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	NASDAQ OMX Group	17	2,951.8	64	$667.0	184
2	BlackRock	25	5,429.4	93	$1,093.4	50
3	Huron Consulting Group	43	599.7	50	$42.0	47
4	Cohen & Steers	65	245.2	32	$61.1	107
5	Morningstar	68	487.7	35	$90.9	42
6	Goldman Sachs Group	75	81,609.0	39	$9,667.0	38
7	First Advantage	85	822.1	40	$134.2	45
8	Greenhill	90	400.4	33	$112.0	46
9	optionsXpress Holdings	91	255.3	37	$100.4	32
10	Navigators Group	92	706.5	28	$92.2	47
11	Tower Group	93	441.8	43	$46.1	30
12	CME Group	100	2,283.1	36	$887.4	31

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	NASDAQ OMX Group	17	$33.36	17	12
2	BlackRock	25	$221.55	25	32
3	Huron Consulting Group	43	$65.06	29	25
4	Cohen & Steers	65	$29.21	23	10
5	Morningstar	68	$67.39	32	37
6	Goldman Sachs Group	75	$167.61	11	21
7	First Advantage	85	$15.86	14	-12
8	Greenhill	90	$65.93	21	12
9	optionsXpress Holdings	91	$23.53	15	15
10	Navigators Group	92	$52.54	9	16
11	Tower Group	93	$20.79	7	11
12	CME Group	100	$347.84	21	10

Rank	Company	Fastest- growing rank	As of 9/3/08	P/E (current fiscal year est.)
1	NASDAQ OMX Group	17	$33.36	17
2	BlackRock	25	$221.55	25
3	Huron Consulting Group	43	$65.06	29
4	Cohen & Steers	65	$29.21	23
5	Morningstar	68	$67.39	32
6	Goldman Sachs Group	75	$167.61	11
7	First Advantage	85	$15.86	14
8	Greenhill	90	$65.93	21
9	optionsXpress Holdings	91	$23.53	15
10	Navigators Group	92	$52.54	9
11	Tower Group	93	$20.79	7
12	CME Group	100	$347.84	21

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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