Companies
An alphabetical index of all the Most Admired companies and contenders this year.
Company Industry Overall score
Panasonic Electronics 5.48
Parker Hannifin Industrial and Farm Equipment 6.90
Patterson Wholesalers: Health Care 4.75
Paychex Financial Data Services 6.13
People's Insurance Co. of China Insurance: Property and Casualty 4.71
PepsiCo Consumer Food Products 6.94
Pernod Ricard Beverages 4.77
Peter Kiewit Sons' Engineering, Construction 6.54
Petrobras Petroleum Refining 6.73
Petronas Petroleum Refining 5.19
Peugeot Motor Vehicles 4.49
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals 5.39
PG&E Corp. Electric and Gas Utilities 5.03
PharMerica Health Care: Pharmacy and Other Services 5.10
Philip Morris International Tobacco 8.25
Plains All American Pipeline Energy 6.98
PNC Financial Services Group Superregional Banks 6.92
POSCO Metals 6.93
Poste Italiane Delivery 5.26
Pou Chen Apparel 5.42
PPG Industries Chemicals 6.05
PPR Apparel 6.49
Priceline.com Internet Services and Retailing 5.19
Procter & Gamble Soaps and Cosmetics 8.10
Prudential Financial Insurance: Life and Health 6.27
Prudential plc Insurance: Life and Health 5.58
PSS World Medical Wholesalers: Health Care 4.72
Public Service Enterprise Group Electric and Gas Utilities 6.22
Publix Super Markets Food & Drug Stores 6.55
PVH Apparel 6.70
From the March 19, 2012 issue
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Where are the Most Admired?
Heat Map
The Most Admired companies in America are spread out across the country, but a few states dominate.
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Most Admired Industry Stars
These 20 Most Admired companies have landed among the top in their industries for multiple years.
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The experts chose the top 50. Now it's your turn. 'Like' the company you most admire to vote. The top 5 reader favorites are below.

Company # of 'Likes'
1. Apple 1,188
2. Teradata 651
3. Tupperware Brands 564
4. FedEx 391
5. IBM 304
The Most Admired list is the definitive report card on corporate reputations. Our survey partners at Hay Group start with about 1,400 companies... More
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