100 Fastest-growing companies

Corporate America's supercharged performers

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Rank	Company	Fastest- growing rank	$ millions (past 4 qtrs.)	% growth (3 yr. annual rate)	$ millions (past 4 qtrs.)	% growth (3 yr. annual rate)
			REVENUES		PROFITS
1	Sigma Designs	7	242.1	108	$69.5	294
2	Atheros Communications	19	456.7	44	$36.7	61
3	Google	24	19,611.3	66	$4,830.9	71
4	Apple	31	30,801.0	33	$4,602.0	65
5	Precision Castparts	32	7,036.7	35	$1,036.7	129
6	Vasco Data Security International	41	125.5	50	$21.5	75
7	Concur Technologies	54	193.7	40	$15.7	35
8	Ceradyne	56	756.6	43	$134.0	65
9	Western Digital	60	8,074.0	29	$867.0	60
10	Cognizant Technology Solutions	62	2,487.3	54	$398.1	46
11	Atlantic Tele-Network	77	193.7	31	$38.3	43
12	Perficient	79	231.9	48	$16.1	34
13	Ladish Co.	80	449.5	25	$28.0	51
14	Dolby Laboratories	82	606.1	25	$195.1	56
15	NII Holdings	86	3,890.2	38	$478.9	41

Rank	Company	Fastest- growing rank	As of 9/3/08	P/E (current fiscal year est.)	(3 yr. annual rate)
			STOCK PRICE		TOTAL RETURN
1	Sigma Designs	7	$16.37	12	22
2	Atheros Communications	19	$29.97	30	55
3	Google	24	$464.41	28	21
4	Apple	31	$166.96	32	66
5	Precision Castparts	32	$101.36	12	35
6	Vasco Data Security International	41	$13.69	19	3
7	Concur Technologies	54	$43.57	107	47
8	Ceradyne	56	$40.92	9	13
9	Western Digital	60	$25.90	7	37
10	Cognizant Technology Solutions	62	$29.54	20	11
11	Atlantic Tele-Network	77	$34.25	14	37
12	Perficient	79	$7.80	13	11
13	Ladish Co.	80	$26.39	13	27
14	Dolby Laboratories	82	$40.03	24	22
15	NII Holdings	86	$52.06	18	14

Rank	Company	Fastest- growing rank	As of 9/3/08	P/E (current fiscal year est.)
1	Sigma Designs	7	$16.37	12
2	Atheros Communications	19	$29.97	30
3	Google	24	$464.41	28
4	Apple	31	$166.96	32
5	Precision Castparts	32	$101.36	12
6	Vasco Data Security International	41	$13.69	19
7	Concur Technologies	54	$43.57	107
8	Ceradyne	56	$40.92	9
9	Western Digital	60	$25.9	7
10	Cognizant Technology Solutions	62	$29.54	20
11	Atlantic Tele-Network	77	$34.25	14
12	Perficient	79	$7.8	13
13	Ladish Co.	80	$26.39	13
14	Dolby Laboratories	82	$40.03	24
15	NII Holdings	86	$52.06	18

From the Sept. 29th, 2008 issue

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%

How we pick the Fastest-Growing

To qualify, a company must be incorporated in the U.S.; have a minimum market capitalization of $250 million on June 30, 2008; have a stock price of at least $5... More

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