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THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS
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MARCH 2009
THE LEADERS
RIL
Setting the global benchmark 
Page 10
NTPC
 Networking toaugment potential
Page 13
ONGC
Guarding national interests
Page 12
      R      A      N      K      3      R      A      N      K      2
Bharti Airtel
Leading the way in touching lives
Page 16
IOC
Storming ahead in troubled waters
Page 14
      R      A      N      K      5      R      A      N      K      4
RCOM
Connect with the future
Page 18
SAIL
Optimising capacity 
Page 17
      R      A      N      K      7      R      A      N      K      6
BPCL
Fuelling India’sgrowth
Page 21
TATA STEEL
Plenty ofsheen on world stage
Page 20
      R      A      N      K      9      R      A      N      K      8
L&T
On terra firma and progressing forward
Page 24
BHEL
Setting milestones for achievement 
Page 22
R      A      N      K      1      1      R      A      N      K      1      0
ITC
Gains from dynamismand diversification
Page 26
Infosys
Growing fromstrength to strength
Page 25
R      A      N      K      1      3      R      A      N      K      1      2
WIPRO
Looking beyond business into life
Page 28
GAIL(I)
Moving forward through innovation
Page 27
      R      A      N      K      1      5      R      A      N      K      1      4      R      A      N      K      1
Editorial
Rural India beckons India Inc
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Overall Performance
A plateau after accelerated growth
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The FE-500
How India’s top 500 companiesfared in 2007-08 in terms of composite rankings, net sales, totalassets, gross profit, net worth,market capitalisation, returnon net worth, return on assets,and return on sales
Page 30 - 51
Under the lens
A comparison of India’s topperforming companies grouped byindustry. The section contains totalincome, net profit, retained profit,forex earnings, forex expenditure,and debt-equity ratios
Page 52 - 6
 
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Profits & Profitability
Earnings grow faster than topline
Page 70-71
Ranks in Alphabetical Order
Page 7
 
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Nine Months Performanceof Top 100
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Methodology, Caveats& Limitations
How we did it
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Crystal Grazing
Shaping up in slowdown times
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The Market’s Verdict
Depletion of wealth
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THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS
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MARCH 2009
W
HEN fe500 had decided to use revenue and not market capitalisation asthe key marker for corporate performance,this was not a fashionabledecision.Market cap was the favourite criterion ofall analyses.Allow us to saythat 2008’s stock market bloodbath showed how puzzling market cap can be as asubstantive indicator.Market cap is important.But when markets are responding to global fear anduncertainty,their verdict on a company can be bemusing.Revenue,on the otherhand,reflects the rewards ofa company’s real business activities and can giveyou a good idea ofa company’s performance even the day after LehmannBrothers dies.So,this edition offe500 has a special significance—many ofthe corporatespresent here may have taken a market cap battering.But they can still be judgedand found to have solid attributes.The study,covering 2007-08,shows how the impact ofthe slowdown had begunto set in.Profitability,especially oflarger companies,remained high.However,the sales growth at 17% was much lower than the 28% recorded in 2006-07.The fe500 also profiles the top 15 companies in our list.There are a few notabletrends.Reliance Communication debuts on fe500—another indication ofhow bigthe telecom story can become.And Bharti Airtel pushes established companieslike L&T out ofthe top 10.Most ofthe other big ones continue to hold their place.But interestingly,the only FMCG firm to feature in the list is ITC.The companyhas,over the years,diversified and invested a great deal in the Indian ruralsector.The rewards have just about started to come in.There’s a bigger lesson here.As 2008-09 ends with evidence ofdampenedurban demand,the focus is on rural demand,which seems to be in healthy shape.The
aam aadmi
could be India Inc’s biggest friend in a slowdown.SHEKHAR GUPTA
Rural India beckonsIndia Inc
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