2025 Industry Leaders

As part of its 2025 Rankings, JUST Capital is proud to present its list of Industry leaders, or companies that receive the highest overall rank within each of our 36 industries.

Of this year’s 36 industry leaders, 21 companies remained the leaders of their industry while 15 companies dropped out of the industry leader spot this year. Below is the full list of industry leaders for 2025. Industry leader shifts can be explained by both improved year-over-year performance of individual companies as well as shifting industry compositions.

Among the industry leaders, the following saw the biggest increases in their rank (and are not influenced by treatments, such as Unique Event Treatment, applied to the model). Three of these five companies (The Hershey Company, Lear Corporation, and Otis Worldwide Corporation) also moved into the JUST 100.

This year, 30 out of the 36 industries were represented in the JUST 100: In other words, six industry leaders are not part of the JUST 100 this year. These industry leaders are listed below.

Industry Trends in 2025

Though there are 30 industries represented in the JUST 100, some industries make up a higher share of the JUST 100 than others. There are: 

  • 13 companies, or 30.2%, of the Utilities industry represented (up from 9 last year).
  • 10 companies, or 29.4%, of the Banks industry represented.
  • 8 companies, or 22.2%, of the Semiconductors & Equipment industry represented.
  • 6 companies, or 14.0%, of the Insurance industry represented.
  • 6 companies, or 33.3% of the Transaction Processing industry represented in the JUST 100.

Certain industries tend to perform better than others, on average. Companies in the Utilities and Chemicals industries rank, on average, the highest at 275 and 317, respectively. When breaking industry average rank down by the five Stakeholders, we find that: 

  • Companies in the Clothing & Accessories industry have the highest average rank for Communities (279).
  • Companies in the Health Care Providers industry have the highest average rank for Customers (267).
  • Companies in the Utilities industry have the highest average rank for Environment (243).
  • Companies in the Chemicals industry also have the highest average rank for Shareholders & Governance (320).
  • Companies in the Banks industry have the highest average rank for Workers (287).

Companies in the Internet and Commercial Vehicles & Machinery industries saw some of the largest average gains in rank, rising 118 and 103 ranks, respectively. Companies in the Telecommunications and Clothing & Accessories industries saw the biggest average declines, dropping 91 and 75 ranks, respectively.  

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