Return on equity

Ranked by return on average equity.

Rank	Company	Return (%)
1	Yankee Candle Co.	63.0
2	Psychemedics Corp.	53.5
3	First Marblehead Corp.	48.9
4	American Science and Engineering	44.5
5	Palomar Medical Technologies	43.1
6	Waters Corp.	42.0
7	Applix	40.4
8	Smith & Wesson Holding Corp.	39.3
9	TJX Cos.	37.9
10	Eaton Vance Corp.	33.8
11	Safety Insurance Group	27.5
12	ADE Corp.	27.1
13	LoJack Corp.	22.0
14	Investors Financial Services Corp.	21.5
15	BTU International	21.4
16	Cytyc Corp.	20.3
17	Commerce Group	20.1
18	Bitstream	20.1
19	Capital Crossing Bank	19.6
20	Staples	19.5
21	Boston Beer Co.	18.9
22	PolyMedica Corp.	18.9
23	Beacon Roofing Supply	18.6
24	Bright Horizons Family Solutions	18.2
25	Anika Therapeutics	17.3
26	Dynamics Research Corp.	16.9
27	TC Pipelines	16.8
28	Lifeline Systems	16.6
29	Haemonetics Corp.	16.4
30	Affiliated Managers Group	15.6
31	Kronos	15.4
32	Talbots	15.3
33	Independent Bank Corp.	15.1
34	Boston Scientific Corp.	15.1
35	State Street Corp.	15.1
36	Courier Corp.	15.0
37	Aspect Medical Systems	15.0
38	CRA International	14.8
39	Datawatch Corp.	14.8
40	Mac-Gray Corp.	14.7
41	Hologic	14.4
42	Arrhythmia Research Technology	14.0
43	Progress Software Corp.	13.4
44	Sapient Corp.	13.2
45	NStar	13.2
46	BJ's Wholesale Club	13.2
47	Casual Male Retail Group	13.0
48	Art Technology Group	12.5
49	Candela Corp.	11.9
50	Mercury Computer Systems	11.6

SOURCE: Standard & Poor's Compustat