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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
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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

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The bulls

Ranked by one-year percent change in stock price.
RankCompanyPrice on March 31, 2005Price on March 31, 2004Change (%)
1 Sonesta International Hotels Corp. $29.98 $5.20 476.5
2 Evergreen Solar $7.07 $2.43 190.9
3 American Science and Engineering $44.71 $16.50 171.0
4 UFP Technologies $4.97 $2.00 148.5
5 Clean Harbors $18.34 $7.41 147.5
6 NitroMed $17.31 $7.85 120.5
7 Five Star Quality Care $8.44 $3.89 117.0
8 Benthos $17.15 $8.09 112.0
9 First Marblehead Corp. $57.53 $29.45 95.3
10 LoJack Corp. $13.77 $7.59 81.4
11 NMT Medical $8.20 $4.86 68.7
12 New England Realty Associates $93.00 $57.25 68.1
13 Safety Insurance Group $30.96 $18.96 66.3
14 American Tower Corp. $18.23 $11.35 60.6
15 Lifeline Systems $30.32 $19.00 59.6
16 Moldflow Corp. $15.99 $10.05 59.1
17 Hologic $31.88 $20.25 57.4
18 Kronos $51.11 $32.53 57.1
19 Anika Therapeutics $12.80 $8.29 54.4
20 Charles River Associates $49.35 $32.77 50.6
21 Palomar Medical Technologies $26.97 $18.04 49.5
22 MicroFinancial $4.65 $3.15 49.1
23 UniFirst Corp. $39.90 $27.58 45.4
24 Transkaryotic Therapies $24.97 $17.20 45.1
25 CSP $8.67 $6.00 44.5
NOTE: Company stock must have been traded on Dec. 31, 2004, with a price of $1 a share or higher, and company must have a market value of $1 million or higher.
SOURCE: Standard&Poor's Compustat
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