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Business 2.0: 100 Fastest-growing tech companies
Our rankings highlight the companies whose business is really booming.
Job growth
1 Merge Healthcare 37 185.0
2 Clinical Data 10 148.4
3 CalAmp 94 100.0
4 Adobe Systems 91 82.5
5 Secure Computing 27 69.8
6 ValueClick 5 61.4
7 Cognizant Technology Solutions 28 58.8
8 eBay 92 43.2
9 J2 Global Communications 23 42.6
10 OmniVision 14 39.4
11 Autodesk 66 38.4
12 LifeCell 8 37.2
13 L-3 Communications Holdings 86 34.6
14 Epicor Software 51 33.9
15 Juniper Networks 41 33.7
16 Western Digital 48 33.3
17 Network Appliance 98 33.1
18 Vital Images 22 32.5
19 ArthroCare 39 32.2
20 Digital River 83 31.0
21 Red Hat 2 30.7
22 Talx 71 30.5
23 aQuantive 7 29.5
24 Comtech Telecom 20 29.5
25 Laserscope 76 29.3
26 F5 Networks 18 29.2
27 Apple Computer 3 28.8
28 Cerner 42 27.8
29 Quality Systems 25 27.8
30 Ceradyne 12 27.3
31 ResMed 58 26.8
32 Websense 34 26.5
33 Kyphon 11 25.4
34 Genentech 17 25.1
35 Epiq Systems 60 25.0
36 Sohu.com 32 24.3
37 SanDisk 4 23.6
38 Celgene 1 23.2
39 Neoware Systems 46 22.8
40 Orbital Sciences 77 22.7
41 United Online 31 21.3
42 Global Payments 62 18.8
43 Diodes 26 18.3
44 Digitas 54 18.2
45 Armor Holdings 47 17.9
46 Radvision 70 17.9
47 Concur Technologies 38 17.7
48 Jabil Circuit 74 17.6
49 Forrester Research 89 16.9
50 Palomar Medical Technologies 6 16.8
51 Qualcomm 69 16.3
52 Genzyme 40 15.5
53 Business Objects 65 15.2
54 Amgen 59 14.9
55 Gilead Sciences 9 14.9
56 WebEx Communications 96 14.5
57 Hologic 19 14.3
58 Trimble Navigation 80 14.0
59 Computer Programs & Systems 79 12.5
60 Scientific Games 73 12.4
61 Micros Systems 72 11.9
62 Cognex 50 11.8
63 Synaptics 95 11.2
64 Biosite 57 10.8
65 E-Z-Em 81 10.8
66 Silicon Laboratories 43 10.7
67 Esterline Technologies 100 9.8
68 Ventana Medical Systems 24 9.6
69 ManTech International 64 9.1
70 Par Technology 13 9.1
71 Ansys 61 9.1
72 Ansoft 29 8.7
73 Anteon International 30 8.0
74 Sina 52 8.0
75 Abaxis 63 7.6
76 Golden Telecom 67 7.4
77 Roper Industries 53 7.1
78 Sonic Solutions 75 7.1
79 Invitrogen 88 6.7
80 Anika Therapeutics 15 6.6
81 Meridian Bioscience 99 6.1
82 Techne 93 5.4
83 DRS Technologies 49 5.3
84 Varian Semiconductor Equipment 44 5.1
85 Digital Insight 35 5.1
86 Itron 97 4.8
87 Schick Technologies 33 4.5
88 Applied Materials 78 3.2
89 Rofin-Sinar Technologies 87 2.6
90 Motorola 84 1.5
91 West Corp. 68 0.4
92 Molecular Devices 85 0.2
93 Lam Research 21 0.0
94 Texas Instruments 45 -0.7
95 TTM Technologies 90 -1.6
96 MEMC Electronic Materials 16 -1.8
97 Bel Fuse 55 -6.0
98 Fair Isaac 82 -6.8
99 Candela 36 -7.1
100 Microsemi 56 -15.4
From the June 2006 issue
Fastest Growing by State
These are the best companies arranged by the state of their home office.
California 41
Massachusetts 10
New York 6
Best Job Growth
These are the top companies according to their job growth.
Merge Healthcare 185.0
Clinical Data 148.4
CalAmp 100.0
How we rank them
To find the B2 100, we screened a universe of 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, 2005. Cash flow growth counts for 40 percent of a company's ranking. Each of the other criteria counts for 20 percent.
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