Return on equity

Ranked by return on average equity.

Rank	Company	Return (%)
1	Gillette Co.	66.8
2	Applix	66.3
3	Palomar Medical Technologies	48.8
4	Psychemedics Corp.	48.7
5	Anika Therapeutics	46.3
6	Yankee Candle Co.	44.7
7	TJX Cos.	41.4
8	First Marblehead Corp.	40.0
9	Parametric Technology Corp.	36.7
10	Waters Corp.	35.3
11	Novell	35.0
12	Cybex International	34.9
13	Eaton Vance Corp.	33.2
14	Boston Scientific Corp.	30.8
15	Perini Corp.	23.6
16	Investors Financial Services Corp.	22.7
17	ADE Corp.	22.5
18	LoJack Corp.	22.3
19	Avid Technology	22.0
20	Clinical Data	21.3
21	Commerce Group	21.1
22	Helix Technology Corp.	20.9
23	CMGI	20.5
24	Mestek	20.4
25	Capital Crossing Bank	19.9
26	Benthos	19.8
27	Millipore Corp.	19.1
28	Axcelis Technologies	18.6
29	Kronos	18.5
30	Staples	18.2
31	Boston Beer Co.	17.7
32	Cytyc Corp.	17.5
33	Reebok International Ltd.	17.1
34	Dynamics Research Corp.	17.0
35	Arrhythmia Research Technology	16.7
36	Candela Corp.	16.5
37	Bright Horizons Family Solutions	16.5
38	Independent Bank Corp.	16.1
39	Courier Corp.	16.1
40	Mercury Computer Systems	16.0
41	Talbots	16.0
42	Teradyne	15.9
43	Safety Insurance Group	15.7
44	Analog Devices	15.7
45	Chase Corp.	15.5
46	Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates	15.2
47	GSI Lumonics	14.6
48	Lifeline Systems	14.1
49	Saucony	14.1
50	Hingham Institution for Savings	13.7
51	Sapient Corp.	13.5
52	NStar	13.5
53	State Street Corp.	13.4
54	Charles River Associates	13.3
55	Progress Software Corp.	13.1
56	Haemonetics Corp.	13.1
57	BJ's Wholesale Club	13.0
58	PolyMedica Corp.	13.0
59	Boston Communications Group	12.9
60	CSP	12.6
61	Boston Private Financial Holdings	12.1
62	Mykrolis Corp.	12.0
63	Affiliated Managers Group	11.7
64	Digitas	11.5
65	Steinway Musical Instruments	10.6
66	Cabot Corp.	10.6
67	American Dental Partners	10.6
68	Watts Water Technologies	10.5
69	MKS Instruments	10.5
70	NMS Communications Corp.	10.4
71	UniFirst Corp.	10.3
72	Datawatch Corp.	10.2
73	Stride Rite Corp.	10.0
74	Westbank Corp.	9.9
75	Interactive Data Corp.	9.9
76	Mayflower Co-operative Bank	9.9
77	Sonus Networks	9.8
78	Hologic	9.7
79	Berkshire Hills Bancorp	9.4
80	Charles River Laboratories International	9.3
81	RSA Security	8.9
82	Cognex Corp.	8.9
83	Boston Acoustics	8.8
84	Thermo Electron Corp.	8.7
85	Lionbridge Technologies	8.7
86	American Science and Engineering	8.6
87	Brooks Automation	8.6
88	Century Bancorp	8.5
89	LSB Corp.	8.3
90	Iron Mountain	8.2
91	Slade's Ferry Bancorp	8.1
92	Allmerica Financial Corp.	8.0
93	EMC Corp.	7.8
94	Investors Capital Holdings Ltd.	7.5
95	MRO Software	7.4
96	Mac-Gray Corp.	7.3
97	Moldflow Corp.	7.2
98	Keane	7.0
99	PerkinElmer	7.0
100	American Biltrite	6.7

SOURCE: Standard&Poor's Compustat