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Market cap and total return leaders
The region’s powerhouses and big producers are sparkling with projects for the future. Most of the companies’ stock-and-dividend returns were down.
Chairman/President/CEO: William V. Carey
NASDAQ: CEDC
Market cap: $3.06 billion *
Stock-div return one year: 99.9 percent **
With its product heart in Poland and administrative head in the suburbs of Philadelphia, CEDC produces, distributes, imports and exports alcoholic beverages worldwide - roughly 700 brands in all. Its imports include Carlo Rossi Wines, Remy Martin Cognac, Guinness, Grants Whiskey, Jagermeister, Campari and Skyy Vodka. It distributes to duty-free stores, supermarkets, bars, hotels and restaurants.
The Chatter: Perhaps the lowest-profile, highest-performing local public company, CEDC, run by Florida native Bill Carey, 43, used the collapse of the Berlin Wall to create a beverage empire. Last month, the Poland-centered firm turned the imperial tables further by acquiring a Russian wine and spirits importer.
40 Valley Stream Parkway, Malvern
484-321-5900
Founded 1999
President/CEO: Armando Anido
NASDAQ: AUXL
Market cap: $1.29 billion *
Stock-div return one year: 82.8 percent **
Auxilium is developing products mainly for urologists, endocrinologists, orthopedists and select primary-care physicians. While most products are still in development, it does market a topical testosterone gel for hypogonadism. It has rights to seven pain products.
