100 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies

Our rankings show another banner year for the leaders of the tech revival.


Red Hat Rank: 36 (Previous rank: 2) Get quote: RHT Employees: 1,753 Headquarters: Raleigh, NC Sector(s): Software	Why it's hot: Red Hat fended off invasions of the Linux market by Microsoft and Oracle, adding 42,000 new customers, including Priceline.com and the FAA.

	2006 ($ millions)	% growth (3-year annualized)	Growth rank
Revenue	400.6	44.7	24
Earnings	59.9	1	30
Operating cash flow	201.6	1.3	11

	% change
Stock return (2006)	-16

	% change
Headcount change (2006)	56.8

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How we rank them

To find the B2 100, we screened more than 2,000 tech companies that have been publicly traded on a U.S. stock exchange for at least three years, have a market capitalization of at least $50 million, and have had positive operating cash flow over the past 12 months. Zacks Investment Research of Chicago ranked the resulting list using four financial criteria: growth in revenue, profit, and operating cash flow during the past three years, and the 12-month stock return as of Dec. 31, 2006. Cash flow growth counts for 40 percent of a company's ranking. Each of the other criteria counts for 20 percent. Additional research was provided by Factset. If you have further questions about Business 2.0's 100 Fastest growing technology companies, please e-mail talkback@business2.com.

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