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Rank	Company	EPS growth*	Revenue growth*	Total return*
1	Eldorado Gold	119%	47%	46%
2	Green Mountain Coffee Roasters	96%	55%	64%
3	Ebix	72%	51%	52%
4	salesforce.com	119%	40%	26%
5	KapStone Paper and Packaging	116%	103%	14%
6	SXC Health Solutions	51%	218%	37%
7	First Solar	228%	141%	8%
8	Pegasystems	110%	28%	44%
9	Bucyrus International	142%	53%	11%
10	HMS Holdings	61%	32%	41%
11	Priceline.Com	77%	28%	37%
12	Sohu.com	105%	67%	9%
13	Thoratec	119%	23%	32%
14	Almost Family	51%	50%	22%
15	Fuel Systems Solutions	181%	29%	16%
16	DG FastChannel	61%	43%	17%
17	Zhongpin	80%	70%	9%
18	Apple	55%	34%	27%
19	International Assets Holding	185%	228%	-12%
20	Life Partners Holdings	118%	59%	2%
21	Intuitive Surgical	43%	41%	32%
22	Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions	105%	46%	4%
23	China Automotive Systems	43%	35%	35%
24	NetScout Systems	46%	43%	18%
25	Allegiant Travel	85%	31%	12%
26	AsiaInfo Holdings	44%	33%	31%
27	Illumina	31%	49%	29%
28	China Fire & Security Group	58%	37%	11%
29	Medifast	37%	33%	43%
30	Amazon.com	53%	31%	17%
31	Cubist Pharmaceuticals	85%	42%	1%
32	Deckers Outdoor	48%	41%	12%
33	Research In Motion	62%	76%	-10%
34	Celgene	83%	44%	-4%
35	Multi-Fineline Electronix	88%	20%	13%
36	Valassis Communications	51%	22%	23%
37	Cognizant Technology Solutions	55%	30%	10%
38	Compass Minerals International	56%	16%	30%
39	ANSYS	66%	22%	15%
40	Olin	43%	111%	0%
41	Lincoln Educational Services	75%	22%	11%
42	Luminex	51%	32%	10%
43	FLIR Systems	72%	26%	8%
44	Cal-Maine Foods	47%	20%	29%
45	Sapient	188%	15%	11%
46	DeVry	48%	25%	16%
47	Amedisys	40%	45%	7%
48	LKQ	29%	41%	16%
49	New Oriental Education & Technology Group	27%	34%	20%
50	China Information Security Technology	35%	82%	2%
51	Netflix	40%	17%	78%
52	Vistaprint	40%	42%	7%
53	Credit Acceptance	42%	22%	22%
54	First Financial Bancorp	70%	26%	4%
55	Perrigo	40%	17%	45%
56	Elbit Systems	62%	23%	8%
57	Synaptics	53%	29%	5%
58	The Buckle	51%	21%	15%
59	ITC Holdings	33%	34%	12%
60	Chipotle Mexican Grill	41%	23%	17%
61	Coinstar	32%	36%	11%
62	China-Biotics	19%	36%	16%
63	Mindray Medical International	35%	49%	2%
64	F5 Networks	51%	16%	19%
65	Stifel Financial	54%	27%	3%
66	Dolby Laboratories	32%	24%	21%
67	Sturm Ruger & Co	141%	19%	-1%
68	M & F Worldwide	56%	34%	-26%
69	Trina Solar	39%	70%	-12%
70	Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile	45%	15%	26%
71	Capella Education	34%	23%	21%
72	Atwood Oceanics	85%	24%	-9%
73	MasterCard	97%	15%	7%
74	Strayer Education	28%	25%	18%
75	Ralcorp Holdings	49%	29%	1%
76	Open Text	39%	18%	20%
77	Sina	72%	23%	-6%
78	True Religion Apparel	35%	35%	3%
79	Corinthian Colleges	114%	21%	-15%
80	Fluor	102%	18%	-8%
81	Community Health Systems	33%	45%	-6%
82	Neogen	31%	17%	27%
83	Aegean Marine Petroleum Network	31%	37%	2%
84	GeoEye	43%	16%	13%
85	TransDigm Group	41%	17%	15%
86	SunPower	27%	71%	-42%
87	EZCORP	29%	25%	12%
88	NCI	30%	27%	10%
89	Bio-Reference Laboratories	24%	23%	17%
90	Southside Bancshares	49%	21%	5%
91	Biogen Idec	57%	19%	-4%
92	Aeropostale	37%	17%	16%
93	LHC Group	31%	33%	2%
94	PriceSmart	52%	19%	0%
95	ICON	29%	25%	10%
96	Catalyst Health Solutions	24%	30%	5%
97	ManTech International	29%	23%	11%
98	Gilead Sciences	33%	30%	-4%
99	Panera Bread	18%	18%	18%
100	MetroPCS Communications	40%	28%	-37%

From the September 6, 2010 issue.

*Three-year annual rate

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Company	Revenue growth (3-year annual rate)
International Assets Holding	228%
SXC Health Solutions	218%
First Solar	141%

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Company	EPS growth (3-year annual rate)
First Solar	228%
Sapient	188%
International Assets Holding	185%

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Company	Total return (3-year annual rate)
Netflix	78%
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters	64%
Ebix	52%

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