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Best & Worst Corporate Cash Managers

Shipping Containers 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 (%)
Rock-Tenn Co.	$4,316.19	$41.00	$207.00	0.20%
Graphic Packaging Holding Co.	1,985.62	157.10	34.00	4.62
INDUSTRY MEDIAN	3,150.90	$99.05	120.50	2.41
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 $1 billion 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.