FSB 100: Top 25

How did the most successful small public companies in America get where they are today? Innovation and persistence of course. But this year it also helped to be in industrial manufacturing.

2. Goodrich Petroleum
2. Goodrich Petroleum
Rank: 2 (Previous rank: 2)
2006 Revenues (millions):$116.15
Headquarters: Houston, TX
Get quote: GDP

Goodrich, which searches and drills for oil and gas in Louisiana and Texas, had a remarkable near-100% success rate in drilling 94 wells last year. After a trying 2005, with negative earnings due to a noncash loss on derivatives, oil and gas production surged by 82% in 2006.

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Dawson Geophysical

Palomar Medical Technologies

Perficient

Smith Micro Software

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Somanetics

Thomas Group

The Knot

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Aldila

United Therapeutics

Elecsys

PrimeEnergy

Sun Hydraulics
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