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Last week we announced the results of our 4th annual “Most Trustworthy Companies,”<\/strong> ranking almost 2500 US based, publicly traded companies on 5 indicators of trustworthy business behavior. Utilizing our proprietary FACTS Framework<\/a>, Trust Across America picks up where other lists leave off, analyzing Financial stability, Accounting conservativeness, Corporate governance, Transparency and Sustainability from several independent data sources.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The “Top Ten” companies are shown below.<\/p>\n #1 Manpower Group (MAN)<\/b>, human resource consulting firm<\/p>\n #2 Hormel Foods (HRL)<\/b>, food producer<\/p>\n #3 Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL)<\/b>, commercial real estate<\/p>\n #4 CA Technologies, Inc.<\/b> (CA)<\/b>, computer software<\/p>\n #5 The<\/b> Boeing Company<\/b> (BA<\/b>), aerospace<\/p>\n #6 CBRE Group (CBG)<\/b>, commercial real estate<\/p>\n #7 Capital One Financial Corporation (COF)<\/b>, bank holding company<\/p>\n #8 The Sherwin Williams Company (SHW)<\/b>, general building materials <\/b><\/p>\n #9 Lexmark International, Inc. (LXK)<\/b>, office equipment<\/p>\n #10 Delta Airlines (DAL)<\/b>, transportation<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The full\u00a0press release<\/a>\u00a0is reproduced here.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This week we compare the performance of this group to the S&P 500.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Are you surprised about the recent past performance of these companies against the S&P 500? We aren’t. The business case for trust<\/a> has been proven once again.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n One-year return for “Top 10” vs. S&P 500:<\/strong> \u00a038.8% vs. 17.59%, or 120% higher.<\/p>\n Two-year return for “Top 10” vs. S&P 500:<\/strong> \u00a065.74% vs. 33.29%, or 97% higher.<\/p>\n Five-year return for “Top 10” vs. S&P 500:<\/strong>\u00a0240% vs. 114.81%, or 109% higher.<\/p>\n *Returns do not include dividends but the yield is similar to the S&P 500.<\/span><\/p>\n *While the returns show past performance of the ten companies, a live portfolio being rebalanced monthly has a similar profile.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Investors can choose to support trustworthy companies who are doing business “well” and are also highly profitable. This creates a virtuous cycle whereby less trustworthy companies may be inclined to focus more on corporate culture and \u00a0less on quarterly returns.<\/p>\n For more information, tools and programs on building trust in your organization, please visit us at Trust Across America<\/a>.<\/p>\n