Business 2.0: 100 Fastest-growing tech companies: Red Hat

Companies Economy International Corrections Pre-market Trading After-hours Trading Winners/Losers/Actives Bonds Currencies Commodities World Markets Money Magazine Real Estate Taxes Jobs Ask the Expert Money 101 Autos Mutual Funds The Help Desk Loan Center Best Places to Live Ask the Expert Ultimate Guide to Retirement Retirement Calculators Best Funds Ask the Mole Best Places to Retire Big Tech Blog Techland Blog Sectors and Stocks Fortune 500 Techs Tech Talk 100 Best Places to Launch Ultimate Resource Guide Small Biz Makeovers FSB 100 Ask & Answer Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management C-Suite Rankings Main Create Portfolio Edit Portfolio Create Alerts Edit Alerts

Our rankings highlight the companies whose business is really booming.

Red Hat Rank: 2 Get quote: RHAT Employees: 1,145
Headquarters: Raleigh, NC Sector(s): Software Why It's hot: Linux may be free, but Red Hat is making a killing from it. Last year the company added 51,000 customers seeking support for the open-source OS, and 99 of its 100 largest clients renewed.

	2005 ($ millions)	% growth (3-year annualized)	Growth rank
Revenue	278.3	41.0	25
Earnings	79.7	175.4	9
Operating cash flow	186.6	250.3	5

	% change
Stock return (2005)	104

	% change
Headcount change (2005)	30.7

From the June 2006 issue

Top Stories

'New' GM is born

Watch 'new' GM announcement LIVE

Stocks set to open lower

Banks could shortchange taxpayers

Trade gap narrows to smallest in a decade

Home Portfolio Calculators Contact Us Newsletters Podcasts RSS Mobile Widgets Site Map User Preferences Advertise with Us
Magazine Customer Service Download Fortune Lists Reprints Career Opportunities Special Sections Conferences Business Leader Council

Live Quotes automatically refresh, but individual equities are delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. Market indexes are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET.
* : Time reflects local markets trading time. † - Intraday data delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. Disclaimer

Copyright © 2009 BigCharts.com Inc. All rights reserved. Please see our Terms of Use.
MarketWatch, the MarketWatch logo, and BigCharts are registered trademarks of MarketWatch, Inc.
Intraday data provided by Interactive Data Real-Time Services and subject to the Terms of Use.
Intraday data is at least 20-minutes delayed. All times are ET.
Historical, current end-of-day data, and splits data provided by Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data.
Fundamental data provided by Morningstar, Inc..
SEC Filings data provided by Edgar Online Inc..
Earnings data provided by FactSet CallStreet, LLC.