The Star Tribune 100 is a ranking of the largest Minnesota-based publicly traded companies, measured by revenue from continuing operations. Revenue for bank holding companies is total interest income plus total noninterest income.
The Star Tribune surveyed more than 130 companies and gathered basic financial information on other publicly traded companies to compile the listings. Companies were contacted by mail, fax, e-mail or telephone. Financial information also was obtained from company news releases, Securities and Exchange Commission filings and Bloomberg News.
Profits are defined as earnings from continuing operations before extraordinary gains or losses. Market capitalization is as of March 31. Financial information gathered was for the 12-month period ended in November, December or January. In the case of companies that do not report on a calendar year, data for the trailing 12 months from the quarter ended in November, December or January were used.
In the case of companies that restated their results, both the current and the previous year's results are ranked according to related results. This could change some rankings published in the previous year.
The Bloomberg Star Tribune 100 index comprises the ST100 companies, as determined annually by the newspaper, whose shares are tracked in a price-weighted index by Bloomberg News.
