DeMarche starts it's Annual Research Project for the
100 Best Companies in the United States Award
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Investment consultant DeMarche Associates, Inc., has announced
they have begun their annual research project. The results, which are expected in early
April of 2010, will be released as a new list of 100 companies for the year ending
December 31, 2009. The program, launched eight years ago, recognizes the
"Best 100" U.S. companies for operating performance that significantly improves
shareholder value.
Based on proprietary research and analysis of each company's fundamentals,
these 100 organizations are recognized as the best companies - categorized by
industry - for achieving regular performance within the top three percent of
all major U.S. corporations. This status also recognizes the highly successful
management of growth and risk factors, as measured by DeMarche's exclusive
migration technique to attain consistency in fundamental shareholder value.
For a complete list of winners, please see the link on the right.
Performance of the Best 100 in 2008 was
-22.5 percent vs. 37.9 percent for the DeMarche 3000,
for the 3 years ending 12/31/2008, trading the Best 100 as a portfolio, it was
up 9.0 percent vs. -6.3 percent.
|
Average Return over last 1 YR |
Average Return over last 3 YRS |
| Best
100 |
-22.5% |
9.0% |
| DeMarche
3,000 |
-37.9 |
-6.3 |
| WHAT IT MEANS TO MAKE THE LIST |
"Deluxes's inclusion on the DeMarche list validates the work we've done to
continually enhance shareholder value. The last three years have been extremely
important for our company as we've brought out the best in our outstanding
people and processes to deliver solid financial performance across our
organization. The recognition by DeMarche Associates validates that we are
succeeding in our efforts to enhance value for all of our stakeholders -
investors, clients and our employees."
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Lawrence J. Mosner
CEO, Deluxe Corp.
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