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BLUE CHIP 50 -
June 1999 Cover Story Companies
Ranked by
Return on Average Equity
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1998
RETURN ON
AVERAGE
EQUITY |
1997 NET
INCOME (000) |
1998
COMMON
EQUITY (000) |
| 1 |
General Cable Corp. |
47.53% |
$71,200 |
$177,200 |
| 2 |
Lexmark International Group |
45.05% |
$243,000 |
$578,100 |
| 3 |
Healthcare Recoveries
Inc. |
27.36% |
$8,900 |
$37,193 |
| 4 |
Brown-Forman Corp. |
24.29% |
$185,000 |
$805,000 |
| 5 |
SY Bancorp Inc. |
20.33% |
$8,218 |
$43,943 |
| 6 |
DMI Furniture Inc. |
20.23% |
$1,975 |
$10,257 |
| 7 |
Pomeroy Computer
Resources |
19.98% |
$20,159 |
$112,989 |
| 8 |
Sypris Solutions Inc. |
19.32% |
$7,446 |
$49,359 |
| 9 |
ARM Financial Group Inc. |
19.02% |
$37,372 |
$135,433 |
| 10 |
Churchill Downs Inc. |
17.73% |
$10,519 |
$65,231 |
| 11 |
Citizens Financial Corp. |
16.75% |
$3,020 |
$21,745 |
| 12 |
Res-Care Inc. |
16.63% |
$19,466 |
$129,445 |
| 13 |
Republic BanCorp Inc. |
15.97% |
$13,756 |
$103,842 |
| 14 |
Papa John’s International Inc. |
15.89% |
$37,768 |
$262,711 |
| 15 |
Bourbon Bancshares Inc. |
13.56% |
$3,804 |
$29,372 |
| 16 |
Thomas Industries Inc. |
13.46% |
$24,510 |
$190,687 |
| 17 |
LG&E Energy Corp. |
13.00% |
$160,271 |
$1,104,708 |
| 18 |
Mid-America Bancorp |
12.51% |
$20,213 |
$167,436 |
| 19 |
First Federal Financial
Corp. |
11.91% |
$6,334 |
$54,688 |
| 20 |
Farmers Capital Bank Corp. |
11.83% |
$14,247 |
$123,839 |
| 21 |
Premier Financial Bancorp
Inc. |
10.72% |
$5,704 |
$54,399 |
| 22 |
Area Bancshares Corp. |
1.41% |
$22,626 |
$238,213 |
| 23 |
Ashland Inc. |
9.76% |
$203,000 |
$2,137,000 |
| 24 |
Omnicare Inc. |
8.96% |
$80,379 |
$963,471 |
| 25 |
Steel Technologies Inc. |
8.81% |
$9,803 |
$113,676 |
| 26 |
Community Trust Bancorp Inc. |
8.65% |
$13,969 |
$164,795 |
| 27 |
Kentucky Power Co. |
8.21% |
$21,676 |
$270,652 |
| 28 |
Humana Inc. |
8.09% |
$129,000 |
$1,688,000 |
| 29 |
Hopfed Bancorp Inc. |
7.28% |
$2,951 |
$61,134 |
| 30 |
Frankfort First Bancorp Inc. |
7.01% |
$1,580 |
$22,706 |
| 31 |
Fort Thomas Financial
Corp. |
6.94% |
$989 |
$12,713 |
| 32 |
Caretenders Health Corp. |
6.61% |
$1,412 |
$22,083 |
| 33 |
Kentucky Investors |
6.55% |
$1,975 |
$32,225 |
| 34 |
Kentucky First Bancorp Inc. |
6.29% |
$917 |
$14,408 |
| 35 |
CKF Bancorp Inc. |
5.60% |
$774 |
$13,867 |
| 36 |
Classic Bancshares Inc. |
5.13% |
$1,020 |
$20,394 |
| 37 |
Harrodsburg First
Financial Bancorp |
4.86% |
$1,429 |
$28,982 |
| 38 |
National Processing Inc. |
4.42% |
$15,250 |
$352,659 |
| 39 |
Kentucky Electric Steel
Inc. |
4.31% |
$1,494 |
$35,192 |
| 40 |
First Lancaster Bancshares |
3.75% |
$512 |
$13,637 |
| 41 |
Delta Natural Gas Co.
Inc. |
3.27% |
$2,451 |
$82,423 |
| 42 |
Columbia Financial of Kentucky |
2.93% |
$744 |
$37,718 |
| 43 |
NS Group Inc. |
1.65% |
$4,547 |
$277,586 |
| 44 |
Jacor Communications Inc. |
0.09% |
$942 |
$1,203,066 |
| 45 |
Commonwealth Industries
Inc. |
0.04% |
$143 |
$326,529 |
| 46 |
Industrial Services of America Inc. |
-13.87% |
-$507 |
$3,423 |
| 47 |
Strategia Corp. |
-37.16% |
-$2,414 |
$5,366 |
| 48 |
Vencor Inc. |
-94.14% |
-$573,605 |
$313,245 |
| 49 |
Angstrom Technologies
Inc. |
NC |
$197 |
-$227 |
| 50 |
American Resources of Delaware |
NC |
-$46,273 |
-$23,573 |
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