The Growth 50

Rank	Previous Rank	Company	Composite score	2-year average % sales growth	2-year average % profit growth
1		ACT Manufacturing Inc.	52.10	205.88	6.50
2		Provant Inc.	62.72	130.30	6.50
3	31	Analog Devices	53.52	154.09	7.00
4	3	Sapient Corp.	74.73	123.94	7.50
5		Foilmark Inc.	46.51	196.19	9.00
6		Zoll Medical Corp.	37.21	311.14	9.00
7	14	Polymedica Corp.	47.84	97.52	12.50
8	26	Teradyne Inc.	42.97	125.17	12.50
9	11	Forrester Research Inc.	59.76	69.23	13.50
10	8	Eaton Vance Corp.	28.68	249.30	14.50
11		Cognex Corp.	43.45	83.66	16.00
12	6	RSA Security Inc.	27.88	164.48	17.00
13		Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Inc.	34.45	85.67	17.50
14	7	Alpha Industries Inc.	48.82	51.65	18.00
15	17	BTU International Inc.	32.74	88.07	18.00
16	10	EMC Corp.	49.43	49.87	18.50
17		Brooktrout Inc.	18.56	522.65	19.00
18		Bright Horizons Family Solutions	17.92	340.85	20.50
19	1	Affiliated Managers Group Inc.	38.69	48.91	23.00
20		Millipore Corp.	16.79	247.62	23.50
21	4	Biogen Inc.	28.90	55.08	24.50
22		Saucony Inc. (Class B)	25.83	58.25	26.50
23		Harcourt General Inc.	16.28	126.27	27.00
24		Mercury Computer Systems Inc.	26.33	52.09	27.00
25		Candela Corp.	24.55	74.95	27.50
26		Tucker Anthony Sutro	33.66	34.09	27.50
27		American Dental Partners Inc.	30.70	32.93	30.00
28	18	Talbots Inc.	18.17	77.25	30.00
29	12	Sonesta International Hotels (Class A)	14.46	87.46	31.00
30		Vicor Corp.	25.08	46.36	31.50
31	20	Fleetboston Financial Corp.	19.78	51.09	32.50
32		Nstar	28.99	15.02	36.50
33		Epresence Inc.	4.16	267.45	37.00
34	5	DeWolfe Companies Inc.	20.82	29.87	37.50
35		Charles River Associates	24.83	17.84	39.00
36		Waters Corp.	13.35	45.80	40.00
37	27	BJ's Wholesale Club Inc.	17.83	26.79	40.50
38		Perkinelmer Inc.	40.86	4.38	40.50
39	23	Investors Financial Services Corp.	9.39	49.34	43.00
40		Chase Corp.	23.95	13.74	43.50
41		Quaker Fabric Corp.	9.53	37.73	44.50
42	22	Courier Corp.	12.37	19.97	46.50
43	42	Neiman-Marcus Group Inc.	9.47	21.59	48.50
44	40	Perini Corp.	4.56	43.91	51.50
45	29	Boston Private Financial Holdings	5.84	33.35	52.00
46	19	Parlex Corp.	34.15	-11.14	52.50
47		Progress Software Corp.	6.36	21.60	53.00
48		Reebok International Ltd.	-5.74	83.85	53.50
49	30	Casual Male Corp.	-10.14	116.05	54.00
50	32	TJX Companies Inc.	9.77	11.90	55.50
Criteria: To be considered for The Growth 50, a company must have had $10 million in 1999 sales, $1 million in 1999 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 profit growth. Data compiled by Compustat.