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Barron’s is out with its annual list of the 500 .

This year, Apple (NASDAQ:) captured the top spot, rising from second place last year. Barron’s noted that the company produced revenue of $157 billion in fiscal 2012 with free cash flow of $42.7 billion.

Credit card companies also fared well this year. Visa (NYSE:) slipped from fifth place last year, to eight this year. But rivals MasterCard (NYSE:), American Express (NYSE:) and

Discover Financial Services (NYSE:) all placed in the top 30.

Barron’s compiles the list by evaluating thousands of publicly-traded companies in the U.S. and Canada in a partnership with a division of Credit Suisse (NYSE:). The companies are ranked based on adjusted three-year return on investment, a median cash-flow metric and sales growth during the most recent fiscal year.

Here are the top 10 performing companies in 2013, according to Barron’s:

1. Apple
2. Wesco International (NYSE:)
3. Western Digital (NASDAQ:)
4. DaVita HealthCare Partners (NYSE:)
5. C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:)
6. Qualcomm (NASDAQ:)
7. Joy Global (NYSE:)
8. Visa
9. Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:)
10. MRC Global (NYSE:)

You can find the entire list and additional detail on the top companies at .