Date updated:10-04-2008
With credit tight and growing tighter, companies that generate lots of cash are looking as inviting as Noah's ship in the storm. "In times of stress like today, when you can't access capital, self-financing is crucial," says Michael Mauboussin, chief investment strategist at Legg Mason Capital Management.

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KO
Coca-cola Co (the - $49.66
- 0.00%
- $49.01
We relied on Thomson Reuters' calculation of free cash flow per share, defined as cash from operations for the latest reported year, minus that year's capital expenditures and dividend payments, divided by shares outstanding. The result is a list of familiar names in technology, health care and manufacturing, as well as three oilfield-services companies knocked well off their highs, and, yes, a few healthy financial-services firms. Blue chips like Coca-Cola (KO), Microsoft (MSFT) and Merck (MRK) made the cut, as did Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Post-it-note producer 3M (MMM) and CME Group (CME), the Chicago-based operator of futures exchanges.

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MSFT
Microsoft Corpora - $21.40
- 0.00%
- $21.42
We relied on Thomson Reuters' calculation of free cash flow per share, defined as cash from operations for the latest reported year, minus that year's capital expenditures and dividend payments, divided by shares outstanding. The result is a list of familiar names in technology, health care and manufacturing, as well as three oilfield-services companies knocked well off their highs, and, yes, a few healthy financial-services firms. Blue chips like Coca-Cola (KO), Microsoft (MSFT) and Merck (MRK) made the cut, as did Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Post-it-note producer 3M (MMM) and CME Group (CME), the Chicago-based operator of futures exchanges.

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MRK
Merck & Co. - $27.70
- +0.62%
- $27.51
We relied on Thomson Reuters' calculation of free cash flow per share, defined as cash from operations for the latest reported year, minus that year's capital expenditures and dividend payments, divided by shares outstanding. The result is a list of familiar names in technology, health care and manufacturing, as well as three oilfield-services companies knocked well off their highs, and, yes, a few healthy financial-services firms. Blue chips like Coca-Cola (KO), Microsoft (MSFT) and Merck (MRK) made the cut, as did Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Post-it-note producer 3M (MMM) and CME Group (CME), the Chicago-based operator of futures exchanges.

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ITW
Illinois Tool Wor - $35.95
- 0.00%
- $35.94
We relied on Thomson Reuters' calculation of free cash flow per share, defined as cash from operations for the latest reported year, minus that year's capital expenditures and dividend payments, divided by shares outstanding. The result is a list of familiar names in technology, health care and manufacturing, as well as three oilfield-services companies knocked well off their highs, and, yes, a few healthy financial-services firms. Blue chips like Coca-Cola (KO), Microsoft (MSFT) and Merck (MRK) made the cut, as did Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Post-it-note producer 3M (MMM) and CME Group (CME), the Chicago-based operator of futures exchanges.

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MMM
3m Co - $59.96
- 0.00%
- $59.24
We relied on Thomson Reuters' calculation of free cash flow per share, defined as cash from operations for the latest reported year, minus that year's capital expenditures and dividend payments, divided by shares outstanding. The result is a list of familiar names in technology, health care and manufacturing, as well as three oilfield-services companies knocked well off their highs, and, yes, a few healthy financial-services firms. Blue chips like Coca-Cola (KO), Microsoft (MSFT) and Merck (MRK) made the cut, as did Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Post-it-note producer 3M (MMM) and CME Group (CME), the Chicago-based operator of futures exchanges.

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CME
Cme Group Inc. - $335.34
- +1.72%
- $328.58
We relied on Thomson Reuters' calculation of free cash flow per share, defined as cash from operations for the latest reported year, minus that year's capital expenditures and dividend payments, divided by shares outstanding. The result is a list of familiar names in technology, health care and manufacturing, as well as three oilfield-services companies knocked well off their highs, and, yes, a few healthy financial-services firms. Blue chips like Coca-Cola (KO), Microsoft (MSFT) and Merck (MRK) made the cut, as did Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Post-it-note producer 3M (MMM) and CME Group (CME), the Chicago-based operator of futures exchanges.

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MO
Altria Group Inc - $17.12
- 0.00%
- $17.22
The question is whether now's the time to buy. Some of the 25, including cigarette maker Altria Group (MO) and investment manager T. Rowe Price (TROW), are less attractive because they have fallen less than 5% in the past 12 months, yet investors know they can weather a downturn.

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TROW
T. Rowe Price Gro - $41.95
- +1.30%
- $41.11
The question is whether now's the time to buy. Some of the 25, including cigarette maker Altria Group (MO) and investment manager T. Rowe Price (TROW), are less attractive because they have fallen less than 5% in the past 12 months, yet investors know they can weather a downturn.
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