Best Asian Companies 2008: Most convincing and coherent strategy by sector

Best Asian Companies: Cash is king as Asia’s best companies put their money to workOverall ResultsMost convincing and coherent strategy by countryMost convincing and coherent strategy by sectorBest corporate governance by country Best Asian Company Methodology 2008Euromoney targeted equity analysts covering Asian companies contained as of 25th July 2008 in the following indices, the biggest […]

Best Asian Companies: Cash is king as Asia’s best companies put their money to work
Overall Results
Most convincing and coherent strategy by country
Most convincing and coherent strategy by sector
Best corporate governance by country

Best Asian Company Methodology 2008
Euromoney targeted equity analysts covering Asian companies contained as of 25th July 2008 in the following indices, the biggest exchange for domestic shares in the country: Shanghai Composite (People’s Republic of China);  Hang Seng (Hong Kong); Seoul Composite (Korea); KLSE Composite (Malaysia); Philippine Stock Exchange (Philippines); Straits Times Index (Singapore); Taiwan SE Weighted Index (Taiwan); SET (Thailand); BSE 30 (India)
Euromoney’s Annual Asia Company ranking is based on a survey of market analysts at leading banks and research institutes in Asia. Polling took place from 2nd July until September 5th 2008. We received replies from 211 analysts who made a total of 4,384 nominations for 683 companies. Respondents were asked to nominate the top three companies in each of the countries or sectors they covered, bearing in mind market strength, profitability, growth potential and quality of management and earnings.
Points were awarded on the scale of 4:3:2 for nominations for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place respectively.
A number of other countries and industry sectors were included in the survey, but did not receive enough responses to be published. If you would like more information about the poll, please contact tmoxon@euromoney.com

 
Airlines and aviation
Number of nominations: 10
2008 Company Country
1 Singapore Airlines Singapore
2 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong
3= Chroma ATE Taiwan
3= Malaysia Airlines Malaysia
5= AirAsia Malaysia
5= Kingfisher Airlines India
Autos and auto parts
Number of nominations: 11
2008 Company Country
1 Toyota Japan
2= Hyundai Mobis Korea
2= Tata Motors India
Banking and financial
Number of nominations: 53
2008 Company Country
1 Fubon Financial Taiwan
2 ICBC China
3 Axis Bank India
4 HDFC Bank India
5 Public Bank Malaysia
Conglomerates
Number of nominations: 32
2008 Company Country
1= Ayala Corporation Philippines
1= Larsen & Toubro India
3 SM Investments Philippines
Construction
Number of nominations: 13
2008 Company Country
1 Laursen & Toubro India
2 IVRCL Infrastructure & Projects India
3 Italian-Thai Development Thailand
Consumer goods
Number of nominations: 29
2008 Company Country
1= Jollibee Foods Philippines
1= LG Household and Healthcare Korea
3 Tingyi China
4 Nestle India India
5 AmorePacific Korea
Insurance
Number of nominations: 14
2008 Company Country
1= China Life China
1= Ping An Insurance China
3 ICICI Prudential Life Insurance India
IT/software
Number of nominations: 16
2008 Company Country
1 Infosys India
2 Tata Consultancy Services India
3 Wipro India
Media
Number of nominations: 17
2008 Company Country
1 Zee Entertainment India
2 BEC World Thailand
3 UTV Software Communications India
Metals and mining
Number of nominations: 13
2008 Company Country
1= Banpu Thailand
1= Posco Korea
3= Hyundai Steel Korea
3= Tata Steel Thailand Thailand
5 Dongkuk Steel Mill Korea
Oil and gas
Number of nominations: 23
2008 Company Country
1 CNOOC China
2 PTT Exploration & Production Thailand
3 PTT Thailand
4= Cairn India India
4= Reliance Industries India
Petrochemicals
Number of nominations: 18
2008 Company Country
1 PTT Chemical Thailand
2 Reliance Industries India
3= DC Chemical Korea
3= Formosa Petrochemical Taiwan
3= LG Chem Korea
Pharmaceutical
Number of nominations: 9
2008 Company Country
1= Eisai Japan
1= Takeda Pharmaceutical Japan
3= Daiichi Sankyo Japan
3= Shionogi & Co. Japan
Property
Number of nominations: 39
2008 Company Country
1 Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong
2 Ayala Land Philippines
3= CapitaLand Singapore
3= Megaworld Philippines
5= China Overseas Land & Investment Hong Kong
5= Sino Land Hong Kong
Retail
Number of nominations: 26
2008 Company Country
1 Pantaloon India
2 Shinsegae Korea
3 SM Prime Philippines
4 Titan Industries India
5 Ports Design Hong Kong
Technology
Number of nominations: 20
2008 Company Country
1 Samsung Electronics Korea
2 TSMC Taiwan
3= LG Electronics Korea
3= Wipro India
5 Lenovo Group Hong Kong
Telecoms cellular
Number of nominations: 32
2008 Company Country
1 China Mobile China
2 Advanced Info Services Thailand
3 Taiwan Mobile Taiwan
4= Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co Philippines
4= Total Access Communications (DTAC) Thailand
Telecoms fixed
Number of nominations: 24
2008 Company Country
1 China Telecom China
2 Chunghwa Telecom Taiwan
3 PCCW Hong Kong
4 Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co Philippines
5 China Netcom Hong Kong