CONSOL Energy

Total return (10-year): +486%
2008 earnings per share: $2.20
2009 expected earnings per share: $3.88
Beta (10-year): 0.861
Dividend: Cut in half in 2002, but most recently raised 43% in 2007

CONSOL Energy (CNX) is a coal company with a variety of mines primarily in Appalachia. At the end of last year, the Pennsylvania-based firm had estimated reserves of about 4.5 billion tons of coal.