
12 | Walt Disney | US | Information & Media | 81.22 | 78.37 | 2.85 |
13 | Haier Corporation | China | Electrical & Electronics | 81.19 | 75.18 | 6.01 |
14 | Infosys Technologies Limited | India | Computer | 81.18 | 72.62 | 8.56 |
15 | United Parcel Service | US | Transport & Logistics | 81.05 | 80.06 | 1 |
16 | Sharp Corp. | Japan | Electrical & Electronics | 80.44 | 75.58 | 4.85 |
17 | Coop | Norway | Retail - Food | 80.43 | 76.29 | 4.14 |
18 | Jean Coutu Group | Canada | Retail - General | 80.11 | 80.04 | 0.07 |
19 | El Corte Inglés | Spain | Retail - General | 80 | 80.63 | -0.63 |
20 | Petrobras | Brazil | Energy | 79.97 | 82.19 | -2.22 |
21 | Carlsberg | Denmark | Beverage | 79.82 | 75.79 | 4.03 |
22 | 3M | US | Industrial Products | 79.79 | 75.06 | 4.73 |
23 | Barilla | Italy | Food & Tobacco | 79.44 | 83.53 | -4.1 |
24 | Grupo Gerdau | Brazil | Raw Materials | 79.26 | 77.73 | 1.53 |
25 | Robert Bosch GmbH | Germany | Electrical & Electronics | 79.22 | 77.98 | 1.23 |
26 | Kone | Finland | Industrial Products | 79.12 | 75.19 | 3.92 |
27 | Mercadona | Spain | Retail - Food | 78.9 | 83.39 | -4.49 |
28 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. | Japan | Electrical & Electronics | 78.88 | 80.56 | -1.68 |
29 | Marks & Spencer Group | UK | Retail - General | 78.78 | 80.19 | -1.41 |
30 | Sobeys | Canada | Retail - Food | 78.74 | 71.87 | 6.87 |
31 | Philips Electronics | The Netherlands | Electrical & Electronics | 78.72 | 79.82 | -1.11 |
32 | Volvo bilar | Sweden | Automotive | 78.57 | 76.25 | 2.32 |
33 | Xerox | US | Industrial Products | 78.44 | New | |
34 | Bridgestone Corp. | Japan | Automotive | 78.09 | 77.77 | 0.32 |
35 | Canon Inc. | Japan | Electrical & Electronics | 78.07 | 80.82 | -2.74 |
36 | Colgate-Palmolive | US | Consumer Products | 78.04 | New | |
37 | AEON Co. Ltd. | Japan | Retail - Food | 78 | 71.77 | 6.23 |
38 | Sony Corp. | Japan | Electrical & Electronics | 78 | 75.16 | 2.84 |
39 | Honda Motor Co. Ltd. | Japan | Automotive | 77.79 | 80.6 | -2.81 |
40 | Usiminas | Brazil | Raw Materials | 77.74 | 73.5 | 4.24 |
41 | China Faw Group Corporation | China | Automotive | 77.61 | 68.34 | 9.27 |
42 | Lukoil | Russia | Energy | 77.49 | 79.35 | -1.85 |
43 | Vale | Brazil | Raw Materials | 77.39 | 79.31 | -1.92 |
44 | A.P. Møller - Mærsk | Denmark | Transport & Logistics | 77.35 | 83.39 | -6.03 |
45 | Cadbury Schweppes | UK | Food & Tobacco | 77.32 | New | |
46 | Copec | Chile | Energy | 77.27 | 74.15 | 3.12 |
47 | Texas Instruments | US | Computer | 77.22 | New | |
48 | Eastman Kodak | US | Consumer Products | 77.13 | New | |
49 | General Electric | US | Conglomerate | 76.82 | 73.96 | 2.86 |
50 | Correios | Brazil | Services | 76.64 | New | |
51 | Sara Lee | US | Food & Tobacco | 76.48 | New | |
52 | FedEx | US | Transport & Logistics | 76.28 | 79.39 | -3.11 |
53 | Deere & Co | US | Industrial Products | 76.12 | 74.99 | 1.13 |
54 | Grupo Votorantim | Brazil | Conglomerate | 76.1 | 75.62 | 0.49 |
55 | Goodyear | US | Automotive | 76 | 68.46 | 7.54 |
56 | Gazprom | Russia | Energy | 75.99 | 78.05 | -2.06 |
57 | Nestlé | Switzerland | Food & Tobacco | 75.78 | 70.84 | 4.93 |
58 | ALDI | Germany | Retail - Food | 75.72 | 77.75 | -2.03 |
59 | L'Oreal | France | Consumer Products | 75.68 | 78.44 | -2.76 |
60 | Sberbank | Russia | Financial - Bank | 75.56 | 81.96 | -6.4 |
61 | Inditex (Zara) | Spain | Retail - General | 75.55 | 73.41 | 2.14 |
62 | FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. | Japan | Consumer Products | 75.51 | 72.76 | 2.75 |
63 | Apple | US | Electrical & Electronics | 75.42 | 73.71 | 1.71 |
64 | Michelin | France | Automotive | 75.34 | 81.67 | -6.33 |
65 | Deutsche Lufthansa AG | Germany | Airlines & Aerospace | 75.19 | 78.65 | -3.46 |
66 | Hewlett-Packard | US | Computer | 75.1 | 71.35 | 3.75 |
67 | Intel | US | Computer | 74.94 | 72.73 | 2.21 |
68 | Publix Super Markets Inc. | US | Retail - Food | 74.91 | 74.01 | 0.9 |
69 | Heineken | The Netherlands | Beverage | 74.79 | 75.15 | -0.36 |
70 | Caterpillar | US | Industrial Products | 74.78 | 75.24 | -0.46 |
71 | Scania | Sweden | Automotive | 74.77 | 74.71 | 0.06 |
72 | CSN | Brazil | Raw Materials | 74.64 | 74.96 | -0.31 |
73 | Hydro | Norway | Raw Materials | 74.58 | 73.33 | 1.25 |
74 | Indesit Company | Italy | Electrical & Electronics | 74.57 | 70.69 | 3.88 |
75 | Seven & I Holdings Co. Ltd. | Japan | Retail - Food | 74.56 | 71.53 | 3.02 |
76 | Whirlpool | US | Consumer Products | 74.41 | New | |
77 | Maruti Udyog (Suzuki) Ltd | India | Automotive | 74.38 | 70.6 | 3.77 |
78 | Boeing | US | Airlines & Aerospace | 74.37 | 71.64 | 2.74 |
79 | Costco Wholesale | US | Retail - General | 74.33 | 72.45 | 1.88 |
80 | Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets | UK | Retail - Food | 74.32 | 71.83 | 2.49 |
81 | Alimentation Couche-Tard | Canada | Retail - Food | 74.26 | 71.21 | 3.05 |
82 | Dell | US | Computer | 74.26 | 70.09 | 4.17 |
83 | Coca-Cola | US | Beverage | 74.24 | 77 | -2.76 |
84 | Marriott International | US | Services | 74.14 | New | |
85 | Sainsbury (J) | UK | Retail - Food | 74.07 | 72.57 | 1.5 |
86 | Aker | Norway | Industrial Products | 73.98 | 71.87 | 2.1 |
87 | Luxottica | Italy | Consumer Products | 73.97 | 77.26 | -3.29 |
88 | BMW AG | Germany | Automotive | 73.9 | 78.89 | -4.99 |
89 | Pirelli | Italy | Automotive | 73.89 | 67.44 | 6.46 |
90 | Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works OAO | Russia | Raw Materials | 73.72 | 81.17 | -7.45 |
91 | Lan | Chile | Airlines & Aerospace | 73.61 | 69.09 | 4.52 |
92 | Berkshire Hathaway | US | Financial - Diversified | 73.58 | 73.59 | 0 |
93 | Canadian Tire | Canada | Retail - General | 73.5 | 77.53 | -4.03 |
94 | Coop Italia | Italy | Retail - Food | 73.22 | 71.44 | 1.78 |
95 | Norilsk Nickel | Russia | Raw Materials | 73.07 | 74.91 | -1.84 |
96 | Walgreen | US | Retail - General | 73.01 | 68.77 | 4.24 |
97 | Toys 'R' Us | US | Retail - General | 72.86 | New | |
98 | Procter & Gamble | US | Consumer Products | 72.85 | 76.25 | -3.39 |
99 | Daimler AG | Germany | Automotive | 72.85 | 70.03 | 2.81 |
100 | PepsiCo | US | Beverage | 72.76 | 74.91 | -2.15 |
101 | Grupa LOTOS | Poland | Energy | 72.6 | 63.06 | 9.54 |
102 | Office Depot | US | Retail - General | 72.59 | New | |
103 | Banco de Chile | Chile | Financial - Bank | 72.59 | 70.08 | 2.5 |
104 | TUI AG | Germany | Transport & Logistics | 72.59 | 67.35 | 5.24 |
105 | Fidelity Investments | US | Financial - Diversified | 72.57 | New | |
106 | Aceitera General Deheza | Argentina | Food & Tobacco | 72.53 | New | |
107 | State Bank of India | India | Financial - Bank | 72.4 | 61.09 | 11.31 |
108 | IBM | US | Computer | 72.39 | 69.06 | 3.34 |
109 | Hitachi Ltd. | Japan | Electrical & Electronics | 72.38 | 70.57 | 1.81 |
110 | Peugeot S.A. | France | Automotive | 72.32 | 68.5 | 3.83 |
111 | Grupo Sonae | Portugal | Conglomerate | 72.27 | 73.44 | -1.17 |
112 | Grupo Modelo | Mexico | Beverage | 72.21 | 72.34 | -0.13 |
113 | Esselunga | Italy | Retail - Food | 72.15 | 71.48 | 0.68 |
114 | Best Buy | US | Retail - General | 72.08 | 69.44 | 2.64 |
115 | Staples | US | Retail - General | 72.01 | New | |
116 | Evraz Group S.A | Russia | Raw Materials | 71.89 | New | |
117 | Qantas Airways | Australia | Airlines & Aerospace | 71.82 | 71.29 | 0.53 |
118 | Lowe's Cos | US | Retail - General | 71.76 | 70.85 | 0.9 |
119 | Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. | Mexico | Industrial Products | 71.75 | 72.14 | -0.4 |
120 | Henkel | Germany | Consumer Products | 71.7 | 77.34 | -5.64 |
121 | Centres E. Leclerc | France | Retail - General | 71.66 | 68.18 | 3.48 |
122 | Sony Ericsson | Sweden | Electrical & Electronics | 71.61 | 72.6 | -0.99 |
123 | Aflac | US | Financial - Insurance | 71.59 | New | |
124 | Bombardier Inc. | Canada | Airlines & Aerospace | 71.58 | 73.28 | -1.69 |
125 | Home Depot | US | Retail - General | 71.49 | 69.76 | 1.72 |
126 | NIKE | US | Consumer Products | 71.47 | New | |
127 | Sasol | South Africa | Raw Materials | 71.38 | 59.13 | 12.26 |
128 | Unilever | UK | Consumer Products | 71.28 | 74.19 | -2.91 |
129 | Repsol YPF | Spain | Energy | 71.25 | 75.03 | -3.78 |
130 | CVS | US | Retail - General | 71.14 | 69.37 | 1.77 |
131 | Hindustan Lever Limited | India | Consumer Products | 71.13 | 69.17 | 1.95 |
132 | Pão de Açúcar | Brazil | Retail - Food | 71.1 | 78.09 | -6.99 |
133 | Seat | Spain | Automotive | 71.05 | New | |
134 | Rosneft | Russia | Energy | 71.04 | 77.29 | -6.25 |
135 | Denso | Japan | Automotive | 71.03 | New | |
136 | PKN Orlen | Poland | Energy | 70.76 | 56.36 | 14.4 |
137 | Microsoft | US | Computer | 70.52 | 72.95 | -2.43 |
138 | StatoilHydro | Norway | Energy | 70.5 | New | |
139 | Suzuki Motor Corporation | Japan | Automotive | 70.44 | 74.5 | -4.06 |
140 | Unilever | The Netherlands | Consumer Products | 70.37 | 70.74 | -0.37 |
141 | Surgutneftegas | Russia | Energy | 70.35 | 73.82 | -3.47 |
142 | Renault | France | Automotive | 70.26 | 61.63 | 8.64 |
143 | BASF AG | Germany | Chemicals | 70.26 | 68.85 | 1.41 |
144 | Diageo | UK | Beverage | 70.22 | 62.96 | 7.26 |
145 | Kesko | Finland | Retail - General | 70.2 | 68.85 | 1.35 |
146 | NEC Corp. | Japan | Electrical & Electronics | 70.16 | 67.98 | 2.18 |
147 | Hero Honda Motors Limited | India | Automotive | 70.15 | 65.62 | 4.54 |
148 | KDDI Corp. | Japan | Telecommunications | 70.14 | 75.42 | -5.28 |
149 | Lenovo | China | Computer | 70.12 | 76.51 | -6.38 |
150 | GDF | France | Utilities | 70.11 | 64.05 | 6.05 |
151 | Otto Group | Germany | Conglomerate | 70.05 | 67.32 | 2.73 |
152 | Anheuser-Busch Cos | US | Beverage | 70.05 | New | |
153 | Tesco | UK | Retail - Food | 70.02 | 75.92 | -5.89 |
154 | Kroger | US | Retail - Food | 69.96 | 65.64 | 4.32 |
155 | Ahold | The Netherlands | Retail - Food | 69.94 | 66.62 | 3.32 |
156 | JC Penney | US | Retail - General | 69.92 | 73.71 | -3.79 |
157 | Honeywell International | US | Industrial Products | 69.79 | 65.92 | 3.88 |
158 | Empresas CMPC S.A. | Chile | Raw Materials | 69.72 | 73.99 | -4.28 |
159 | Associated British Foods | UK | Food & Tobacco | 69.69 | New | |
160 | Outokumpu Oyj | Finland | Raw Materials | 69.67 | 67.66 | 2.01 |
161 | Life Insurance Corpn. of India (LIC) | India | Financial - Insurance | 69.66 | 70.41 | -0.75 |
162 | Volkswagen AG | Germany | Automotive | 69.64 | 69.99 | -0.35 |
163 | LG Electronics Inc. | South Korea | Electrical & Electronics | 69.52 | 62.8 | 6.72 |
164 | EDF | France | Utilities | 69.51 | 69.37 | 0.14 |
165 | Banco do Brasil | Brazil | Financial - Bank | 69.41 | 70.2 | -0.78 |
166 | Kohl's | US | Retail - General | 69.31 | New | |
167 | Enterprise Rent-A-Car | US | Automotive | 69.25 | New | |
168 | Bayer AG | Germany | Pharmaceuticals | 69.23 | 68.37 | 0.87 |
169 | Bajaj Auto Limited | India | Automotive | 69.22 | 65.81 | 3.41 |
170 | Motorola | US | Electrical & Electronics | 69.2 | 66.66 | 2.54 |
171 | Safeway | US | Retail - Food | 69.16 | 68.41 | 0.75 |
172 | Cepsa | Spain | Energy | 69.16 | 67.49 | 1.68 |
173 | Express Scripts | US | Services | 69.13 | New | |
174 | NLMK | Russia | Raw Materials | 69.08 | 69.82 | -0.74 |
175 | Tyson Foods | US | Food & Tobacco | 69.04 | 66.79 | 2.25 |
176 | Braskem | Brazil | Chemicals | 69.03 | 68.79 | 0.24 |
177 | Nokia | Finland | Electrical & Electronics | 69.03 | 77.76 | -8.73 |
178 | Casas Bahia | Brazil | Retail - General | 68.94 | New | |
179 | British Airways | UK | Airlines & Aerospace | 68.88 | 64.72 | 4.16 |
180 | BAE Systems | UK | Airlines & Aerospace | 68.84 | New | |
181 | Grupo Jerónimo Martins | Portugal | Retail - Food | 68.82 | 68.35 | 0.47 |
182 | Mapfre | Spain | Financial - Insurance | 68.8 | 74.29 | -5.49 |
183 | TNK BP | Russia | Energy | 68.73 | New | |
184 | Lockheed Martin | US | Airlines & Aerospace | 68.65 | 67.63 | 1.01 |
185 | Midea Group Co., Ltd. | China | Electrical & Electronics | 68.6 | 67.67 | 0.93 |
186 | Oil & Natural Gas Corpn. Ltd. (ONGC) | India | Energy | 68.6 | 66.99 | 1.61 |
187 | China Construction Bank | China | Financial - Bank | 68.58 | 63.89 | 4.69 |
188 | Standard Bank | South Africa | Financial - Bank | 68.54 | 66.97 | 1.56 |
189 | Coop Danmark | Denmark | Retail - Food | 68.52 | 69.85 | -1.33 |
190 | Grupo Odebrecht | Brazil | Conglomerate | 68.52 | 64.34 | 4.18 |
191 | Mahindra & Mahindra Limited | India | Automotive | 68.45 | 69.05 | -0.61 |
192 | Autogrill | Italy | Retail - Food | 68.4 | 67.08 | 1.32 |
193 | Novartis | Switzerland | Pharmaceuticals | 68.38 | 61.69 | 6.69 |
194 | FUJITSU LIMITED | Japan | Computer | 68.38 | 70.36 | -1.98 |
195 | Kingfisher | UK | Retail - General | 68.34 | 61.94 | 6.4 |
196 | Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | South Korea | Electrical & Electronics | 68.33 | 77.02 | -8.69 |
197 | Airbus | France | Airlines & Aerospace | 68.15 | 73.26 | -5.11 |
198 | Dongfeng Motor Corporation | China | Automotive | 68.12 | 67.67 | 0.44 |
199 | Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOC) | India | Energy | 68 | 64.41 | 3.59 |