100 Fastest-Growing Companies 2011

Top 100

Rank	Company	Earnings growth	Revenue growth	Total return
1	SXC Health Solutions	65%	151%	105%
2	Green Mountain Coffee Roasters	69%	63%	120%
3	Hi-Tech Pharmacal	234%	51%	42%
4	Baidu	78%	65%	65%
5	Medifast	87%	49%	65%
6	Alexion Pharmaceuticals	82%	75%	37%
7	Discovery Communications	79%	105%	28%
8	Green Plains Renewable Energy	102%	299%	22%
9	Home Inns & Hotel Management	94%	46%	26%
10	Sturm Ruger & Co	848%	24%	49%
11	Cirrus Logic	340%	24%	42%
12	Priceline.com	59%	28%	64%
13	Lululemon Athletica	47%	34%	57%
14	Concho Resources	50%	41%	35%
15	MercadoLibre	72%	33%	32%
16	Silver Wheaton	51%	39%	31%
17	Ares Capital	68%	32%	35%
18	Trina Solar	68%	66%	14%
19	Ebix	48%	42%	30%
20	KapStone Paper and Packaging	39%	44%	35%
21	Apple	57%	37%	26%
22	Coinstar	81%	37%	19%
23	Illumina	95%	30%	20%
24	Netflix	48%	23%	116%
25	Acme Packet	38%	28%	108%
26	IAMGOLD	109%	17%	47%
27	Riverbed Technology	37%	29%	79%
28	Maiden Holdings	49%	49%	17%
29	Eldorado Gold	44%	61%	20%
30	Credit Acceptance	57%	22%	49%
31	VanceInfo Technologies	31%	44%	40%
32	First Financial Bancorp	42%	40%	26%
33	AboveNet	160%	16%	36%
34	Cree	77%	32%	14%
35	Salesforce.com	48%	29%	30%
36	MarketAxess Holdings	52%	19%	51%
37	Lincoln Educational Services	102%	28%	16%
38	HMS Holdings	37%	27%	53%
39	First Solar	50%	64%	-21%
40	Encore Capital Group	55%	16%	52%
41	InterDigital	153%	22%	19%
42	Ctrip.com International	38%	38%	23%
43	United Therapeutics	50%	41%	4%
44	LivePerson	32%	25%	71%
45	Amazon.com	30%	31%	41%
46	Steven Madden	48%	15%	66%
47	Volterra Semiconductor	141%	24%	13%
48	F5 Networks	41%	18%	57%
49	TriQuint Semiconductor	86%	23%	19%
50	STEC	131%	19%	18%
51	O'Reilly Automotive	25%	31%	43%
52	DG	38%	33%	23%
53	Cubist Pharmaceuticals	40%	29%	26%
54	Chipotle Mexican Grill	40%	18%	55%
55	NetScout Systems	69%	18%	25%
56	Harbin Electric	34%	90%	2%
57	Celgene	56%	33%	-2%
58	NetEase.com	25%	39%	27%
59	Neutral Tandem	54%	32%	0%
60	Thoratec	93%	15%	24%
61	Cninsure	43%	38%	1%
62	Insituform Technologies	61%	25%	11%
63	Research In Motion	39%	49%	-37%
64	Allegiant Travel	41%	19%	39%
65	Deckers Outdoor	38%	29%	24%
66	EZCORP	28%	26%	41%
67	American Public Education	37%	40%	4%
68	TransGlobe Energy	33%	26%	31%
69	Signature Bank	42%	19%	30%
70	New Oriental Education & Technology Group	25%	38%	24%
71	HealthSpring	28%	25%	40%
72	Life Technologies	28%	48%	10%
73	Cyberonics	146%	16%	9%
74	DeVry	46%	29%	4%
75	Perrigo	36%	17%	41%
76	American Equity Investment Life Holding	17%	45%	17%
77	VistaPrint	32%	29%	21%
78	Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance	29%	16%	79%
79	Cognizant Technology Solutions	26%	27%	31%
80	Newmont Mining	69%	20%	2%
81	IPC The Hospitalist	29%	23%	35%
82	AsiaInfo Holdings	30%	37%	12%
83	FBL Financial Group	51%	17%	20%
84	Broadcom	62%	19%	8%
85	BJ's Restaurants	20%	17%	75%
86	First Cash Financial Services	26%	21%	41%
87	Intuitive Surgical	33%	30%	11%
88	Epoch Holding	22%	27%	31%
89	Sohu.com	33%	38%	1%
90	Buffalo Wild Wings	25%	23%	39%
91	Enstar Group	46%	24%	6%
92	MWI Veterinary Supply	29%	21%	35%
93	Almost Family	32%	37%	1%
94	Zhongpin	26%	42%	-6%
95	Blue Coat Systems	37%	24%	16%
96	LHC Group	37%	30%	0%
97	Walter Energy	38%	27%	3%
98	ITT Educational Services	45%	24%	-2%
99	American Science and Engineering	39%	19%	17%
100	Catalyst Health Solutions	26%	23%	23%

From the September 26, 2011 issue.

Revenue and profit figures reflect the four quarters ended on or before April 30,2011.
Total return is through June 30, 2011.
Earnings growth reflects earnings per share.

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Company	Sales growth (3-year annual rate)
Green Plains Renewable Energy	299%
SXC Health Solutions	151%
Discovery Communications	105%

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Company	Profit growth (3-year annual rate)
Sturm Ruger & Co	848%
Cirrus Logic	340%
Hi-Tech Pharmacal	234%

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Company	Total return (3-year annual rate)
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters	120%
Netflix	116%
Acme Packet	108%

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