Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The following table details higher and unchanged third-quarter profit margins for companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Companies are ranked by year-over- year profit margin differences in descending order.

DATE  TICKER                            PROFIT  MARGIN(%)
REPT  SYMBOL COMPANY                    Q3/09    Q3/08   DIFF.
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 11/5 CBS   CBS Corp                     6.20 -369.17  375.37
10/26 TLAB  Tellabs Inc                  7.53 -235.44  242.97
 11/5 VRSN  VeriSign Inc                20.78  -81.77  102.55
 11/6 JAVA  Sun Microsystems Inc        -5.35  -56.22   50.87
 11/3 MA    Mastercard Inc              33.15  -14.47   47.61
10/20 SNDK  SanDisk Corp                24.73  -20.19   44.93
10/29 AN    AutoNation Inc               2.23  -42.05   44.28
10/22 MRK   Merck & Co Inc/NJ           56.60   18.38   38.22
10/21 LLY   Eli Lilly & Co              16.93   -8.94   25.87
10/26 LO    Lorillard Inc               24.66    1.35   23.31
 9/29 MU    Micron Technology Inc       -6.76  -23.74   16.98
 10/1 STZ   Constellation Brands Inc    11.37   -2.37   13.74
10/21 FCX   Freeport-McMoRan Copper &   23.62   12.72   10.91
10/28 TER   Teradyne Inc                 2.55   -7.63   10.18
10/27 CVG   Convergys Corp             -11.24  -20.70    9.47
10/22 NYT   New York Times Co/The       -6.24  -15.47    9.23
 11/4 TAP   Molson Coors Brewing Co     27.56   18.60    8.97
10/20 YHOO  Yahoo! Inc                  11.81    3.04    8.77
10/22 CELG  Celgene Corp                31.19   23.09    8.10
10/30 CEG   Constellation Energy Grou    3.42   -4.18    7.59
10/22 RAI   Reynolds American Inc       16.82    9.29    7.53
10/28 LSI   LSI Corp                     9.07    1.59    7.48
10/21 AMGN  Amgen Inc                   36.36   28.93    7.43
 9/25 KBH   KB Home                    -14.41  -21.24    6.83
 11/5 SBUX  Starbucks Corp               6.19    0.21    5.98
10/20 BIIB  Biogen Idec Inc             24.78   18.92    5.86
 11/4 TEG   Integrys Energy Group Inc    3.99   -1.81    5.80
10/20 PFE   Pfizer Inc                  24.77   19.03    5.74
 11/9 SRE   Sempra Energy               17.22   11.52    5.70
10/22 DO    Diamond Offshore Drilling   40.09   34.49    5.60
10/29 MOT   Motorola Inc                 0.22   -5.31    5.53
10/29 BMC   BMC Software Inc            20.40   14.96    5.44
10/28 AFL   Aflac Inc                    8.02    2.71    5.31
 11/5 NVDA  NVIDIA Corp                 11.91    6.88    5.03
10/29 NEM   Newmont Mining Corp         18.94   13.93    5.00
10/30 EL    Estee Lauder Cos Inc/The     7.67    2.68    4.99
 11/2 ED    Consolidated Edison Inc      9.72    4.80    4.92
10/28 MWV   MeadWestvaco Corp            7.87    2.98    4.89
10/28 SEE   Sealed Air Corp              5.61    0.75    4.86
10/22 CPWR  Compuware Corp              12.84    8.00    4.84
10/30 D     Dominion Resources Inc/VA   16.28   11.64    4.64
10/21 PTV   Pactiv Corp                 10.37    5.73    4.64
10/14 ABT   Abbott Laboratories         19.07   14.47    4.61
10/26 CF    CF Industries Holdings In    8.95    4.61    4.34
10/15 GOOG  Google Inc                  27.57   23.28    4.29
10/29 IRM   Iron Mountain Inc            5.65    1.44    4.20
10/28 IP    International Paper Co       6.27    2.19    4.08
10/27 FISV  Fiserv Inc                  11.59    7.51    4.08
10/20 DGX   Quest Diagnostics Inc/DE    10.13    6.06    4.07
10/23 EXC   Exelon Corp                 17.45   13.39    4.06
 9/23 GIS   General Mills Inc           11.95    7.96    3.99
10/30 GAS   Nicor Inc                    4.18    0.30    3.88
10/22 DOW   Dow Chemical Co/The          6.61    2.78    3.82
10/22 LEG   Leggett & Platt Inc          6.70    2.89    3.82
 11/5 CI    CIGNA Corp                   7.28    3.52    3.76
 11/2 F     Ford Motor Co                3.23   -0.51    3.73
10/27 SCG   SCANA Corp                  11.29    7.58    3.71
10/22 ETR   Entergy Corp                15.67   11.99    3.68
10/27 JCI   Johnson Controls Inc         3.81    0.17    3.64
10/22 KMB   Kimberly-Clark Corp         11.85    8.27    3.58
10/29 AEP   American Electric Power C   12.52    8.95    3.57
10/15 LUV   Southwest Airlines Co       -0.60   -4.15    3.55
 11/4 QCOM  QUALCOMM Inc                29.85   26.33    3.52
 11/5 DPS   Dr Pepper Snapple Group I   10.53    7.10    3.44
10/28 ORLY  O’Reilly Automotive Inc      6.93    3.73    3.21
10/22 WDC   Western Digital Corp        13.04   10.00    3.04
10/21 FIS   Fidelity National Informa    7.95    4.93    3.01
 11/4 PWR   Quanta Services Inc          8.12    5.21    2.92
 9/23 RHT   Red Hat Inc                 15.76   12.86    2.90
10/28 OI    Owens-Illinois Inc           6.76    3.91    2.85
10/28 NWL   Newell Rubbermaid Inc        5.90    3.16    2.74
 11/5 SLE   Sara Lee Corp               10.97    8.23    2.74
10/27 HSP   Hospira Inc                 11.53    8.84    2.70
10/30 AEE   Ameren Corp                 12.51    9.90    2.60
10/22 HSY   Hershey Co/The              10.92    8.36    2.56
10/28 SO    Southern Co                 17.22   14.68    2.54
10/19 AAPL  Apple Inc                   16.87   14.39    2.48
10/15 IBM   International Business Ma   13.64   11.16    2.48
10/29 MWW   Monster Worldwide Inc       15.27   12.88    2.39
10/29 EXPE  Expedia Inc                 13.73   11.38    2.35
10/29 KLAC  KLA-Tencor Corp              5.95    3.62    2.33
10/21 BCR   CR Bard Inc                 20.33   18.03    2.30
10/29 CL    Colgate-Palmolive Co        14.76   12.54    2.22
 11/2 CLX   Clorox Co                   11.44    9.25    2.19
 11/3 VIA/B Viacom Inc                  13.96   11.77    2.19
 11/6 SNI   Scripps Networks Interact   17.92   15.74    2.18
10/29 PNW   Pinnacle West Capital Cor   16.33   14.17    2.16
10/15 PPG   PPG Industries Inc           4.93    2.77    2.16
 10/6 YUM   Yum! Brands Inc             12.02    9.92    2.10
10/22 CA    CA Inc                      20.34   18.25    2.09
10/19 TXN   Texas Instruments Inc       18.68   16.62    2.06
10/22 EMN   Eastman Chemical Co          7.55    5.50    2.06
 9/16 ORCL  Oracle Corp                 22.24   20.20    2.04
 11/5 CTL   CenturyTel Inc              14.98   13.03    1.95
 11/4 WFMI  Whole Foods Market Inc       1.99    0.08    1.91
10/28 SYMC  Symantec Corp               10.18    8.30    1.88
10/15 BAX   Baxter International Inc    16.85   14.98    1.87
10/22 MCD   McDonald’s Corp             20.85   19.01    1.85
10/20 DD    EI du Pont de Nemours & C    6.86    5.03    1.83
10/28 CNP   Centerpoint Energy Inc       7.23    5.41    1.83
10/21 APD   Air Products & Chemicals    11.45    9.64    1.82
10/27 WAT   Waters Corp                 20.31   18.51    1.80
10/28 PX    Praxair Inc                 14.20   12.45    1.76
10/29 XEL   Xcel Energy Inc              9.54    7.81    1.73
 11/4 CMCSA Comcast Corp                10.72    9.02    1.71
 11/5 PCS   MetroPCS Communications I    8.21    6.54    1.68
 11/3 RL    Polo Ralph Lauren Corp      12.92   11.27    1.65
10/29 PCG   PG&E Corp                    9.92    8.27    1.65
10/27 ECL   Ecolab Inc                   9.38    7.76    1.62
10/14 GWW   WW Grainger Inc              9.09    7.61    1.48
10/08 PEP   PepsiCo Inc/NC              15.50   14.02    1.48
 11/3 FTR   Frontier Communications C    9.90    8.42    1.48
10/27 SRCL  Stericycle Inc              15.62   14.16    1.47
 11/6 AES   AES Corp/The                 4.82    3.36    1.46
10/13 JNJ   Johnson & Johnson           22.18   20.79    1.39
10/29 VAR   Varian Medical Systems In   15.11   13.75    1.36
 11/2 HUM   Humana Inc                   3.91    2.56    1.35
 11/4 BDX   Becton Dickinson and Co     16.72   15.37    1.34
 9/29 NKE   NIKE Inc                    10.69    9.40    1.29
 11/3 PBI   Pitney Bowes Inc             7.61    6.35    1.26
10/21 FLIR  FLIR Systems Inc            21.02   19.79    1.23
10/22 LH    Laboratory Corp of Americ   11.09    9.86    1.23
10/27 DV    DeVry Inc                   12.69   11.47    1.23
10/20 GILD  Gilead Sciences Inc         37.36   36.16    1.20
10/22 DHR   Danaher Corp                12.77   11.60    1.18
 11/5 TDC   Teradata Corp               14.82   13.67    1.16
 11/2 VMC   Vulcan Materials Co          6.97    5.83    1.14
10/19 HAS   Hasbro Inc                  11.75   10.62    1.14
10/27 FTI   FMC Technologies Inc         8.42    7.33    1.08
 11/4 NWSA  News Corp                    7.93    6.86    1.07
10/20 KO    Coca-Cola Co/The            23.57   22.52    1.05
10/28 GT    Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co    1.64    0.60    1.04
11/12 DIS   Walt Disney Co/The           9.07    8.05    1.02
10/21 CTXS  Citrix Systems Inc          13.32   12.32    1.00
10/29 POM   Pepco Holdings Inc           4.88    3.89    1.00
10/28 FLS   Flowserve Corp              11.13   10.15    0.98
10/22 SIAL  Sigma-Aldrich Corp          16.13   15.15    0.98
10/20 SHW   Sherwin-Williams Co/The      8.77    7.81    0.97
10/20 PCP   Precision Castparts Corp    15.92   14.97    0.95
10/30 TE    TECO Energy Inc              7.23    6.28    0.95
 10/6 PBG   Pepsi Bottling Group Inc     6.99    6.06    0.93
10/22 AMZN  Amazon.com Inc               3.65    2.77    0.88
10/20 CHRW  CH Robinson Worldwide Inc    4.88    4.04    0.84
 11/4 ADP   Automatic Data Processing   13.51   12.69    0.82
 9/29 DRI   Darden Restaurants Inc       5.44    4.63    0.81
 11/2 SYY   Sysco Corp                   3.59    2.80    0.79
 11/6 EIX   Edison International        11.00   10.22    0.78
10/29 PG    Procter & Gamble Co/The     16.70   15.96    0.74
10/27 LLL   L-3 Communications Holdin    6.51    5.79    0.72
 9/24 MKC   McCormick & Co Inc/MD        9.49    8.78    0.71
10/28 CCE   Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc    4.44    3.73    0.71
 11/3 CTSH  Cognizant Technology Solu   16.00   15.36    0.65
 9/23 BBBY  Bed Bath & Beyond Inc        7.08    6.43    0.64
10/29 AGN   Allergan Inc/United State   15.68   15.06    0.62
 11/5 CVS   CVS Caremark Corp            4.14    3.53    0.62
10/22 RTN   Raytheon Co                  7.90    7.28    0.62
10/29 K     Kellogg Co                  11.02   10.40    0.61
 11/2 DF    Dean Foods Co                1.79    1.18    0.61
10/16 MAT   Mattel Inc                  12.83   12.23    0.59
10/30 WPO   Washington Post Co/The       1.50    0.92    0.59
 11/3 DVA   DaVita Inc                   7.05    6.49    0.56
11/12 KSS   Kohl’s Corp                  4.76    4.21    0.55
10/29 DTE   DTE Energy Co                8.06    7.57    0.49
10/21 MO    Altria Group Inc            20.43   19.97    0.45
10/27 AVY   Avery Dennison Corp          4.03    3.64    0.40
10/29 MDP   Meredith Corp                5.52    5.12    0.40
 11/3 AMT   American Tower Corp         15.17   14.77    0.39
10/29 WM    Waste Management Inc         9.16    8.79    0.37
10/22 MMM   3M Co                       15.45   15.11    0.34
10/22 TMO   Thermo Fisher Scientific     8.74    8.43    0.31
 10/7 FDO   Family Dollar Stores Inc     3.32    3.01    0.31
11/12 JWN   Nordstrom Inc                4.23    3.93    0.29
10/30 CMS   CMS Energy Corp              5.89    5.60    0.28
10/22 CNX   Consol Energy Inc            8.18    7.92    0.26
10/28 XRAY  DENTSPLY International In   12.71   12.46    0.25
10/20 UNH   UnitedHealth Group Inc       4.77    4.56    0.21
10/29 BLL   Ball Corp                    5.27    5.07    0.19
10/28 Q     Qwest Communications Inte    4.45    4.29    0.16
10/23 HON   Honeywell International I    7.90    7.75    0.14
11/11 M     Macy’s Inc                  -0.66   -0.80    0.14
10/29 AET   Aetna Inc                    3.74    3.64    0.10
 11/3 EXPD  Expeditors International     5.57    5.47    0.10
11/12 WMT   Wal-Mart Stores Inc          3.26    3.18    0.08
 11/5 MIL   Millipore Corp               9.63    9.57    0.06
10/13 INTC  Intel Corp                  19.77   19.71    0.06
 11/2 NU    Northeast Utilities          4.96    4.92    0.04
10/22 T     AT&T Inc                    10.35   10.31    0.04
 11/3 ABC   AmerisourceBergen Corp       0.70    0.67    0.03
10/26 MAS   Masco Corp                   1.34    1.31    0.02
10/27 HRS   Harris Corp                  8.69    8.68    0.01

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