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Most Valuable Companies 2011

BT500 2011 list a treasure trove

Rajiv Bhuva

The 2011 edition of the 'India's Most Valuable Companies' offers just one listing of the private firms and PSUs. The most comprehensive ranking reflects a new world where investors reward, or punish, companies in proportion to the value (shareholder wealth) they create or destroy; ownership is incidental.
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New entry in BT500 - Coal India

Fallen leaves

How and why once-mighty companies fell off the BT Top 25 list.

The next 500

Take a look at firms that made it to the 500-1000 ranks in our annual listing of BT500 companies in 2011.

BT500: How we ranked them

There are two vital departures from the BT500 methodology followed in previous years.

Chartbusters

Companies that have steadily climbed up the rankings' ladder to take on the big boys.

The First 500

The 500 firms that made it to Business Today's listing of India's most valuable companies.

Number play

A sliced-and-diced look at BT1000 tells us who created value and who destroyed it, the sector champions and the returns warriors