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Despite a tough year for stocks, the best ESG companies remain committed to sustainable and ethical business practices, while still exceeding profitability and return-on-investment goals.
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Below, IBD presents its fourth annual Best ESG Companies list. Public companies that made our 2022 list combine high Dow Jones sustainability scores with superior IBD technical and fundamental stock ratings. They are standouts for ESG investing.
To build the 2022 100 Best ESG Companies list, we started with each company's environmental, social and governance (ESG) sustainability score created by Dow Jones Newswires, an IBD affiliate. These scores capture a broad spectrum of information on the ESG profile of more than 6,000 global companies. To create the scores, Dow Jones combines publicly available company data with an analysis of media coverage on each company. Thousands of English-language sources available via Factiva, Dow Jones' media aggregation and business intelligence platform, were analyzed to build these scores.
On Aug. 24, IBD asked Dow Jones for an ESG-scored list of all the U.S.-traded companies it tracks, a total of 2,208. We then cut the list to 1,693 companies on Aug. 31. We did this by removing nonpublic companies and companies with stock prices below $10 a share. We also removed any companies that lacked sufficient data to create anIBD Composite Rating.
Next step: further qualify the list. We did that by cutting it to the top 15% of the 1,693, using their ESG scores. Then, we selected the 100 with the highest IBD Composite Rating — all with scores of 81 or better. To break any ties, we looked at companies' Relative Strength Rating and then, if needed, their EPS Rating. Finally, we ranked the 100 companies by Dow Jones' ESG score.
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How to use our ESG ranking: Our 2022 list can help you find ESG stocks that fit your sustainability and other investing criteria. If you're unfamiliar with any of the investing terms, click on the column head for detailed explanations.
Click on Worthington Industries, Verisk Analytics, Apple and First Solar to read our profiles of these top ESG Companies and their environmental, social and governance practices. Or click on their stock symbols. Those links will bring you to IBD's stock charts for these companies.
For current technical stock information and charts on any of these companies, visit IBD's Stock Checkup page.
Review our 2021 ESG Investing report here.
Note: At the bottom of the table, be sure to scroll to the right to see all the columns. Data are as of Aug. 31, 2022, except for ESG Scores (Aug. 24).
| Rank | Company | Symbol | Industry | ESG Score | Comp Rtg | RS Rtg | EPS Rtg | SMR Rtg | 3-Yr EPS Growth Rate | ROE | Last Qtr Sales % Chg | Last Qtr EPS % Chg | Div Yld |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worthington Industries | WOR | Metal-Processes/Fabrication | 75.82 | 88 | 75 | 61 | B | 61 | 26 | 55 | -32 | 2.4 |
| 2 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services | JBHT | Transportation-Trucking | 73.09 | 93 | 64 | 95 | B | 21 | 27 | 32 | 50 | 0.9 |
| 3 | Verisk Analytics | VRSK | Commercial Services-Market Research | 72.79 | 84 | 73 | 89 | A | 10 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0.7 |
| 4 | TexasInstruments | TXN | Electronics-Semiconductor Mfg | 72.63 | 84 | 55 | 92 | A | 23 | 69 | 14 | 20 | 2.8 |
| 5 | Apple | AAPL | Telecom-Consumer Products | 72.36 | 89 | 75 | 84 | A | 34 | 147 | 2 | -8 | 0.6 |
| 6 | First Solar | FSLR | Energy-Solar | 71.79 | 81 | 98 | 14 | D | 0 | 8 | -1 | -32 | N.A. |
| 7 | ConocoPhillips | PSX | Oil & Gas-Refining/Marketing | 71.72 | 96 | 89 | 80 | B | N.A. | 13 | 77 | 815 | 4.3 |
| 8 | Stepan | SCL | Chemicals-Specialty | 71.55 | 87 | 61 | 84 | B | 13 | 14 | 26 | 27 | 1.3 |
| 9 | Merck | MRK | Medical-Ethical Drugs | 70.98 | 92 | 86 | 93 | A | 11 | 48 | 28 | 43 | 3.2 |
| 10 | Host Hotels & Resorts | HST | Finance-Property REIT | 70.71 | 84 | 73 | 78 | C | N.A. | 0 | 113 | 500 | 2.7 |
| 11 | Cheniere Energy | LNG | Oil & Gas-Transportation/Pipeline | 70.64 | 88 | 97 | 41 | N.A. | N.A. | 0 | 165 | 323 | 0.8 |
| 12 | MasterCard | MA | Finance-Credit Card/Payment Processing | 70.61 | 86 | 62 | 94 | A | 8 | 122 | 21 | 31 | 0.6 |
| 13 | Sempra | SRE | Utility-Diversified | 69.84 | 86 | 92 | 56 | B | 40 | 11 | 29 | 21 | 2.8 |
| 14 | Chevron | CVX | Oil & Gas Integrated | 69.75 | 97 | 93 | 81 | A | N.A. | 12 | 83 | 240 | 3.6 |
| 15 | Marathon Petroleum | MPC | Oil & Gas-Refining/Marketing | 69.60 | 91 | 97 | 78 | D | N.A. | -28 | 82 | 189 | 2.3 |
| 16 | Exelon | EXC | Utility-Diversified | 69.44 | 84 | 85 | 83 | B | -2 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 3.1 |
| 17 | Exponent | EXPO | Commercial Services-Consulting | 69.29 | 81 | 61 | 82 | A | 11 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 18 | Bunge | BG | Agricultural Operations | 69.05 | 91 | 83 | 95 | B | 65 | 29 | 17 | 14 | 2.5 |
| 19 | ConocoPhillips | COP | Oil & Gas-International Exploration & Products | 69.00 | 97 | 96 | 81 | A | N.A. | 21 | 115 | 208 | 1.7 |
| 20 | Air Products and Chemicals | APD | Chemicals-Specialty | 68.90 | 91 | 73 | 85 | A | 6 | 16 | 22 | 13 | 2.6 |
| 21 | Williams Cos. | WMB | Oil & Gas Integrated | 68.33 | 94 | 90 | 96 | A | 19 | 14 | 9 | 48 | 5.0 |
| 22 | Dominion Energy | D | Utility-Diversified | 68.27 | 86 | 85 | 63 | B | -1 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 3.3 |
| 23 | Insperity | NSP | Commercial Services-Outsourcing | 68.15 | 96 | 87 | 87 | B | -1 | 727 | 21 | 27 | 1.9 |
| 24 | Cabot | CBT | Chemicals-Specialty | 67.89 | 99 | 91 | 82 | A | 20 | 35 | 25 | 28 | 2.1 |
| 25 | Packaging Corp. of America | PKG | Paper & Paper Products | 67.83 | 82 | 55 | 90 | A | 10 | 26 | 19 | 49 | 3.7 |
| 26 | Arthur J. Gallagher | AJG | Insurance-Brokers | 67.78 | 97 | 93 | 93 | B | 28 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 1.1 |
| 27 | Cummins | CMI | Trucks & Parts-Heavy Duty | 67.70 | 81 | 79 | 77 | B | 1 | 26 | 8 | 23 | 2.9 |
| 28 | CommScope | COMM | Telecom-Infrastructure | 67.40 | 86 | 94 | 39 | B | -15 | 347 | 5 | -5 | N.A. |
| 29 | AES | AES | Utility-Electric Power | 67.39 | 92 | 91 | 72 | B | 6 | 52 | 14 | 10 | 2.5 |
| 30 | IBM | IBM | Computer-Technology Services | 67.38 | 81 | 71 | 74 | B | -21 | 36 | 9 | 43 | 5.1 |
| 31 | Coca-Cola | KO | Beverages-Non-Alcoholic | 67.29 | 89 | 85 | 75 | A | 6 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 32 | Livent | LTHM | Chemicals-Specialty | 67.16 | 99 | 95 | 78 | B | N.A. | 5 | 114 | 825 | N.A. |
| 33 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | TMO | Medical-Research Equipment/Services | 67.15 | 85 | 64 | 84 | A | 39 | 27 | 18 | -2 | 0.2 |
| 34 | CMS Energy | CMS | Utility-Diversified | 67.10 | 89 | 83 | 71 | B | 7 | 13 | 23 | -4 | 2.7 |
| 35 | Antero Midstream | AM | Oil & Gas-Integrated | 67.00 | 85 | 72 | 82 | B | 27 | 17 | -2 | 0 | 8.9 |
| 36 | Keysight Technologies | KEYS | Electronic-Scientific Measurement | 66.92 | 96 | 79 | 96 | A | 18 | 33 | 10 | 31 | N.A. |
| 37 | Gartner | IT | Commercial Services-Market Research | 66.88 | 93 | 75 | 94 | A | 43 | 109 | 18 | 27 | N.A. |
| 38 | WEC Energy Group | WEC | Utility-Diversified | 66.60 | 89 | 88 | 79 | B | 8 | 12 | 27 | 5 | 2.8 |
| 39 | Valero Energy | VLO | Oil & Gas-Refining/Marketing | 66.57 | 95 | 97 | 80 | C | N.A. | 6 | 86 | 1703 | 3.3 |
| 40 | Occidental Petroleum | OXY | Oil & Gas-International Exploration & Products | 66.56 | 99 | 99 | 80 | A | N.A. | 17 | 79 | 888 | 0.7 |
| 41 | Valvoline | VVV | Chemicals-Specialty | 66.31 | 85 | 47 | 79 | A | 17 | 1210 | 21 | 5 | 1.7 |
| 42 | Analog Devices | ADI | Electronics-Semiconductor Mfg | 66.19 | 86 | 51 | 90 | A | 19 | 10 | 77 | 47 | 2.0 |
| 43 | Hess | HES | Oil & Gas-International Exploration & Products | 66.10 | 97 | 96 | 79 | A | N.A. | 12 | 87 | 796 | 1.2 |
| 44 | Exxon Mobil | XOM | Oil & Gas-Integrated | 66.01 | 97 | 96 | 81 | A | N.A. | 14 | 71 | 276 | 3.7 |
| 45 | Mattel | MAT | Leisure-Toys/Games/Hobby | 65.74 | 86 | 61 | 78 | A | 156 | 42 | 20 | 500 | N.A. |
| 46 | Sunstone Hotel Investors | SHO | Finance-Property REIT | 65.57 | 84 | 65 | 78 | C | N.A. | 2 | 114 | 194 | N.A. |
| 47 | PepsiCo | PEP | Food-Packaged | 65.48 | 91 | 86 | 74 | B | 6 | 59 | 5 | 8 | 2.7 |
| 48 | Avery Dennison | AVY | Office Supplies Mfg | 65.43 | 88 | 71 | 88 | B | 17 | 44 | 12 | 17 | 1.6 |
| 49 | Greif | GEF | Containers/Packaging | 65.37 | 98 | 91 | 95 | A | 19 | 25 | 24 | 113 | 3.0 |
| 50 | NextEra Energy | NEE | Utility-Electric Power | 65.17 | 97 | 86 | 87 | B | 10 | 14 | 32 | 14 | 2.0 |
| 51 | Marathon Oil | MRO | Oil & Gas-Integrated | 65.03 | 98 | 97 | 82 | A | N.A. | 12 | 101 | 500 | 1.1 |
| 52 | ON Semiconductor | ON | Electronics-Semiconductor Mfg | 65.00 | 98 | 94 | 92 | A | 40 | 32 | 25 | 113 | N.A. |
| 53 | Darling Ingredients | DAR | Agricultural Operations | 64.92 | 95 | 75 | 92 | A | 91 | 21 | 38 | 5 | N.A. |
| 54 | Consolidated Edison | ED | Utility-Diversified | 64.92 | 86 | 91 | 76 | C | 0 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 3.2 |
| 55 | Mondelez International | MDLZ | Food-Confectionery | 64.92 | 81 | 73 | 72 | B | 7 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 56 | Amdocs | DOX | Computer-Technology Services | 64.87 | 92 | 88 | 79 | B | 7 | 17 | 9 | -6 | 1.8 |
| 57 | H.B. Fuller | FULL | Chemicals-Specialty | 64.80 | 90 | 58 | 88 | B | 9 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 1.2 |
| 58 | Halliburton | HAL | Oil & Gas-Field Services | 64.73 | 80 | 87 | 81 | B | -6 | 17 | 37 | 88 | 1.6 |
| 59 | Ashland | ASH | Chemicals-Specialty | 64.62 | 99 | 84 | 96 | C | 26 | 8 | 19 | 93 | 1.3 |
| 60 | Deere | DE | Machinery-Farm | 64.62 | 95 | 79 | 94 | A | 36 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 1.2 |
| 61 | Oneok | OKE | Oil & Gas-Transportation/Pipeline | 64.60 | 92 | 73 | 83 | A | 5 | 25 | 77 | 19 | 6.1 |
| 62 | Deckers Outdoor | DECK | Apparel-Shoes & Related Mfg | 64.59 | 95 | 85 | 93 | A | 25 | 30 | 22 | -3 | N.A. |
| 63 | Arista Networks | ANET | Computer-Networking | 64.51 | 99 | 92 | 95 | A | 12 | 25 | 49 | 59 | N.A. |
| 64 | Kinder Morgan | KMI | Oil & Gas-Transportation/Pipeline | 64.45 | 92 | 85 | 77 | B | 11 | 9 | 64 | 17 | 6.1 |
| 65 | Kroger | KR | Retail-Super/Mini Markets | 64.35 | 93 | 79 | 92 | C | 27 | 29 | 8 | 22 | 2.2 |
| 66 | Public Storage | PSA | Finance-Property REIT | 64.34 | 88 | 71 | 88 | A | 11 | 22 | 24 | 74 | 2.4 |
| 67 | American Electric Power | AEP | Utility-Electric Power | 64.33 | 91 | 89 | 71 | B | 6 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 3.1 |
| 68 | Eli Lilly | LLY | Medical-Diversified | 64.23 | 86 | 90 | 86 | B | 16 | 98 | -4 | -32 | 1.3 |
| 69 | DTE Energy | DTE | Utility-Diversified | 64.17 | 85 | 86 | 61 | B | 1 | 11 | 63 | -28 | 2.7 |
| 70 | XCEL Energy | XEL | Utility-Diversified | 64.02 | 81 | 86 | 70 | C | 7 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 71 | Jabil | JBL | Electronics-Contract Mfg | 63.85 | 98 | 79 | 96 | B | 39 | 43 | 15 | 32 | 0.5 |
| 72 | Marriott International | MAR | Leisure-Lodging | 63.85 | 85 | 71 | 78 | A | N.A. | 114 | 70 | 128 | 0.8 |
| 73 | Danaher | DHR | Medical-Diversified | 63.54 | 87 | 61 | 91 | A | 46 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 0.4 |
| 74 | Cal-Maine Foods | CALM | Food-Meat Products | 63.45 | 97 | 96 | 79 | B | N.A. | 13 | 70 | 2600 | 5.6 |
| 75 | Archer Daniels Midland | ADM | Food-Grain & Related | 63.44 | 96 | 94 | 96 | B | 31 | 14 | 19 | 62 | 1.8 |
| 76 | Wesco International | WCC | Electronics-Parts | 63.44 | 96 | 87 | 97 | B | 39 | 16 | 19 | 59 | N.A. |
| 77 | Peabody Energy | BTU | Energy-Coal | 63.41 | 93 | 97 | 51 | A | N.A. | 25 | 83 | 1081 | N.A. |
| 78 | FMC | FMC | Chemicals-Agriculture | 63.33 | 84 | 71 | 89 | A | 7 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 2.0 |
| 79 | Cadence Design Systems | CDNS | Computer Software-Design | 63.00 | 97 | 89 | 97 | A | 24 | 35 | 18 | 26 | N.A. |
| 80 | Broadridge Financial Solutions | BR | Financial Services-Specialty | 62.96 | 92 | 90 | 91 | A | 12 | 42 | 12 | 21 | 1.7 |
| 81 | Keurig Dr Pepper | KDP | Beverages-Non-Alcoholic | 62.90 | 88 | 88 | 54 | B | 17 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 82 | Ameren | AEE | Utility-Diversified | 62.84 | 88 | 85 | 70 | B | 8 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 83 | Federal Signal | FSS | Security/Safety | 62.82 | 84 | 87 | 78 | C | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 0.9 |
| 84 | Agilent Technologies | A | Medical-Research Equipment/Services | 62.81 | 81 | 55 | 93 | A | 19 | 26 | 8 | 22 | 0.7 |
| 85 | Eversource Energy | ES | Utility-Electric Power | 62.75 | 90 | 83 | 83 | C | 4 | 9 | 21 | 9 | 2.8 |
| 86 | NRG Energy | NRG | Utility-Diversified | 62.70 | 91 | 73 | 87 | B | 105 | 83 | 39 | -51 | 3.4 |
| 87 | ConAgra Brands | CAG | Food-Packaged | 62.55 | 89 | 86 | 79 | C | 8 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 3.8 |
| 88 | Alliant Energy | LNT | Utility-Diversified | 62.45 | 92 | 79 | 83 | B | 6 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 2.8 |
| 89 | Albemarle | ALB | Chemicals-Specialty | 62.39 | 99 | 93 | 89 | B | -3 | 10 | 91 | 288 | 0.6 |
| 90 | Chipotle Mexican Grill | CMG | Retail-Restaurants | 62.27 | 98 | 86 | 93 | A | 37 | 34 | 17 | 25 | N.A. |
| 91 | Lincoln Electric Holdings | LECO | Machinery-Tools & Related | 62.10 | 97 | 83 | 92 | A | 16 | 45 | 17 | 31 | 1.6 |
| 92 | MSC Industrial Direct | MSM | Retail/Wholesale-Building Products | 62.02 | 82 | 69 | 86 | B | 0 | 22 | 11 | 28 | 3.8 |
| 93 | Visteon | VC | Auto/Trucking-Original Equipment | 61.99 | 93 | 89 | 73 | C | 6 | 13 | 39 | 519 | N.A. |
| 94 | Epam Systems | EPAM | Computer-Technology Services | 61.90 | 96 | 92 | 96 | A | 28 | 24 | 36 | 16 | N.A. |
| 95 | Range Resources | RRC | Oil & Gas-US Exploration & Products | 61.69 | 99 | 97 | 82 | A | N.A. | 27 | 182 | 429 | N.A. |
| 96 | American Tower | AMT | Finance-Property REIT | 61.56 | 92 | 71 | 92 | A | 20 | 56 | 16 | 18 | 2.2 |
| 97 | Arch Resources | ARCH | Energy Coal | 61.55 | 99 | 97 | 80 | A | N.A. | 70 | 152 | 1063 | 0.7 |
| 98 | KBR | KBR | Building-Heavy Construction | 61.55 | 89 | 88 | 94 | B | 19 | 21 | 5 | 31 | 1.0 |
| 99 | Ormat Technologies | ORA | Energy-Alternative/Other | 61.55 | 88 | 94 | 38 | C | -7 | 4 | 15 | -4 | 0.5 |
| 100 | Hormel Foods | HRL | Food-Meat Products | 61.43 | 88 | 88 | 75 | B | -1 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 2.1 |
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