Globe 100

Ranked by composite performance.

2005	2004	Company	Score	Return on average equity(%)	1-year change in revenue (%)	1-year change in profit margin (%)	2004 revenue (millions)
1	7	Boston Scientific Corp.	12.8	30.8	61.8	39.1	$5,624.0
2	45	Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates	22.0	15.2	46.5	351.2	$557.8
3	13	Gillette Co.	26.3	66.8	13.2	8.6	$10,477.0
4	5	Avid Technology	26.3	22.0	24.9	40.4	$589.6
5	19	Investors Financial Services Corp.	26.5	22.7	25.1	22.8	$613.2
6	--	Palomar Medical Technologies	26.8	48.8	50.9	109.1	$52.5
7	--	Anika Therapeutics	26.8	46.3	71.8	687.5	$26.5
8	--	ADE Corp.	27.3	22.5	37.5	166.6	$113.3
9	90	Clinical Data	28.3	21.3	44.3	1,616.8	$59.4
10	6	Analog Devices	28.8	15.7	19.4	32.4	$2,609.0
11	20	Staples	29.8	18.2	11.4	29.7	$14,448.4
12	31	Eaton Vance Corp.	30.0	33.2	23.7	6.7	$686.6
13	23	Waters Corp.	30.8	35.3	15.3	13.7	$1,104.5
14	--	First Marblehead Corp.	32.0	40.0	109.3	1.4	$290.5
15	--	EMC Corp.	33.0	7.8	32.0	33.1	$8,229.5
16	2	Perini Corp.	35.0	23.6	34.1	-38.7	$1,842.3
17	1	Commerce Group	35.0	21.1	10.1	21.0	$1,806.6
18	--	Applix	36.8	66.3	13.0	2,447.5	$30.9
19	10	TJX Cos.	37.0	41.4	11.9	-9.8	$14,913.5
20	26	Kronos	37.3	18.5	15.2	22.6	$469.3
21	--	Digitas	37.5	11.5	22.5	49.7	$382.0
22	17	Bright Horizons Family Solutions	38.3	16.5	16.7	17.0	$551.8
23	78	Psychemedics Corp.	38.5	48.7	18.4	91.7	$18.9
24	70	Mercury Computer Systems	39.0	16.0	25.6	15.8	$218.8
25	--	Cognex Corp.	40.0	8.9	34.6	75.9	$202.0
26	59	Hologic	40.3	9.7	19.6	162.4	$245.0
27	15	Reebok International Ltd.	40.8	17.1	8.6	12.7	$3,785.3
28	34	Watts Water Technologies	41.5	10.5	17.5	13.9	$824.6
29	57	Cabot Corp.	42.0	10.6	8.3	65.9	$1,983.0
30	--	RSA Security	42.0	8.9	18.3	99.3	$307.5
31	22	LoJack Corp.	42.8	22.3	15.8	17.9	$145.7
32	32	Charles River Associates	43.0	13.3	32.6	7.9	$216.7
33	--	Benthos	43.5	19.8	27.6	29.0	$21.0
34	21	Safety Insurance Group	43.8	15.7	7.5	46.9	$636.4
35	58	Affiliated Managers Group	44.3	11.7	33.3	-4.4	$660.0
36	--	Moldflow Corp.	44.5	7.2	48.6	393.2	$58.8
37	8	Cytyc Corp.	45.3	17.5	29.9	-25.7	$393.6
38	74	Thermo Electron Corp.	45.8	8.7	16.1	7.3	$2,206.0
39	55	UniFirst Corp.	45.8	10.3	15.6	7.4	$726.9
40	18	Yankee Candle Co.	45.8	44.7	9.0	1.5	$554.2
41	64	HRPT Properties Trust	46.0	7.0	18.1	44.5	$619.3
42	63	Boston Private Financial Holdings	46.0	12.1	47.3	4.6	$192.2
43	79	Haemonetics Corp.	46.8	13.1	9.8	47.3	$381.3
44	33	BJ's Wholesale Club	47.0	13.0	10.2	1.0	$7,375.3
45	9	Millipore Corp.	47.0	19.1	10.5	-5.2	$883.3
46	92	Steinway Musical Instruments	47.0	10.6	11.2	47.1	$375.0
47	--	PerkinElmer	48.0	7.0	10.1	54.0	$1,687.2
48	28	Progress Software Corp.	50.3	13.1	17.3	1.0	$362.7
49	36	State Street Corp.	50.5	13.4	4.6	5.7	$4,951.0
50	14	Charles River Laboratories International	50.5	9.3	25.0	-10.3	$766.9
51	87	Investors Capital Holdings Ltd.	50.5	7.5	25.7	90.7	$54.6
52	--	Allmerica Financial Corp.	51.5	8.0	-4.7	120.3	$3,111.0
53	27	Iron Mountain	51.5	8.2	21.1	-8.1	$1,817.6
54	56	Saucony	52.3	14.1	22.2	0.5	$166.7
55	25	Dynamics Research Corp.	53.0	17.0	12.6	-3.8	$275.7
56	75	Tech/Ops Sevcon	53.3	5.2	26.3	175.6	$30.2
57	29	NStar	54.3	13.5	1.5	2.3	$2,954.3
58	38	Lifeline Systems	55.0	14.1	12.4	8.4	$130.5
59	11	Candela Corp.	55.0	16.5	25.0	-15.4	$112.4
60	51	Boston Beer Co.	55.8	17.7	4.5	13.4	$217.2
61	72	TC Pipelines	56.0	19.1	15.5	-0.6	$57.5
62	44	Talbots	56.3	16.0	6.5	-12.9	$1,697.8
63	76	Chase Corp.	56.5	15.5	10.5	15.4	$87.2
64	--	Lionbridge Technologies	56.8	8.7	8.7	159.3	$154.1
65	61	Arrhythmia Research Technology	58.0	16.7	44.7	-11.3	$11.1
66	43	American Dental Partners	58.3	10.6	9.1	26.4	$178.6
67	53	Keane	58.8	7.0	13.2	-2.4	$911.5
68	89	J. Jill Group	58.8	5.5	15.4	7.4	$434.9
69	35	Interactive Data Corp.	59.5	9.9	9.5	1.6	$484.6
70	83	Mac-Gray Corp.	60.0	7.3	22.1	5.1	$182.7
71	48	Courier Corp.	61.5	16.1	7.8	-0.9	$215.6
72	--	MRO Software	62.3	7.4	5.8	78.4	$188.1
73	67	Independent Bank Corp.	62.5	16.1	2.5	13.6	$123.2
74	68	Raytheon Co.	62.8	4.5	11.8	-26.6	$20,245.0
75	12	Hospitality Properties Trust	63.3	7.6	16.7	-55.0	$645.4
76	30	PolyMedica Corp.	63.3	13.0	9.4	-16.1	$445.8
77	46	Boston Properties	64.8	9.6	7.5	-16.9	$1,403.8
78	40	Forrester Research	65.5	2.0	9.9	71.6	$138.5
79	--	SeaChange International	66.0	6.4	6.2	68.3	$157.3
80	--	Ascential Sotware Corp.	66.5	2.0	46.5	-35.4	$271.9
81	65	Stride Rite Corp.	67.0	10.0	1.5	-0.8	$558.3
82	69	Berkshire Hills Bancorp	67.8	9.4	9.4	19.3	$46.6
83	100	Westfield Financial	68.0	5.2	10.6	56.6	$26.7
84	86	Senior Housing Properties Trust	68.5	6.9	12.3	5.1	$147.3
85	--	Smith & Wesson Holding Corp.	69.3	30.8	7.1	-64.2	$122.5
86	--	Boston Acoustics	70.0	8.8	-0.3	68.6	$54.3
87	--	Heritage Property Investment Trust	70.5	4.3	9.7	1.7	$327.0
88	16	Boston Communications Group	70.8	12.9	8.2	-1.4	$107.9
89	24	Capital Crossing Bank	72.5	19.9	-7.9	-3.9	$76.8
90	39	Parexel International Corp.	73.8	6.1	5.5	-12.4	$674.0
91	84	Hingham Institution for Savings	75.3	13.7	2.1	6.5	$18.5
92	80	LSB Corp.	76.3	8.3	12.4	0.6	$17.9
93	98	Slade's Ferry Bancorp	76.8	8.1	5.4	29.0	$18.3
94	62	Datawatch Corp.	78.3	10.2	13.6	-53.7	$20.0
95	81	Providence and Worcester Railroad Co.	80.8	1.5	4.1	49.5	$24.9
96	--	Brookline Bancorp	81.3	3.0	3.7	18.3	$53.6
97	--	Central Bancorp	81.8	4.6	23.1	-32.5	$16.9
98	60	Circor International	82.0	4.2	6.2	-37.8	$381.8
99	41	Zoll Medical Corp.	83.5	3.4	10.0	-60.8	$211.6
100	--	New England Realty Associates	85.5	13.1	0.6	-42.7	$31.1

SOURCE: Standard&Poor's Compustat