These are the companies we researched at Chick Fest '01. Yellow rows indicate the companies we ended up purchasing.

Company Gross Margins Net Margins Cash2Debt Flow Ration Growth On Sale
 BEBE 50% 12.2% 725x 1.36 20% N
 EL 45% 7.5% .76x 1.45 23% N
 KCP 41% 9.5% 186x 1.56 30% Y
 PG 46% 8.9% .18x 1.24 5% N
 K 52% 8.5% .29x .70 neg N
 GIS 60% 9.4% .03x .99 5.6% N
 KKD 17% 4.9% no debt 1.22 N
 KFT 49% 3.9% .007x 1.00 37% E
 SBUX 24% 4.4% 20x 1.05 29% Y
 KO 70% 10.6% 2.3x 1.04 3.3% Y
 BUD 38% 12.7% .03% .83 4.7% E
 DEO 100% 6.7% .28x .82 0.6% N
 MDT 74% 22.0% 40x 3.60 18% Y
 SYK 64% 9.7% .06x 1.53 8.8% N
 MRK 44% 17.0% 1.18x 1.42 23% Y
 PFE 83% 12.6% no debt 1.34 8% Y
 TGT 31% 3.4% .06x 1.23 9.5% N
 TYC 38% 15.6% .13x .99 29% E
 MMM 47% 10.7% .31x 2.10 6.2% N
 WMT 21% 3.3% .13x .91 16% N