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Best & Worst Corporate Cash Managers

Shipbuilding & Railroad Equipment Companies with the least and most cash as a proportion of their operating income.

COMPANY ¹	MARKET CAPITALIZATION OF COMMON EQUITY ($ MILLIONS)	CASH AND SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS ($ MILLIONS)	INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS ($ MILLIONS)	CASH AND SHORT- TERM INVESTMENTS TO INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS (%)
General Dynamics Corp.	$25,052.54	$1,540.00	$2,678.00	0.58%
INDUSTRY MEDIAN	25,052.54	1,540.00	2,678.00	0.58
Source: Georgia Institute of Technology Financial Reporting & Analysis Lab.
1 Data are based on Securities and Exchange Commission filings by publicly traded companies with market capitalization of at least $1billion and free cash flow of at least 60 percent of income from continuing operations at end of third-quarter 2011. Industries are defined by the Standard Industrial Classification codes established by the U.S. Commerce Department.