O'Reilly Automotive of Springfield reaches top of Star 50 list
May 11, 11:48 AMSpringfield-based O’Reilly Automotive Inc. isn’t the world’s largest retailer, but with the help of a big acquisition and more older cars on the road, it reached the top of this year's Star 50 list. Read more about the Star 50 | The top 50 companies
Chart | The Star 50 for 2010
May 10, 11:27 PMShows top performers among 52 public companies ranked in six categories, focusing on three facets of each company: revenues, earnings and stock market value. A perfect score is 1, ranking first in every category.
Star 50 companies had a better bottom line in 2009
May 10, 9:48 PMRecession hit Star 50 companies for a second straight year in 2009 — and this time the companies struck back.
View of CEO pay gets foggier
May 10, 8:44 PMMost workers easily can see what they earned last year from lines on their W-2 or 1099 statements, but they won’t find the same clarity in executive compensation reports.
Star 50 | An explanation about CEO compensation
May 10, 9:48 PMA change in the rules about reporting CEO compensation forced us to split the Star 50 compensation ranking — again.
Ranked by stock prices, Protection One Inc. would lead the list so far this year
May 10, 8:47 PMOne way to become No. 1 is to keep pushing, even when you’re ahead. So it goes for O’Reilly Automotive Inc.
Star 50 stock update
May 10, 8:45 PM| Company | Stock symbol | Monday’s close | % change | Dec. 31, 2009 |
| Protection One Inc. | PONE | $15.43 | 138.1% | $6.48 |
| Management Network Group Inc. | TMNG | $3.16 | 47.0% | $2.15 |
| EnerJex Resources Inc. | ENRJ | $0.85 | 34.9% | $0.63 |
| Hawthorn Bancshares Inc. | HWBK | $12.66 | 32.7% | $9.54 |
| Southern Missouri Bancorp Inc. | SMBC | $15.00 | 27.7% | $11.75 |
| O’Reilly Automotive Inc. | ORLY | $48.37 | 26.9% | $38.12 |
| Inergy Holdings LP | NRGP | $74.50 | 26.8% | $58.75 |
| Mediware Information Systems Inc. | MEDW | $9.28 | 26.4% | $7.34 |
| Liberty Bancorp Inc. | LBCP | $9.30 | 23.8% | $7.51 |
| Guaranty Federal Bancshares Inc. | GFED | $6.25 | 23.0% | $5.08 |
| Entertainment Properties Trust | EPR | $43.05 | 22.1% | $35.27 |
| Compass Minerals International Inc. | CMP | $78.79 | 17.3% | $67.19 |
| Leggett & Platt Inc. | LEG | $23.85 | 16.9% | $20.40 |
| Great Southern Bancorp Inc. | GSBC | $24.95 | 16.8% | $21.36 |
| Kansas City Southern | KSU | $38.72 | 16.3% | $33.29 |
| Garmin Ltd. | GRMN | $35.60 | 16.0% | $30.70 |
| American Italian Pasta Co. | AIPC | $39.99 | 14.9% | $34.79 |
| Elecsys Corp. | ESYS | $3.94 | 14.2% | $3.45 |
| Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. | WDR | $34.35 | 12.5% | $30.54 |
| NovaStar Financial Inc. | NOVS | $1.00 | 11.1% | $0.90 |
| Sprint Nextel Corp. | S | $4.04 | 10.2% | $3.66 |
| Capitol Federal Financial | CFFN | $34.28 | 9.0% | $31.46 |
| Jack Henry & Associates Inc. | JKHY | $25.16 | 8.7% | $23.14 |
| Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. | SPR | $21.39 | 7.7% | $19.86 |
| Westar Energy Inc. | WR | $23.37 | 7.6% | $21.72 |
| Ferrellgas Partners LP | FGP | $22.70 | 7.4% | $21.13 |
| Landmark Bancorp Inc. | LARK | $16.12 | 7.0% | $15.07 |
| UMB Financial Corp. | UMBF | $42.04 | 6.8% | $39.35 |
| Digital Ally Inc. | DGLY | $2.19 | 6.8% | $2.05 |
| Duckwall-Alco Stores Inc. | DUCK | $16.28 | 5.9% | $15.38 |
| First Bancshares Inc. | FBSI | $8.74 | 5.5% | $8.28 |
| Kansas City Life Insurance Co. | KCLI | $31.20 | 4.9% | $29.75 |
| Nasdaq composite | CCMP | 2,374.67 | 4.7% | 2,269.15 |
| Standard & Poor’s 500 | SPX | 1,159.73 | 4.0% | 1,115.10 |
| Torotel Inc. | TTLO | $0.28 | 3.7% | $0.27 |
| Commerce Bancshares Inc. | CBSH | $40.15 | 3.7% | $38.72 |
| Dow Jones industrial average | INDU | 10,785.14 | 3.4% | 10,428.05 |
| Cerner Corp. | CERN | $84.96 | 3.1% | $82.44 |
| Seaboard Corp. | SEB | $1,390.00 | 3.0% | $1,349.00 |
| Inergy LP | NRGY | $36.17 | 1.4% | $35.68 |
| Empire District Electric Co. | EDE | $18.90 | 0.9% | $18.73 |
| Butler National Corp. | BUKS | $0.41 | 0.0% | $0.41 |
| MGP Ingredients Inc. | MGPI | $7.55 | -1.3% | $7.65 |
| Collective Brands Inc. | PSS | $21.85 | -4.0% | $22.77 |
| Monarch Cement Co. | MCEM | $29.25 | -4.2% | $30.54 |
| Great Plains Energy Inc. | GXP | $18.52 | -4.5% | $19.39 |
| DST Systems Inc. | DST | $40.89 | -6.1% | $43.55 |
| Layne Christensen Co. | LAYN | $26.12 | -9.0% | $28.71 |
| QC Holdings Inc. | QCCO | $4.28 | -9.2% | $4.71 |
| Blue Valley Ban Corp. | BVBC | $9.00 | -12.2% | $10.25 |
| Epiq Systems Inc. | EPIQ | $11.98 | -14.4% | $13.99 |
| NASB Financial Inc. | NASB | $19.87 | -14.7% | $23.29 |
| NIC Inc. | EGOV | $6.99 | -20.2% | $8.76 |
| H&R; Block Inc. | HRB | $18.00 | -20.4% | $22.62 |
| Euronet Worldwide Inc. | EEFT | $15.31 | -30.3% | $21.95 |
| Icop Digital Inc. | ICOP | $0.26 | -39.3% | $0.43 |
| YRC Worldwide Inc. | YRCW | $0.48 | -42.8% | $0.84 |
Star 50 | Market value leaders
May 10, 8:48 PMRanks companies by market value (shares outstanding times stock price) at the end of December 2009. Growth shows increase or decrease in market value from the end of 2008.
How we compiled the Star 50
May 10, 8:39 PMThe Star 50 annual ranking of the region’s public companies has spanned two decades — and each decade looked at those companies differently.
H&R; Block takes top honors in Star 50
May 12, 12:38 AMWhat a difference a couple of years make. Overcoming recent stumbles, H&R; Block Inc. has taken top honors in Star 50, The Kansas City Star’s rankings of the region’s public companies, for 2008.
For Star 50 and much more, go to KansasCity.com
May 10, 8:46 PMFor a digitized version of this year’s Star 50, go to KansasCity. com. The online edition of Star 50 includes a searchable database that allows sorting of information by company and data field. You also can browse, print or e-mail articles.
When looking at 2008 executive compensation, the bonuses are revealing
May 11, 10:39 PMHave you tried to clean a window and found that your swipes smeared it further? If so, you’ll understand what’s happened in the national effort to clarify chief executive compensation.
Compiling the Star 50 compensation report
May 11, 10:37 PMCEO pay hasn’t lost it’s knack for stirring debate just because the economy has taken a dive.
Star 50| Top CEO compensation report
May 11, 10:28 PMRanks chief executive officers by total compensation for 2008, according to company filings and using methods set by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
