Seven DC Cos. Moved up Rank 2009 Fortune 500, NVR didn't Make it..

There are seven DC-based companies that made it to the 2009 Fortune 500 list. However, NVR didn't make the cut, because of its revenue fell 29% in 2008. NVR went from #464 in 2008 to #584 this year.

The seven companies that moved up the rank:

• AES Corp.(NYSE: AES): No. 158 (up from No. 183 in 2008.)
• Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR): No. 213 (up from No. 239 in 2008)
• Coventry Health Care, Inc.(NYSE: CVH): No. 226 (up from No. 266 in 2008.)
• Pepco Holdings, Inc.(NYSE: POM): No. 254 (up from No. 279 in 2008)
• Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT): No. 52 (up from No. 57 in 2008)
• General Dynamics (NYSE: GD): No. 83 (up from No. 87 in 2008.)
• Computer Sciences Corp (NYSE: CSC): No. 153 (up from No. 170 in 2008.)

The other seven companies got downgraded:

• SLM Corporation (NYSE: SLM): No. 331 (down from No. 286 in 2008)
• Gannett Co., Inc.(NYSE: GCI): No. 371 (down from No. 332 in 2008)
• Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.(NYSE: HST): No. 449 (down from No. 440 in 2008) Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE): No. 220 (down from No. 54 in 2008.)
• Fannie Mae: No. 112 (down from No. 53 in 2008.)
• Marriott International (NYSE: MAR): No. 208 (down from No. 197 in 2008)
• Capital One (NYSE: COF): No. 145 (down from No. 130 in 2008)

See what the housing market can do to a company revenue? Just look at Freddie Mac. It went from # 54 to #220.

(via Washington Business Journal)

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