Nineteen Connecticut companies have made it on Fortune Magazine’s 2016 Fortune 500 list. Four Connecticut companies remained in the Fortune 100 list.
General Electric remains in the top spot in Connecticut for the time being, in spite of dropping from eighth last year to 11 in 2016. Its revenues were down 5.3 percent to $140.3 billion. Profits were also down $6.1 billion.
United Technologies Corp. of Farmington maintained its spot at 45. Hartford insurer Aetna saw its ranking improve from 49th to 46th. Bloomfield insurer Cigna saw a big improvement from 90th to 79th on the list of the Fortune 100.
Other Connecticut companies in the Fortune 500 include:
- 150. Xerox (Stamford) down from 143;
- 152. The Hartford (Hartford) up from 160;
- 256. Stanley Black & Decker (New Britain) up from 261;
- 262. Praxair (Danbury) down from 249;
- 292. Charter Communications (Stamford) up from 317;
- 308. Priceline Group (Norwalk) up from 339;
- 353. XPO Logistics (Greenwich) up from 909;
- 368. W.R. Berkley (Greenwich) up from 385;
- 381. Emcor (Norwalk) up from 421
- 396. Terex (Westport) down from 358;
- 419. Harman International (Stamford) up from 486;
- 440. United Rentals (Stamford) up from 461
- 444. Starwood Resorts & Hotels (Stamford) down from 442;
- 461. Frontier Communications (Norwalk) up from 540; and,
- 462. Amphenol (Wallingford) up from 487.