A conference was held on Monday in Tehran to laud the county's top 100 companies.
The firms were selected based on 7 yardsticks that were namely: Growth, profitability, productivity, exports, liquidity, debts and market.
Based on these standards, petrochemical companies, as a sector, were placed among the top 5 companies of the country.
Regarding their assets, petrochemical companies were the second group of companies after banks.
Moreover, the Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (PGPIC) was honored for its profitability and was the top company among 500 companies in the current Iranian calendar year which began on March 20.
The company was followed by Noori Petrochemical Plant as the 5th top profitable company of Iran.