KARCAHI: Some of Pakistan’s largest and apparently most successful companies didn’t perform well enough to win a place among top 25 companies of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) for 2015. Notable for missing the mark in PSX’s ranking of top 25 companies in 2015 were Pak Suzuki Motor Company, Engro Corporation, GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) and K-Electric. The PSX has revealed names of top 25 companies among total 579 listed companies of total 35 sectors. Interestingly Pakistan’s most flourishing sector, banking, could not obtain any position in top five companies. Disappointingly, the textile sector having largest share in PSX with 154 companies listed able to get only one place in top 25 companies. The automobiles, parts & accessories’ sector achieved outstandingly in 2015 as among total 21 companies listed at Karachi Stock Exchange in automobile sector, six firms met the PSX’s top performing criteria. Big names, like Jubilee Insurance after obtaining places in 2014 top companies fell short in 2015 to put their names in the list again while National Foods shoved some of its bigger peers in the food sector behind and climbed to take a place among the Top 25. Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited remained top company in PSX for the second consecutive year in 2015 after wining first place in 2014. Every year, the Exchange acknowledges the performance of the top companies on the basis of comprehensive criteria, which includes dividend payout, capital efficiency, profitability, free-float of shares, transparency & investors’ relation and compliance with listing of companies & securities regulations. The awards given by the PSX to the top companies benefit the recipient companies by recognising their excellent financial and managerial performance thereby providing them inter-alia a powerful marketing tool. PSX has announced the names of top 25 Companies for the years 2014 and 2015 that have been selected on the basis of highest score obtained as per the Criteria for Selection of Top Companies. In order of their standing, the to 25 companies in 2015 include: Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited, Millat Tractors Limited, Nestle Pakistan Limited, Pakistan Oilfields Limited, Pakistan International Container Terminal Ltd., Service Industries Limited, Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited, Dawood Hercules Corporation Limited, Bata Pakistan Limited, Indus Motor Company Limited, Arif Habib Limited, Colgate – Palmolive (Pakistan) Limited, Bank AL Habib Limited, Security Papers Limited, Dawood Lawrencepur Limited, Attock Petroleum Limited, Thal Limited, United Bank Limited, Attock Cement Pakistan Limited, Hinopak Motors Limited, Biafo Industries Limited, Habib Bank Limited, Atlas Honda Limited, National Foods Limited and Atlas Battery Limited.