World Top

FY Sales ($mil) Market Cap ($mil) EPS Growth % Est. 2002
Return On Equity % 5-Year Avg Est. P/E 2002 Price To Book Price To Sales
Company /Country

Alltel (nyse: AT - news - people )/U.S. 25.1 16.7 3.0 2.2 7,599 16,842 10.0


BellSouth (nyse: BLS - news - people )/U.S. 21.8 15.7 3.9 3.0 24,130 71,186 6.9


BT Group (nyse: BTY - news - people )/U.K. 11.5 42.7 1.2 0.9 28,933 32,662 95.8


Cable & Wireless (nyse: CWP - news - people )/U.K. 32.4 NA 0.4 0.9 10,064 9,195 NA


China Mobile (nyse: CHL - news - people )/Hong Kong 18.4 17.0 4.2 5.4 10,663 57,250 2.5


Japan Telem (otc: JPNTY - news - people )/Japan 4.4 NA 2.6 1.0 11,606 10,642 NA


NTT DoCoMo (nyse: DCM - news - people )/Japan 13.9 55.9 5.2 3.5 37,113 130,496 47.2


Olivetti/Italy 10.4 35.9 0.5 0.2 28,502 6,669 NM


OTE (Hellenic Telecom)/Greece 22.1 15.1 2.4 2.1 3,660 7,354 5.1


Portugal Telecom (nyse: PT - news - people )/Portugal 16.1 29.3 2.2 2.1 4,848 9,035 22.7


SBC Communications (nyse: SBC - news - people )/U.S. 26.2 16.0 4.0 3.5 37,515 130,796 5.1


Swisscom (nyse: SCM - news - people )/Switzerland 17.0 20.3 4.3 2.6 8,748 22,253 NM


TDC (nyse: TLD - news - people )/Denmark 16.8 31.9 1.7 1.0 6,478 6,723 23.2


Teléfonos de México/Mexico 25.9 10.4 4.8 2.2 12,145 17,533 15.6


TIM/Italy 54.0 28.4 4.7 4.5 9,130 40,276 3.3


Verizon (nyse: VZ - news - people )/U.S. 24.0 14.9 4.3 2.0 67,190 130,667 5.9


Vodafone (nyse: VOD - news - people )/U.K. 46.0 NA 0.7 5.6 21,252 126,734 NA