100 Fastest-growing companies

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

From the August 31, 2009 issue

Top 25 Headquarters

Show: Top 25 | All 100 | Small firms | Giants

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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