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. |