Despite its sluggish stock price, Apple has topped Fortune's list of most admired companies for 2013 -- just as it did last year.
Apple has had a tough run the past few months, with an uncooperative stock price and shareholders pushing Apple to return cash to investors. Still, the company had the two best-selling smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2012 with the iPhone 5 and 4S, and it continues to be a powerful force in retail.
Google took a close second on Fortune's list, with Amazon showing up in third place. In the tech realm, other companies also made the top 20 -- IBM took sixth and Microsoft was 17th.
To make the list, Fortune ranked companies on the following criteria: innovation, people management, use of corporate assets, social responsibility, quality of management, financial soundness, long-term investment, quality of products/services, and global competitiveness.
Check out the top 20 of Fortune's list below.
1. Apple 2. Google 3. Amazon 4. Coca-Cola 5. Starbucks 6. IBM 7. Southwest Airlines 8. Berkshire Hathaway 9. Walt Disney 10. FedEx 11. General Electric 12. McDonald's 13. American Express 14. BMW 15. Procter & Gamble 16. Nordstrom 17. Microsoft 18. Nike 19. Whole Foods Market 20. Caterpillar
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