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The companies you are about to meet represent the fifth graduating class of the annual FSB 100. They have been screened just as the others were: Zacks, a financial research firm, identified companies with annual revenue of less than $200 million and a stock price of more than $1 and ranked them based on the past three years' earnings growth, revenue growth, and stock performance. We excluded banks and real estate firms, which would otherwise overrun the list.

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Last updated Apr 13 10:00
Rank Company (Ticker symbol) Current
share price
Employees Revenues
(in millions)
56 Lifetime Hoan (LCUT) $13.48 714 189.5
10 Diodes (DIOD) $22.72 1370 185.7
81 Oil-Dri (ODC) $20.00 781 183.3
87 Strayer Education (STRA) $242.17 1691 183.2
53 First Cash Financial Services (FCFS) $22.12 1822 179.8
62 Cantel Medical (CMN) $19.63 701 178.5
45 Friedman Industries (FRD) $6.13 144 177.9
34 Par Technology (PTC) $6.74 1411 174.9
74 Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI) $21.17 1050 173.9
79 Tyler Technologies (TYL) $18.81 1400 172.3
18 Coast Distribution (CRV) $4.38 405 171.8
66 QEP (QEPC) $13.05 500 166.4
98 II-VI (IIVI) $33.05 1502 163.5
92 Raven Industries (RAVN) $28.46 850 157.7
99 Merit Medical Systems (MMSI) $15.41 1307 151.4
40 American Vanguard (AVD) $8.02 229 150.9
86 Lojack (LOJN) $4.23 800 145.7
85 Peet's Coffee & Tea (PEET) $37.73 389 145.7
23 Applied Signal (APSG) $19.33 498 142.8
59 Monarch Casino (MCRI) $9.28 1800 139.9
64 Bio-Reference Labs (BRLI) $45.73 1167 136.2
90 Ansys (ANSS) $43.97 550 134.5
38 Amrep (AXR) $13.96 1440 132.8
46 Rocky Shoes & Boots (RCKY) $9.60 1091 132.3
44 J. Alexander's (JAX) $4.50 2650 122.9
51 Immucor (BLUD) $20.90 531 122.8
31 Websense (WBSN) $24.11 479 111.9
89 Core Molding Technologies (CMT) $5.81 1094 110.7
5 eResearch Technology (ERES) $6.61 353 109.4
65 Sigmatron (SGMA) $6.00 1250 107.5
4 J2 Global Communications (JCOM) $23.75 202 106.3
11 Reliv (RELV) $2.85 238 97.0
42 SS&C Technologies (SSNC) $16.46 42 95.9
55 Sun Hydraulics (SNHY) $27.05 678 94.5
29 Parlux Fragrance (PARL) $2.32 120 94.1
61 Natural Alternatives (NAII) $8.00 243 88.9
52 Shuffle Master (SHFL) $8.39 258 84.8
35 Video Display (VIDE) $5.14 404 82.4
41 Quality Systems (QSII) $65.30 367 82.2
93 Exactech (EXAC) $19.43 190 81.8
80 Meridian Bioscience (VIVO) $19.29 385 80.3
84 Penn Virginia Resource (PVA) $27.77 32 75.6
6 Sonic Solutions (SNIC) $10.78 600 72.3
17 Stratasys (SSYS) $25.10 250 70.3
1 Taser (TASR) $5.43 249 67.7
60 Primeenergy (PNRG) $26.80 196 63.6
91 Allied Motion Technologies (AMOT) $4.13 550 62.7
77 Kensey Nash (KNSY) $22.12 300 62.4
20 CCA (CAW) $6.26 138 61.5
82 Hi-Tech Pharmacal (HITK) $23.13 200 60.3
25 Clinical Data (CLDA) $19.09 218 59.4
68 Innovative Solutions (ISSC) $5.93 129 56.6
67 Carrizo Oil & Gas (CRZO) $23.18 38 51.4
95 Nobility Homes (NOBH) $10.44 250 50.0
94 Span-America Medical (SPAN) $18.95 312 49.2
3 Ngas Resources (NGAS) $1.61 62 48.0
88 Acme United (ACU) $11.28 110 43.4
21 Merge Technologies (MRGE) $2.46 200 37.0
71 Birner Dental (BDMS) $16.87 475 31.9
97 Educational Development (EDUC) $6.20 72 30.6
16 Technology Research (TRCI) $5.30 110 30.6
12 TOR Minerals (TORM) $4.69 203 30.5
47 CPI Aerostructures (CVU) $8.31 67 30.3
78 National Research (NRCI) $25.39 205 29.7
19 Panhandle Royalty (PHX) $23.39 16 28.1
26 Royal Gold (RGLD) $49.68 15 24.1
100 Rocky Mt. Chocolate (RMCF) $9.29 185 23.6
83 Ebix (EBIX) $16.85 239 20.0
76 Optelecom (OPTC) $2.40 70 19.4
70 Escalon Medical (ESMC) $1.43 64 19.2
72 Orbit International (ORBT) $3.78 104 18.0
96 Lifeway Foods (LWAY) $10.97 75 16.3
57 Ikonics (IKNX) $6.94 69 13.7
24 Image Sensing Systems (ISNS) $12.77 38 10.8
39 CREDO Petroleum (CRED) $9.70 11 10.3
54 Nevada Gold & Casinos (UWN) $0.80 35 6.6
Source: Thomson/First Call
FSB magazine, July/August 2005


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