Goodyear heads list of firms showing market cap gains; Nearly 70% of region's top public companies net increase; 16 post rise of more than 50%.(Special Report)

Crain's Cleveland Business, May, 2007

Byline: SCOTT SUTTELL Call it a back-to-basics year. Northeast Ohio's standout public companies of the last 12 months, based on their changes in market capitalization, largely come from traditional industrial sectors, including rubber, iron ore, aircraft parts and specialty metals. Of the 56 companies that appeared on the Crain's Cleveland Business list of largest public companies in both 2006 and 2007, 39, or nearly 70%, saw their market capitalizations rise for the 12-month period that ended April 30, 2007.

Thirty-one of the past year's gainers posted double-digit (or more) increases, and 16 of them saw their market caps rise more than 50%. Among the companies with market caps exceeding $1 billion, the biggest bounce in the last 12 months was at...

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