ET 500: Methodology

1. Companies with market capitalisation more than Rs 100 cr are ranked based on total income (or revenue) in FY15 & annual reports released before October 12. Financial results for periods other than 12 months are annualised.

2. Stocks traded less than 75% of the total traded days during the 3 months to October 12 are excluded.

3. Revenue, profi t after tax (PAT), and market capitalisation numbers sourced from ETIG database.

4. Total assets, return on capital employed (RoCE), and return on assets (RoA) are sourced from Capitaline

5. Market capitalisation is the average for September.

6. Consolidated fi nancials considered wherever available.

7. ‘LP’ means loss in FY14, profi t in FY15. ‘PL’ means profi t in FY14, loss in FY15. ‘LL’ means loss in both years.

8. Trading companies show marked difference in sales and profi ts due to the nature of their business.