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84. Garmin
Garmin
Rank: 84 (Previous rank: N.A.)
CEO: Min H. Kao
Address: 113 S. Church St.
Grand Cayman
George Town, Cayman Islands
Maker of portable navigation devices sold 16.9 million units last year, a 38% increase from 2007.
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Financials: Latest Results

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  $ millions
(past 4 qtrs.)		 % growth
(3 yr. annual rate)		 Growth rank
Revenues** 3,267.0 51 25
Net income** 633.6 — —
Total return — -21 100
Earnings per share — 36 76
Share price  
As of 8/3/09 $27.98
Beat the S&P 500* No
P/E (current fiscal year est.) 14
Industry: Technology
Industry rank Company Fastest-Growing
rank		 Revenues
($ millions)
1 Research In Motion 1 11,065.2
2 Sigma Designs 2 209.2
3 Sohu.com 3 460.0
4 Ebix 4 78.8
5 Millicom International Cellular 14 3,464.6
6 Open Text 15 782.6
7 Pegasystems 19 225.5
8 ANSYS 33 485.1
9 Apple 39 33,689.0
10 AsiaInfo Holdings 40 191.5
11 Synaptics 43 454.8
12 FLIR Systems 57 1,112.1
13 Dolby Laboratories 59 701.8
14 Google 68 22,118.5
15 Telvent GIT 70 1,080.2
16 China Medical Technologies 73 144.9
17 Syntel 81 408.3
18 Garmin 84 3,267.0
19 Atlantic Tele-Network 87 217.7
20 Sapient 88 676.3
21 Vasco Data Security International 89 127.2
22 Cognizant Technology Solutions 90 2,919.1
23 Western Digital 97 7,517.0
24 Infosys Technologies 100 4,663.0
From the August 31, 2009 issue
Notes:
* Through June 30, 2009. The S&P 500 returned -8.22% annually over the same period.
** Through the quarter ended on or before April 30, 2009.
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