Top Fastest Growing Companies in 2008 and 2009 Stock Market

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Top Fastest Growing Companies in 2008 and 2009

Top 100CompaniesIndustries StatesCities AllRichest Executives Revenue GrowthEPS GrowthStock performanceRevenueNet incomeEmployees
FSB 100Rank Company EPS growth* Revenue growth* Total return to investors*
1 Astronics 201.4% 65.5% 102.7%
2 Arena Resources 97.2% 132.7% 114.1%
3 Bolt Technology 148.6% 57.3% 96.6%
4 North American Galvanizing & Coatings 276.2% 40.2% 63.6%
5 Vasco Data Security International 90.2% 67.9% 61.6%
6 Dynamic Materials 82.4% 44.1% 113.6%
7 Life Partners Holdings 99.6% 45.2% 72.1%
8 AeroCentury 143.5% 30.6% 108.2%
9 Gulfport Energy 55.1% 71.2% 76.9%
10 Interactive Intelligence 152.3% 26.2% 80.2%
11 The Knot 135.3% 35.0% 46.7%
12 Thomas Group 85.7% 28.2% 79.9%
13 Concur Technologies 75.4% 34.2% 59.6%
14 OYO Geospace 81.9% 32.5% 59.1%
15 Amerigon 84.4% 27.2% 78.1%
16 Rochester Medical 241.0% 32.7% 33.4%
17 Parallel Petroleum 49.6% 52.6% 48.4%
18 Kreisler Manufacturing 169.9% 27.4% 39.9%
19 Ultimate Software 208.2% 28.2% 35.4%
20 Mitcham Industries 50.8% 45.6% 45.3%
21 LMI Aerospace 97.2% 21.8% 69.9%
22 IntriCon 70.5% 23.2% 82.3%
23 Ebix 56.3% 26.9% 69.6%
24 Logility 101.9% 26.9% 38.3%
25 Bitstream 157.2% 26.4% 34.2%
26 Natus Medical 45.3% 54.1% 34.2%
27 TGC Industries 22.1% 74.0% 53.5%
28 Edgewater Technology 136.5% 41.6% 14.2%
29 CyberSource 38.4% 42.1% 35.5%
30 Pericom Semiconductor 203.3% 23.1% 25.6%
31 GeoResources 23.3% 44.9% 43.3%
32 Atlantic Tele-Network 34.2% 33.7% 40.6%
33 Spectranetics 33.4% 35.1% 39.7%
34 Fuel Tech 16.1% 35.6% 69.3%
35 Health Grades 44.6% 37.3% 27.1%
36 Mercer Insurance Group 66.3% 50.0% 10.5%
37 Actuate 106.2% 11.5% 45.0%
38 Phase Forward 51.1% 22.5% 38.6%
39 American Physicians Service Group 56.7% 28.0% 24.5%
40 Sun Hydraulics 37.6% 21.2% 54.7%
41 Carrizo Oil & Gas 8.7% 31.4% 69.2%
42 Bankrate 3.7% 38.4% 51.4%
43 WSI Industries 73.6% 14.8% 37.8%
44 United States Lime & Minerals 21.6% 34.7% 38.8%
45 ICU Medical 57.9% 37.2% 9.6%
46 TradeStation Group 38.5% 29.9% 26.4%
47 Medifast 40.7% 50.5% 11.3%
48 Trio-Tech International 93.1% 19.7% 22.6%
49 Lifeway Foods 26.0% 30.0% 37.3%
50 Stamps.com 73.2% 35.9% -8.4%
51 Palomar Medical Technologies 58.3% 40.3% -16.2%
52 Quality Systems 37.3% 26.6% 28.8%
53 PrimeEnergy 17.9% 29.1% 39.2%
54 Versar 89.3% 22.0% 14.7%
55 A.D.A.M. 0.1% 51.3% 28.1%
56 Synalloy 104.3% 15.8% 20.4%
57 Art's-Way Manufacturing 12.2% 26.7% 53.1%
58 Chyron 44.6% 9.5% 55.8%
59 Almost Family 56.5% 11.0% 38.2%
60 Balchem 21.5% 30.9% 30.0%
61 American Science and Engineering 66.6% 26.2% 11.3%
62 Mesa Laboratories 27.6% 27.8% 28.1%
63 American Ecology -4.2% 47.2% 27.1%
64 Chase Corp. 32.4% 16.1% 49.6%
65 Meridian Bioscience 35.6% 16.2% 39.7%
66 NetScout Systems 74.5% 13.4% 22.3%
67 Globecomm Systems 51.4% 20.1% 22.3%
68 PeopleSupport 23.0% 53.7% 11.1%
69 Pioneer Behavioral Health 45.4% 17.3% 27.7%
70 HMS Holdings 14.8% 20.9% 54.5%
71 Learning Tree 201.8% 3.7% 19.7%
72 KMG Chemicals 36.5% 24.6% 24.4%
73 Willis Lease 50.1% 24.0% 17.2%
74 Spectrum Control 38.0% 18.9% 28.3%
75 UFP Technologies 71.4% 11.7% 24.7%
76 Jones Soda 36.7% 19.0% 29.2%
77 LivePerson 15.4% 43.7% 19.2%
78 Medtox Scientific 56.7% 12.1% 26.2%
79 Supertex 56.1% 21.1% 13.0%
80 Iris International 29.0% 23.3% 26.3%
81 Asta Funding 32.8% 40.9% 0.3%
82 Edac Technologies 2.2% 14.2% 80.3%
83 NetLogic Microsystems 10.2% 19.4% 47.7%
84 Elecsys 51.2% 24.3% 8.6%
85 Smith Micro Software 16.7% 97.8% -1.8%
86 Transcat 61.6% 8.5% 25.5%
87 Eastern Co. 50.8% 20.4% 13.2%
88 Nathan's Famous 37.1% 13.3% 32.4%
89 Royal Gold 17.2% 31.1% 19.7%
90 Nobel Learning Communities 68.2% 6.7% 24.1%
91 Gencor Industries 70.0% 17.4% 6.9%
92 American Medical Alert 39.0% 25.7% 10.4%
93 Abaxis -1.5% 24.7% 35.3%
94 Somanetics -3.9% 42.2% 15.4%
95 Tessera Technologies 6.0% 51.7% 3.8%
96 Key Technology 17.2% 11.8% 52.7%
97 Atrion 25.2% 10.9% 40.7%
98 CAM Commerce Solutions 31.9% 10.7% 37.1%
99 IntegraMed America 46.5% 8.7% 25.9%
100 Nortech Systems 54.0% 19.1% 4.6%
From the July/August 2008 issue of Fortune Small Business

Top 100 Year 2009

Rank Company EPS growth* Revenue growth* Total return* 1 Research In Motion 84% 77% 45% 2 Sigma Designs 338% 104% 19% 3 Sohu.com 78% 59% 35% 4 Ebix 78% 50% 77% 5 DG FastChannel 308% 43% 50% 6 CF Industries Holdings 328% 37% 74% 7 Shanda Interactive Entertainment 91% 44% 59% 8 Arena Resources 69% 91% 23% 9 Bruker 126% 54% 20% 10 Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan 94% 38% 49% 11 Green Mountain Coffee Roasters 52% 51% 88% 12 IntercontinentalExchange 47% 73% 25% 13 Darling International 169% 42% 13% 14 Millicom International Cellular 151% 50% 7% 15 Open Text 132% 27% 36% 16 VistaPrint 52% 56% 17% 17 Elbit Systems 72% 34% 35% 18 ITC Holdings 45% 53% 23% 19 Pegasystems 73% 29% 62% 20 HMS Holdings 39% 49% 56% 21 AZZ 70% 31% 38% 22 Celgene 93% 61% 0% 23 Natus Medical 127% 47% 5% 24 Diana Shipping 43% 54% 19% 25 Stifel Financial 39% 47% 27% 26 Spartan Motors 56% 37% 21% 27 Bucyrus International 55% 71% 5% 28 M & F Worldwide 44% 110% 7% 29 Foster Wheeler 118% 46% 3% 30 Transocean 73% 67% -4% 31 Lindsay 80% 39% 8% 32 Force Protection 35% 195% 11% 33 ANSYS 62% 44% 9% 34 LSB Industries 92% 22% 25% 35 Deckers Outdoor 41% 41% 22% 36 Guess 78% 34% 8% 37 LKQ 34% 53% 20% 38 Ctrip.com International 28% 53% 22% 39 Apple 46% 27% 35% 40 AsiaInfo Holdings 51% 23% 59% 41 Monsanto 77% 22% 22% 42 NASDAQ OMX Group 67% 53% -11% 43 Synaptics 35% 34% 39% 44 GameStop 66% 46% 2% 45 Atwood Oceanics 78% 42% 0% 46 General Cable 87% 34% 2% 47 National Oilwell Varco 73% 40% 1% 48 Intuitive Surgical 32% 55% 12% 49 ICON 53% 31% 16% 50 BlackRock 27% 70% 10% 51 TransDigm Group 77% 25% 15% 52 Amazon.com 34% 33% 29% 53 GigaMedia 55% 52% -13% 54 Schering-Plough 73% 26% 11% 55 PriceSmart 66% 21% 21% 56 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries 61% 25% 16% 57 FLIR Systems 35% 31% 25% 58 Gilead Sciences 36% 36% 17% 59 Dolby Laboratories 50% 27% 17% 60 NRG Energy 94% 27% 3% 61 FTI Consulting 30% 34% 24% 62 Balchem 21% 46% 18% 63 DreamWorks Animation SKG 59% 29% 6% 64 Marvel Entertainment 48% 22% 21% 65 Quanta Services 53% 27% 10% 66 Noble 67% 35% -6% 67 Activision Blizzard 40% 22% 30% 68 Google 39% 50% 0% 69 Thermo Fisher Scientific 25% 69% 4% 70 Telvent GIT 32% 31% 23% 71 Iconix Brand Group 31% 85% -2% 72 Huron Consulting Group 28% 46% 10% 73 China Medical Technologies 32% 56% 1% 74 Royal Gold 21% 43% 16% 75 Ralcorp Holdings 53% 23% 13% 76 Team 46% 30% 8% 77 WebMD Health 169% 26% -14% 78 Precision Castparts 49% 28% 7% 79 Cameron International 48% 30% 6% 80 Amedisys 35% 42% 5% 81 Syntel 40% 22% 19% 82 Buffalo Wild Wings 37% 25% 19% 83 Chipotle Mexican Grill 40% 27% 9% 84 Garmin 36% 51% -21% 85 Zoll Medical 56% 24% 6% 86 Gulfmark Offshore 53% 27% 2% 87 Atlantic Tele-Network 30% 24% 26% 88 Sapient 44% 28% 6% 89 Vasco Data Security International 44% 36% -4% 90 Cognizant Technology Solutions 37% 46% -7% 91 McDermott International 34% 47% -4% 92 Diamond Offshore Drilling 35% 37% 4% 93 Catalyst Health Solutions 29% 53% -6% 94 Helmerich & Payne 40% 32% 1% 95 True Religion Apparel 26% 35% 8% 96 TreeHouse Foods 39% 29% 6% 97 Western Digital 34% 28% 10% 98 Psychiatric Solutions 42% 33% -7% 99 Enbridge 38% 25% 8% 100 Infosys Technologies 34% 33% 0% From the August 31, 2009 issue *Three-year annual rate

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