Rank	Previous Rank	Company	Composite score	2-year average % sales growth	2-year average % profit growth
1		Affiliated Managers Group Inc.	2.00	133.32	562.85
2		Concord Communications Inc.	2.00	85.50	892.57
3	11	Sapient Corp.	7.50	75.04	56.58
4	3	Biogen Inc.	9.50	38.88	57.24
5	20	DeWolfe Cos.	10.00	30.63	115.82
6	15	RSA Security Inc.	11.50	24.54	228.32
7		Alpha Industries Inc.	12.50	22.63	340.97
8		Eaton Vance Corp.	13.50	34.28	48.28
9	13	HPSC Inc.	13.50	29.50	55.74
10	24	EMC Corp.	14.50	51.19	36.99
11	17	Forrester Research Inc.	14.50	46.94	40.06
12	26	Sonesta International Hotels	15.00	21.63	162.22
13	7	SLI Inc.	15.50	62.83	35.25
14	2	PolyMedica Corp.	17.50	51.00	34.70
15	49	Kronos Inc.	20.50	22.20	42.59
16	48	Staples Inc.	21.00	24.86	36.96
17		BTU International Inc.	23.00	16.29	50.68
18	47	Talbots Inc.	23.50	10.68	216.45
19	46	Parlex Corp.	24.50	20.11	38.75
20		FleetBoston Financial Corp.	25.00	30.06	23.24
21		Uno Restaurant Corp.	26.00	9.96	94.32
22	37	Courier Corp.	29.00	11.67	40.89
23		Investors Financial Services Corp.	31.00	16.22	29.77
24		Plymouth Rubber	31.00	7.55	57.04
25		Project Software & Development Inc.	31.50	23.34	18.42
26		Teradyne Inc.	33.00	18.93	22.57
27		BJ's Wholesale Club Inc.	33.00	14.16	27.60
28	5	Keane Inc.	33.50	21.37	19.27
29		Boston Private Financial Holdings	35.50	7.14	44.46
30		J. Baker Inc.	36.00	6.01	52.55
31		Analog Devices	37.50	13.68	20.40
32		TJX Cos.	37.50	9.10	33.65
33	22	New England Business Service Inc.	39.00	27.36	5.93
34		UFP Technologies Inc.	41.00	13.74	13.73
35		Genzyme General	41.00	3.15	51.13
36	16	Boston Acoustics Inc.	42.00	27.55	2.81
37	21	Parexel International Corp.	46.00	22.66	1.71
38	39	State Street Corp.	47.50	4.82	27.63
39	31	Maxwell Shoe Co. Inc.	50.00	0.63	35.82
40		Perini Corp.	50.00	-12.27	1334.84
41	36	Lifeline Systems Inc.	51.50	11.12	4.43
42		Neiman-Marcus Group Inc.	52.50	9.42	7.53
43		National Dentex Corp.	52.50	8.46	10.02
44	32	Stride Rite Corp.	53.00	5.38	15.58
45		Mestek Inc.	53.50	7.00	11.53
46	12	American Science Engineering	54.00	38.99	-23.43
47		Haemonetics Corp.	54.00	-3.89	41.70
48	41	Raytheon Co.	54.50	21.07	-6.88
49	43	Providence And Worcester Railroad	55.50	-0.48	25.25
50	40	First Years Inc.	56.00	6.41	10.53
Criteria: To be considered for The Growth 50, a company must have had $10 million in 1998 sales, $1 million in 1998 profit, and must have reported profits in all periods. A company must have been publicly traded for two full years. Score ties are broken by the best profit growth. Data compiled by COMPUSTAT.