WHO TOPS THE FORBES 500? RANKING THE "SUPER 50"

     FORBES magazine released its annual Forbes 500's rankings,
which list the top U.S. corporations based on sales, net profits,
assets, and market value.


  
 
    
1
    
GM
    

    
18
    
P & G
    

    
35
    
Bell Atlantic
  
  
 
    
2
    
GE
    
19
    
Chevron
    
36
    
Johnson/Johnson
  
  
 
    
3
    
Exxon
    
20
    
Amoco
    
37
    
Merrill Lynch
  
  
 
    
4
    
Ford
    
21
    
BellSouth
    
38
    
Southwest Bell
  
  
 
    
5
    
AT&T
    
22
    
PepsiCo
    
39
    
Boeing
  
  
 
    
6
    
IBM
    
23
    
Travelers
    
40
    
Xerox
  
  
 
    
7
    
Philip Morris
    
24
    
AmEx
    
41
    
ARCO
  
  
 
    
8
    
Citicorp
    
25
    
NationsBank
    
42
    
Nynex
  
  
 
    
9
    
American Int'l
    
26
    
Merck
    
43
    
US West
  
  
 
    
10
    
Wal-mart
    
27
    
H-P
    
44
    
Ameritech
  
  
 
    
11
    
Fannie Mae
    
28
    
ITT
    
45
    
Lockheed Martin
  
  
 
    
12
    
Du Pont
    
29
    
Motorola
    
46
    
Intel
  
  
 
    
13
    
Mobil
    
30
    
Chemical Bank
    
47
    
3M
  
  
 
    
14
    
BankAmerica
    
31
    
Dow
    
48
    
Amer Home Prod
  
  
 
    
15
    
GTE
    
32
    
Texaco
    
49
    
Bristol-Myers
  
  
 
    
16
    
Sears
    
33
    
Coca-Cola
    
50
    
Banc One
  
  
 
    
17
    
Chrysler
    
34
    
JP Morgan
    

  


     SPORTS STOCKS:  Only two companies from THE SPORTS BUSINESS
DAILY's "Pure Play" Stock Ticker made FORBES' 500:  Nike and
Reebok.  All figures below are in millions.
               SALES   NET PROFITS  ASSETS  MKT VALUE  CASH FLOW
     NIKE      4,353       355.4    2,963     5,512      422.2
     REEBOK    3,280       254.5    1,649     2,833      291.1