Company / Symb |
Price* |
P-E Ratio ** |
Leggett & Platt / LEG |
29.79 |
18 |
3M / MMM |
78.80 |
19 |
Nextel / NXTL |
29.76 |
16 |
PepsiCo / PEP |
51.22 |
20 |
Pfizer / PFE |
27.09 |
12 |
Stanley Works / SWK |
47.11 |
15 |
Wells Fargo / WFC |
63.02 |
14 |
Note: Panelists, or their firms, have financial interests in many of these stocks.
*Price as of Dec. 10
**Based on forecast earnings for fiscal 2005
Mary Farrell, chief investment strategist at UBS Securities and a 33-year-veteran of the market, went for multinational companies that will benefit from the weaker dollar.