Growth 50

Ranked by composite score, based on average annual revenue and profit growth for the past two years.

2005	2004	Company	2-year average annual revenue growth (%)	2-year average annual income growth (%)	Score
1	46	Clinical Data	101.3	436.6	2.0
2	--	Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates	33.4	252.0	5.0
3	--	Candela Corp.	28.3	133.0	10.0
4	--	Boston Scientific Corp.	38.8	68.7	10.0
5	--	Avid Technology	18.7	389.0	11.0
6	8	Commerce Group	19.9	145.7	11.5
7	--	Tech/Ops Sevcon	16.9	577.0	12.0
8	--	Forrester Research	19.5	164.9	12.0
9	1	Boston Communications Group	23.4	126.5	12.5
10	--	Harvard Bioscience	27.0	77.8	13.0
11	18	Analog Devices	21.0	99.8	14.0
12	14	Charles River Associates	28.8	39.2	15.0
13	19	Arrhythmia Research Technology	24.3	41.2	16.0
14	--	Investors Capital Holdings Ltd.	27.0	38.0	17.0
15	47	Perini Corp.	30.3	28.9	17.0
16	--	Hologic	13.1	322.8	19.0
17	--	Smith & Wesson Holding Corp.	13.1	217.5	20.5
18	2	Cytyc Corp.	29.0	24.0	20.5
19	6	Charles River Laboratories International	17.6	33.8	22.5
20	16	LoJack Corp.	11.9	138.5	24.0
21	10	Bright Horizons Family Solutions	16.4	33.6	25.0
22	41	HRPT Properties Trust	19.2	21.5	28.0
23	9	Kronos	14.8	29.1	29.5
24	27	Progress Software Corp.	15.2	24.9	30.0
25	--	Saucony	11.7	41.0	31.0
26	24	Watts Water Technologies	15.7	22.2	32.0
27	--	Iron Mountain	17.4	18.5	32.5
28	--	Providence and Worcester Railroad Co.	4.4	638.1	33.0
29	--	Mercury Computer Systems	15.2	22.3	33.0
30	44	Boston Private Financial Holdings	16.3	19.0	33.5
31	--	Safety Insurance Group	9.7	120.6	34.5
32	42	Affiliated Managers Group	17.0	17.4	34.5
33	13	Staples	11.6	26.0	35.5
34	34	Dynamics Research Corp.	19.6	12.9	35.5
35	15	American Dental Partners	10.3	34.5	36.5
36	22	Psychemedics Corp.	8.6	48.3	37.5
37	20	Lifeline Systems	11.5	24.0	39.0
38	5	Hospitality Properties Trust	36.0	-6.6	39.0
39	--	Eaton Vance Corp.	15.8	13.5	39.5
40	35	Investors Financial Services Corp.	6.4	43.5	40.5
41	3	Interactive Data Corp.	13.7	15.0	41.5
42	37	Waters Corp.	11.4	21.3	43.0
43	38	Keane	2.2	98.6	44.0
44	21	Millipore Corp.	12.0	14.3	44.0
45	28	Reebok International Ltd.	10.0	21.0	46.5
46	33	Gillette Co.	11.3	18.3	46.5
47	--	Cabot Corp.	11.7	13.1	47.0
48	48	UniFirst Corp.	11.4	15.8	47.5
49	12	Yankee Candle Co.	11.6	13.7	47.5
50	43	Mac-Gray Corp.	10.2	18.1	48.0

NOTE: To be considered for the Growth 50, a company must have been publicly traded for two full years and must have reported profits in all periods.

SOURCE: Standard&Poor's Compustat