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Top 100

Rank	Company	EPS growth*	Revenue growth*	Total return*
1	Research In Motion	84%	77%	45%
2	Sigma Designs	338%	104%	19%
3	Sohu.com	78%	59%	35%
4	Ebix	78%	50%	77%
5	DG FastChannel	308%	43%	50%
6	CF Industries Holdings	328%	37%	74%
7	Shanda Interactive Entertainment	91%	44%	59%
8	Arena Resources	69%	91%	23%
9	Bruker	126%	54%	20%
10	Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan	94%	38%	49%
11	Green Mountain Coffee Roasters	52%	51%	88%
12	IntercontinentalExchange	47%	73%	25%
13	Darling International	169%	42%	13%
14	Millicom International Cellular	151%	50%	7%
15	Open Text	132%	27%	36%
16	VistaPrint	52%	56%	17%
17	Elbit Systems	72%	34%	35%
18	ITC Holdings	45%	53%	23%
19	Pegasystems	73%	29%	62%
20	HMS Holdings	39%	49%	56%
21	AZZ	70%	31%	38%
22	Celgene	93%	61%	0%
23	Natus Medical	127%	47%	5%
24	Diana Shipping	43%	54%	19%
25	Stifel Financial	39%	47%	27%
26	Spartan Motors	56%	37%	21%
27	Bucyrus International	55%	71%	5%
28	M & F Worldwide	44%	110%	7%
29	Foster Wheeler	118%	46%	3%
30	Transocean	73%	67%	-4%
31	Lindsay	80%	39%	8%
32	Force Protection	35%	195%	11%
33	ANSYS	62%	44%	9%
34	LSB Industries	92%	22%	25%
35	Deckers Outdoor	41%	41%	22%
36	Guess	78%	34%	8%
37	LKQ	34%	53%	20%
38	Ctrip.com International	28%	53%	22%
39	Apple	46%	27%	35%
40	AsiaInfo Holdings	51%	23%	59%
41	Monsanto	77%	22%	22%
42	NASDAQ OMX Group	67%	53%	-11%
43	Synaptics	35%	34%	39%
44	GameStop	66%	46%	2%
45	Atwood Oceanics	78%	42%	0%
46	General Cable	87%	34%	2%
47	National Oilwell Varco	73%	40%	1%
48	Intuitive Surgical	32%	55%	12%
49	ICON	53%	31%	16%
50	BlackRock	27%	70%	10%
51	TransDigm Group	77%	25%	15%
52	Amazon.com	34%	33%	29%
53	GigaMedia	55%	52%	-13%
54	Schering-Plough	73%	26%	11%
55	PriceSmart	66%	21%	21%
56	Teva Pharmaceutical Industries	61%	25%	16%
57	FLIR Systems	35%	31%	25%
58	Gilead Sciences	36%	36%	17%
59	Dolby Laboratories	50%	27%	17%
60	NRG Energy	94%	27%	3%
61	FTI Consulting	30%	34%	24%
62	Balchem	21%	46%	18%
63	DreamWorks Animation SKG	59%	29%	6%
64	Marvel Entertainment	48%	22%	21%
65	Quanta Services	53%	27%	10%
66	Noble	67%	35%	-6%
67	Activision Blizzard	40%	22%	30%
68	Google	39%	50%	0%
69	Thermo Fisher Scientific	25%	69%	4%
70	Telvent GIT	32%	31%	23%
71	Iconix Brand Group	31%	85%	-2%
72	Huron Consulting Group	28%	46%	10%
73	China Medical Technologies	32%	56%	1%
74	Royal Gold	21%	43%	16%
75	Ralcorp Holdings	53%	23%	13%
76	Team	46%	30%	8%
77	WebMD Health	169%	26%	-14%
78	Precision Castparts	49%	28%	7%
79	Cameron International	48%	30%	6%
80	Amedisys	35%	42%	5%
81	Syntel	40%	22%	19%
82	Buffalo Wild Wings	37%	25%	19%
83	Chipotle Mexican Grill	40%	27%	9%
84	Garmin	36%	51%	-21%
85	Zoll Medical	56%	24%	6%
86	Gulfmark Offshore	53%	27%	2%
87	Atlantic Tele-Network	30%	24%	26%
88	Sapient	44%	28%	6%
89	Vasco Data Security International	44%	36%	-4%
90	Cognizant Technology Solutions	37%	46%	-7%
91	McDermott International	34%	47%	-4%
92	Diamond Offshore Drilling	35%	37%	4%
93	Catalyst Health Solutions	29%	53%	-6%
94	Helmerich & Payne	40%	32%	1%
95	True Religion Apparel	26%	35%	8%
96	TreeHouse Foods	39%	29%	6%
97	Western Digital	34%	28%	10%
98	Psychiatric Solutions	42%	33%	-7%
99	Enbridge	38%	25%	8%
100	Infosys Technologies	34%	33%	0%

From the August 31, 2009 issue

*Three-year annual rate

Top 25 Headquarters

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Top 3

Company	Revenue growth (3-year annual rate)
Force Protection	195%
M & F Worldwide	110%
Sigma Designs	104%

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Company	EPS growth (3-year annual rate)
Sigma Designs	338%
CF Industries Holdings	328%
DG FastChannel	308%

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Company	Total return (3-year annual rate)
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters	88%
Ebix	77%
CF Industries Holdings	74%

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