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The Hot 100
Check out our annual ranking of corporate America's supercharged performers. And if you doubt the Internet is back, look who's No. 1.
By MICHAEL CACACE (SENIOR LIST EDITOR)
September 5, 2005

(FORTUNE Magazine) – OUR FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES LIST ALways provides a snapshot of the times. This year Internet juggernaut Yahoo leads the pack, riding the online ad boom. You'll also find energy producers thriving on record oil prices; homebuilders and lenders living large on our lust for real estate; and the usual complement of cutting-edge tech companies profiting from innovation. To compute the rankings, we use data from Zacks Investment Research and give equal weight to three factors: profit and sales growth (for three years through the first quarter of 2005) and three-year total return (through June). For additional details, see fortune.com. Now, prepare to be dazzled by some scorching numbers.

 

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