The Largest Public Companies

Listed by net income included in the most recent annual report to the the Securities and Exchange Commission. All dollar figures in millions except earnings per share.

Rank — Company — Fiscal Year Ended — Net income — CEO/Chairman

1. — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville — 1/31/01 — $6,295.0 — Lee Scott

2. — Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale — 9/30/00 — 151.0 — John Tyson

3. — Arkansas Best Corp. of Fort Smith — 12/31/00 — 76.2 — Robert Young III

4. — Baldor Electric Co. of Fort Smith — 12/31/00 — 46.3 — John McFarland

5. — J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell — 12/31/00 — 36.1 — Kirk Thompson

6. — Brass Eagle Inc. of Bentonville — 12/31/00 — 8.7 — 86.8 — E. Lynn Scott

7. — P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. of Tontitown — 12/31/00 — 8.6 — Robert W. Weaver

8. — Cannon Express Inc.* of Springdale — 6/30/00 — 0.5 — Dean Cannon

9. — National Home Centers Inc. Springdale — 1/31/00 — 0.2 — Dwain Newman

10. — USA Truck Inc. of Van Buren — 12/31/00 — 0.1 — Robert M. Powell

11. — A.E.R.T. Inc. of Springdale — 12/31/99 — -1.8 — Joe Brooks

12. — Delta Systems Inc. of Bentonville — 12/31/00 — -4.6 — Gerald S. Hurlow

13. — Southwestern Energy Co.** of Houston — 12/31/00 — -46.7 — Harold Korell

14. — Edgewater Technology Inc.# of Wakefield, Mass. — 12/31/00 — -51.2 — Clete Brewer

15. — Beverly Enterprises Inc. of Fort Smith — 12/30/00 — -54.5 — William R. Floyd

Financial Institutions

1. — Superior Financial Corp.## of Little Rock — 12/31/00 — 12.3 — C. Stanley Bailey

2. — First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas of Harrison — 12/31/00 — 5.6 — Larry Brandt

Notes: *Income for the fiscal year ended June 30 for Cannon Express Inc. is not yet available. **In February of this year, Southwestern Energy Co. officially moved its headquarters from Fayetteville to Houston. #Edgewater Technology Inc., formerly StaffMark Inc., moved its headquarters in June from Fayetteville to Wakefield, Mass. ##Superior Financial Corp. of Little Rock is the holding company for Fort Smith-based Superior Federal Bank. —

NA – not applicable.

Source: Annual reports filed by the companies