ID Company Name Ticker Industry
1 Agilent Technologies agilent A Healthcare
2 Alcoa alcoa AA Materials
3 Amazon.com amazon AMZN Consumer Discretionary
4 American International Group americanintl group AIG Financials
5 Apple apple AAPL Information Technology
6 AT&T at&t T Telecommunications Services
7 Bank of America bank of america BAC Financials
8 Best Buy Co. bestbuy BBY Consumer Discretionary
9 Boeing boeing BA Industrials
10 Caterpillar caterpillar CAT Industrials­
11 Celgene celgene CELG Healthcare
12 Chesapeake Energy chesapeake CHK Energy
13 Chevron chevron CVX Energy
14 Chipotle Mexican Grill chipotle mexican CMG Consumer Discretionary
15 Cisco Systems cisco CSCO Information Technology
16 Citigroup citigroup C Financials
17 Cliffs Natural Resources cliffs natural CLF Materials
18 Coach Inc coach inc COH Consumer Discretionary
19 Coca-Cola coca cola KO Consumer Staples
20 Dell dell DELL Information Technology
21 Dominion Resources dominion resources D Utilities
22 Dow Chemical dow chemical DOW Materials
23 eBay ebay EBAY Information Technology
24 Exxon Mobil exxon XOM Energy
25 First Solar first solar FLSR Industrials
26 Ford Motor ford F Consumer Discretionary
27 Freeport-McMoran freeportmcmoran FCX Materials
28 General Electric general electric GE Industrials
29 General Moters general motors GM Consumer Discretionary
30 Goldman Sachs goldmansachs GS Financials
31 Google google GOOG Information Technology
32 Hewlett-Packard hewlett HPQ Information Technology
33 The Home Depot home depot HD Consumer Discretionary
34 Intel Incorporation intel INTC Information Technology
35 International Business Machines ibm IBM Information Technology
Table 1a: (ID 1-35): list of the 71 selected firms for the study.