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The Tampa Tribune

Published: March 9, 2009

10 Largest Public Companies In The Bay Area By Market Capitalization

1. Gerdau Ameristeel, $7.18 billion
Gerdau Ameristeel, headquartered in Tampa, is a major minimill steel maker. The company produces beams, flat-rolled steel, rebar, and wire rod primarily used in the automotive, appliance, construction, machinery, and equipment industries.

2. Roper Industries, $5.58 billion
Roper Industries, headquartered in Sarasota, produces engineered products and has four main business lines: industrial technology, radio frequency technology, scientific and industrial imaging and energy systems and controls.

3. Walter Industries, $4.58 billion
Walter Industries, headquartered in Tampa, is a major producer of metallurgical coal. It has subsidiaries including Jim Walter Resources (coal production), Sloss Industries (foundry and furnace coke), and De-Gas (methane gas). The company shuttered its Jim Walter Homes unit this year.

4. TECO Energy, $4 billion
TECO Energy, headquartered in Tampa, is an electrical power company with four business units: Tampa Electric, an electric utility; Peoples Gas System, Florida's largest natural gas distribution utility; TECO Coal, a producer of coal in Kentucky and Virginia; and TECO Guatemala, owner of two power plants.

5. Raymond James Financial, $3.43 billion
Raymond James Financial, headquartered in Tampa, is a financial services holding company with units in investment, financial planning, investment banking and asset management.

6. Brown & Brown Inc., $2.72 billion
Brown & Brown, headquartered in Tampa and Daytona Beach, is an independent insurance services company.

7. Jabil Circuit, $2.39 billion
Jabil Circuit, headquartered in St. Petersburg, is an electronic parts manufacturer. Its products are used in communications equipment, computers and vehicles.

8. Tech Data Corp., $1.91 billion
Tech Data, headquartered in Clearwater, is a major distributor of computer products, including disk drives, keyboards, networking equipment, printers, modems, monitors, PCs, servers and software. The company also provides technical support.

9. Lincare Holdings, $1.89 billion
Lincare Holdings, headquartered in Clearwater, is a provider of oxygen and other respiratory therapy services delivered to patients' homes. It also provides home infusion services, such as chemotherapy, and supplies medical equipment.

10. Syniverse Holdings, $1.50 billion
Syniverse Holdings, headquartered in Tampa, is a mobile phone systems company. It offers clearing and settlement services, voice and data roaming facilitation, fraud management, and other services to telecommunications firms.

Sources: Tribune archives, Tampa Bay Business Journal's 2009 Book Of Lists
Market capitalization is a measurement of corporate or economic size equal to the share price times the number of shares outstanding of a public company. As owning stock represents owning the company, capitalization can represent the public opinion of a company's net worth and is a determining factor in stock valuation.

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