The Top 100 Most Innovative Companies Ranking

The World’s Most Innovative Companies.

2006 Rank	Company	Margin Growth 1995-2005 %	Stock Returns 1995-2005 %
1	Apple	7.1	24.6
2	Google	NA**	NA**
3	3M	3.4	11.2
4	Toyota	10.7	11.8
5	Microsoft	2.0	18.5
6	General Electric	5.7	13.4
7	Procter & Gamble	4.4	12.6
8	Nokia	0.0	34.6
9	Starbucks	2.2	27.6
10	IBM	-0.7	14.4
11	Virgin	NA**	NA**
12	Samsung	-4.5***	22.7
13	Sony	-11.0	5.1
14	Dell	2.0	39.4
15	IDEO	NA**	NA**
16	BMW	9.1	14.2
17	Intel	-0.3	13.8
18	eBay	13.0***	NA**
19	IKEA	NA**	NA**
20	Wal-Mart	1.9	16.2
21	Amazon	25.0***	NA**
22	Target	7.4	25.2
23	Honda	8.0	12.9
24	Research In Motion	57.0***	NA**
25	Southwest	-0.1	13.9
26	Porsche	NA**	33.1
27	Genentech	5.7	29.3
28	Cisco	-2.2	15.2
29	Nike	0.0	10.7
30	Motorola	0.7	3.8
31	DaimlerChrysler	4.8***	-1.8
32	Infosys	3.0***	73.6
33	Ryanair	2.7	28.4
34	Pixar	24.2	13.8
35	SonyEricsson	NA**	NA**
36	WWhole Foods	4.1	36.6
37	Capital One	-2.1	27.4
38	Tesco	-0.3	16.2
39	Danone	4.7	13.3
40	BP	-0.2	12.3
41	PepsiCo	4.9	10.2
42	Hewlett Packard	-6.6	7.1
43	Disney	-3.7	2.9
44	jetBlue	NA**	0.9
45	Gore & Associates	NA**	NA**
46	Skype Technologies	NA**	NA**
47	FedEx	4.3	18.9
48	Bang & Olufsen	2.4	16.3
49	Renault	23.7	14.8
50	L’Oreal	2.3	14.2
51	ExxonMobil	5.8	13.6
52	Siemens	2.0***	12.6
53	Johnson & Johnson	3.6	12.6
54	Shell	2.4	11.0
55	Pfizer	1.8	9.9
56	Singapore Airlines	-5.8	7.7
57	Nissan	30.2	5.4
58	DuPont	-1.8	4.9
59	Zara	NA**	NA**
60	TiVo	NA**	-24.6
61	Yahoo!	NA**	42.9
62	Macquarie Bank	NA**	35.0
63	Audi	9.2	30.1
64	Harley Davidson	7.1	22.3
65	Progressive Insurance	1.1	22.0
66	Volvo	-2.7	17.1
67	Philips Electronics	3***	16.2
68	ING Bank	3.0	15.7
69	Nestle	1.2***	13.9
70	Boeing	0.1	7.6
71	Matsushita Electric Industrial	-1.4	3.9
72	easyJet	0.0***	3.7
73	UPS	3.4	3.6
74	KO” Coca-Cola	1.3	2.4
75	Cirque du Soleil (tied)	NA**	NA**
75	McKinsey (tied)	NA**	NA**
75	Woolworths (tied)	5.6***	NA**
78	Hutchison Telecommunications	NA**	88.1
79	Salesforce.com	NA**	58.4
80	ACS	NA**	35.1
81	ITC	NA**	25.4
82	Time Warner	8.1	22.3
83	Danaher	2.7	21.7
84	Costco Wholesale	1.7	20.7
85	LG Electronics	NA**	19.1
86	bankinter	NA**	18.3
87	Amgen	-0.3	18.2
88	Caterpillar	0.3	17.5
89	Accenture	NA**	16.3
90	SAP	1.3	15.7
91	SK Telecom	1.5	15.7
92	Home Depot	4.3	14.9
93	LVMH	-2.6***	12.3
94	Gap	-1.7	11.6
95	Unilever	5.0***	11.2
96	Goldman Sachs	-4.9***	10.9
97	John Deere & Co.	-1.1	8.9
98	Whirlpool	2.0	7.2
99	Entel	NA**	6.2
100	McDonald’s	-2.4	5.2

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