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The Sixteenth Annual 2005 Globe 100 | The Best of Massachusetts Business Index of coverage Globe 100 chart
1. Boston Scientific
2. Varian Semi Assoc.
3. Gillette Co.
4. Avid Tech
5. Investors Fncl
No. 6-10
Complete 2005 Globe 100 chart

Life sciences firms are kings of the hill
Aspen Technology endures profit plunge
NStar still delivers
State seeks a few good giants

Manufacturing
Retail
Real Estate
Medical Devices
Consumer Products
Employment
IPOs
Financial Services
Technology
Telecommunications
Services Cos.
The Bulls
The Bears

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Sales 100
Growth 50
Biggest profits
Biggest losses
The bulls
The bears
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Globe 100 Charts

Globe 100
Publicly held companies ranked by composite performance score.

Performance
All-time best performers in Globe 100
Ranked by total points accumulated over 16 years.

Growth 50
Ranked by composite score, based on average annual revenue and income growth for the past two years.

Sales 100
Ranked by net revenue.

Biggest losses
Ranked by absolute loss from continuing operations.

Biggest profits
Ranked by absolute profit from continuing operations.

Born again
Ranked by absolute dollar change from loss to profit in one year.

Debt-free companies
Largest companies with no long-term debt, listed by equity.

Nose dives
Ranked by absolute dollar change from profit to loss in one year.

Profit growth
Globe 100 companies ranked by absolute increase in profits as percentage of revenue.

Return on equity
Globe 100 companies ranked by 2003 percent return on average equity.

Revenue
Globe 100 companies ranked by 2003 total revenue.

Top 10 profit margins
Ranked by 2003 profit from continuing operations as a percentage of sales.

Top revenue growth
Globe 100 companies ranked by percent change in revenue, 2002 to 2003.

Markets
The bears
Ranked by percent loss in stock price over a one-year period.

The bulls
Ranked by percent gain in stock price over a one-year period.

Biggest dividend yields
Ranked by dividends as a percentage of stock price.

Wall Street darlings
Ranked by market value to revenue ratio.

Wall Street wallflowers
Ranked by market value to sales ratio.

Most highly leveraged companies
Ranked by highest long-term debt to shareholders' equity.

Workforce
Top employers
Public companies by total worldwide work force.

Sectors
Biotechnology companies
Ranked by revenue.

Consumer products companies
Ranked by revenue.

Financial services companies
Ranked by revenue.

Manufacturing/industrial companies
Ranked by revenue.

Medical device companies
Ranked by revenue.

Real estate companies
Ranked by revenue.

Retail companies
Ranked by revenue.

Service companies
Ranked by revenue.

Technology companies
Ranked by revenue.

Telecommunications companies
Ranked by revenue.

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