100 Fastest-growing companies

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Rank	Company	Fastest-growing rank	Total return (3-year annual rate)
1	Arena Resources	1	107%
2	T-3 Energy Services	2	101%
3	Steel Dynamics	51	84%
4	DXP Enterprises	5	83%
5	Bucyrus International	4	80%
6	Intuitive Surgical	9	79%
7	Metalico	26	73%
8	AZZ	28	66%
9	Guess	22	66%
10	Apple	31	66%
11	K-Tron International	53	64%
12	Darling International	11	64%
13	Dril-Quip	36	63%
14	Reliance Steel & Aluminum	50	62%
15	General Cable	12	60%
16	PetroQuest Energy	37	60%
17	Atwood Oceanics	8	59%
18	Oceaneering International	42	59%
19	National Oilwell Varco	6	55%
20	Atheros Communications	19	55%
21	Lindsay	38	55%
22	Freeport-McMoRan	10	53%
23	Cameron International	34	53%
24	Gardner Denver	48	48%
25	Manitowoc	33	47%
26	Team	45	47%
27	Concur Technologies	54	47%
28	Allis-Chalmers Energy	3	47%
29	Helmerich & Payne	16	46%
30	Superior Energy Services	15	46%
31	Central European Distribution	49	44%
32	OYO Geospace	39	42%
33	Dawson Geophysical	35	41%
34	Ion Geophysical	52	41%
35	Hansen Natural	13	40%
36	XTO Energy	72	39%
37	Smith International	73	39%
38	LKQ	58	39%
39	Western Digital	60	37%
40	Morningstar	68	37%
41	Gulf Island Fabrication	40	37%
42	Atlantic Tele-Network	77	37%
43	Precision Castparts	32	35%
44	GameStop	27	35%
45	Gilead Sciences	46	34%
46	Kendle International	67	34%
47	Gulfport Energy	23	34%
48	BlackRock	25	32%
49	NRG Energy	21	32%
50	Ensco	18	31%
51	Layne Christensen	63	30%
52	Kansas City Southern	81	30%
53	Gulfmark Offshore	69	29%
54	Watson Wyatt Worldwide	88	28%
55	Copano energy	71	28%
56	Hornbeck Offshore Services	30	28%
57	Ladish Co.	80	27%
58	Perini	14	26%
59	Titanium Metals	95	26%
60	Huron Consulting Group	43	25%
61	Natus Medical	29	23%
62	Amedisys	76	22%
63	Sigma Designs	7	22%
64	Dolby Laboratories	82	22%
65	Iconix Brand Group	47	22%
66	Google	24	21%
67	Goldman Sachs Group	75	21%
68	Dynamic Materials	44	20%
69	Brush Engineered Materials	84	20%
70	Rowan Cos.	55	17%
71	Holly	96	17%
72	Buffalo Wild Wings	98	17%
73	Helix Energy Solutions Group	59	17%
74	Netflix	74	17%
75	Navigators Group	92	16%
76	Psychiatric Solutions	64	16%
77	Baldor Electric	83	15%
78	optionsXpress Holdings	91	15%
79	HealthExtras	70	15%
80	Omnicell	66	14%
81	BE Aerospace	78	14%
82	NII Holdings	86	14%
83	Ceradyne	56	13%
84	NASDAQ OMX Group	17	12%
85	Greenhill	90	12%
86	Jones Lang LaSalle	87	11%
87	Cognizant Technology Solutions	62	11%
88	Tower Group	93	11%
89	Perficient	79	11%
90	Cohen & Steers	65	10%
91	CME Group	100	10%
92	CB Richard Ellis Group	99	10%
93	Zumiez	97	4%
94	RTI International Metals	57	4%
95	Vasco Data Security International	41	3%
96	Nutrisystem	20	-1%
97	Genentech	89	-2%
98	Allscripts Healthcare Solutions	94	-9%
99	First Advantage	85	-12%
100	Sepracor	61	-31%

From the Sept. 29th, 2008 issue

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Company	Revenue growth (3-year annual rate)
Allis-Chalmers Energy	124%
Arena Resources	117%
Nutrisystem	110%

Company	EPS growth (3-year annual rate)
Sigma Designs	294%
Sepracor	228%
Hornbeck Offshore Services	214%

Company	Total return (3-year annual rate)
Arena Resources	107%
T-3 Energy Services	101%
Steel Dynamics	84%

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