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The 18th Annual 2006 Globe 100 | The Best of Massachusetts Business Index of coverage Globe 100 chart
1. Akamai Inc.
2. American Science
3. Genzyme
4. Affiliated Managers
5. First Marblehead
No. 6-10
Complete 2006
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Biggest nosedive
Biggest turnaround
Top IPO
Best performing
National 25 leaders
Brains vs. costs
Hiring scene
CE0s Roundtable
CEOs on health care
CE0s on politics
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Retail
Real estate
Medical devices
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Financial services
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Globe 100
Publicly held companies ranked by composite performance score.

Performance
Globe National 25
Publicly held companies not based in Massachusetts with a major presence in the state, ranked by 2005 composite 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 50
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.

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

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

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.

IPOs in 2005
Ranked by percentage gain in share price from initial public stock offering to March 31, 2006.

Workforce
Top employers
Public companies based in Massachusetts ranked by total worldwide work force.

100 largest employers of Mass. workers
Employers of all kinds in Massachusetts, including public and private businesses and nonprofit organizations.

Sectors
Biotechnology companies
Ranked by revenue.

Consumer products companies
Ranked by revenue.

Financial services companies
Ranked by revenue.

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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