2007 Globe 100

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2007 rank	2006 rank	Company	Headquarters	Industry	Composite score	Return on average equity (percent)	1-year change in revenue (percent)	1-year change in profit margin (percent)	2006 revenue (millions)
1	--	Perini Corp.	Framingham	Services	10.00	19.4	75.5	670.5	$3,042.8
2	5	First Marblehead Corp.	Boston	Finance	23.00	57.5	57.3	14.0	$794.7
3	15	Palomar Medical Technologies	Burlington	Medical devices	24.50	62.7	66.2	82.7	$126.5
4	--	Global Partners	Waltham	Services	26.75	37.3	10.5	67.2	$4,472.4
5	--	Clean Harbors	Norwell	Services	28.00	32.1	16.7	56.9	$829.8
6	28	Smith & Wesson Holding Corp.	Springfield	Industrial	29.50	37.8	42.9	32.3	$206.1
7	--	MKS Instruments	Wilmington	Technology	29.50	11.3	53.7	77.4	$782.8
8	--	Hittite Microwave Corp.	Chelmsford	Technology	31.75	35.7	61.5	25.4	$130.3
9	9	Staples	Framingham	Consumer	32.50	20.5	12.9	9.9	$18,160.8
10	12	Casual Male Retail Group	Canton	Consumer	32.75	27.8	10.9	257.1	$467.5
11	14	Aspect Medical Systems	Newton	Medical devices	33.25	42.0	18.6	268.9	$91.3
12	--	VistaPrint Ltd.	Hamilton	Technology	33.25	20.4	71.5	18.1	$200.9
13	70	Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates	Gloucester	Technology	33.75	14.8	29.8	27.1	$795.4
14	31	Boston Properties	Boston	Real estate	34.75	28.5	4.1	113.5	$1,502.1
15	4	Affiliated Managers Group	Beverly	Finance	35.25	23.0	27.7	-0.5	$1,170.4
16	--	Cybex International	Medway	Consumer	35.50	64.5	10.7	29,595.6	$126.9
17	16	TJX Cos.	Framingham	Consumer	37.25	37.1	9.1	3.2	$17,404.6
18	45	Watts Water Technologies	North Andover	Industrial	37.75	11.5	33.2	5.2	$1,230.8
19	--	Beacon Roofing Supply	Peabody	Industrial	38.75	16.5	55.4	-21.5	$1,541.0
20	--	Bitstream	Cambridge	Technology	39.00	39.6	29.4	141.8	$20.2
21	--	Phase Forward	Waltham	Technology	39.00	16.0	22.4	201.9	$106.6
22	21	State Street Corp.	Boston	Finance	40.00	16.1	15.4	0.5	$6,296.0
23	--	Neurometrix	Waltham	Biotechnology	40.00	10.9	61.1	964.0	$55.3
24	50	Waters Corp.	Milford	Biotechnology	40.25	68.8	10.5	-0.5	$1,280.2
25	7	Cytyc Corp.	Marlborough	Medical devices	40.50	20.1	19.7	2.7	$608.3
26	77	Analog Devices	Norwood	Technology	41.00	16.7	7.4	26.7	$2,608.5
27	--	Atlantic Tele-Network	Salem	Telcom	41.00	15.9	51.9	12.3	$155.4
28	--	BTU International	Billerica	Technology	41.25	23.8	17.9	69.4	$78.3
29	--	Winthrop Realty Trust	Boston	Real estate	41.75	18.6	65.9	22.8	$54.5
30	71	Stride Rite Corp.	Lexington	Consumer	41.75	12.7	15.6	30.0	$718.0
31	91	Chase Corp.	Bridgewater	Industrial	42.25	17.5	22.4	43.0	$114.8
32	62	CMGI	Waltham	Technology	45.00	14.2	0.4	200.5	$1,135.0
33	52	Kadant	Acton	Industrial	45.25	8.2	40.2	32.2	$341.6
34	56	Millipore Corp.	Billerica	Biotechnology	45.75	11.1	26.7	-4.5	$1,255.4
35	63	Courier Corp.	Chelmsford	Services	46.00	16.2	18.1	9.7	$275.7
36	6	PolyMedica Corp.	Wakefield	Medical devices	46.50	20.7	41.4	-43.1	$637.8
37	11	Bright Horizons Family Solutions	Watertown	Services	46.75	18.9	11.6	1.9	$697.9
38	22	Raytheon Co.	Waltham	Technology	46.75	10.2	6.6	27.0	$20,291.0
39	95	UFP Technologies	Georgetown	Industrial	47.25	15.1	11.7	241.8	$93.7
40	55	Hospitality Properties Trust	Newton	Real estate	47.25	7.8	24.6	6.0	$1,039.4
41	--	BrukerBioSciences Corp.	Billerica	Biotechnology	47.50	8.8	17.1	61.9	$435.8
42	39	Boston Beer Co.	Boston	Consumer	48.00	18.7	19.8	-2.4	$285.4
43	97	Hanover Insurance Group	Worcester	Finance	48.00	9.7	0.8	148.7	$2,644.1
44	19	Eaton Vance Corp.	Boston	Finance	48.50	25.1	15.5	-27.1	$898.8
45	36	Circor International	Burlington	Industrial	48.50	8.8	31.3	9.6	$591.7
46	18	EMC Corp.	Hopkinton	Technology	48.75	11.0	15.4	-6.2	$11,155.1
47	--	GSI Group	Billerica	Technology	48.75	6.7	20.3	87.2	$313.6
48	17	Safety Insurance Group	Boston	Finance	49.25	25.3	1.4	16.0	$680.7
49	64	HRPT Properties Trust	Newton	Real estate	49.25	9.1	10.6	60.1	$801.7
50	27	Applix	Westborough	Technology	49.75	32.0	41.1	-2.3	$52.2
51	23	Investors Financial Services Corp.	Boston	Finance	49.75	18.0	15.5	-16.7	$803.6
52	--	Zoll Medical Corp.	Chelmsford	Medical devices	50.50	6.3	19.4	182.8	$258.0
53	--	PHC	Peabody	Services	50.75	29.3	13.2	26.1	$40.4
54	40	NStar	Boston	Services	51.75	13.3	10.3	-4.4	$3,577.7
55	--	Art Technology Group	Cambridge	Technology	52.00	12.5	13.9	47.6	$103.2
56	30	Iron Mountain	Boston	Technology	52.75	8.8	13.1	0.1	$2,350.3
57	83	PerkinElmer	Wellesley	Medical devices	52.75	7.3	4.9	69.5	$1,546.4
58	29	Commerce Group	Webster	Finance	54.25	17.2	3.5	-4.3	$1,949.5
59	68	Candela Corp.	Wayland	Medical devices	54.25	14.0	11.1	23.1	$154.5
60	13	Hologic	Bedford	Medical devices	55.00	8.8	73.8	-26.0	$537.9
61	24	CRA International	Boston	Services	55.25	12.3	17.8	-3.0	$360.7
62	41	Boston Private Financial Holdings	Boston	Banking	56.50	9.3	31.3	-4.9	$338.7
63	44	Biogen Idec	Cambridge	Biotechnology	57.50	3.0	10.8	20.1	$2,683.0
64	74	UniFirst Corp.	Wilmington	Industrial	58.50	9.4	9.9	2.0	$864.2
65	37	Psychemedics Corp.	Acton	Medical devices	58.75	48.1	9.5	10.5	$23.4
66	--	Edgewater Technology	Wakefield	Services	58.75	3.9	39.3	80.3	$60.1
67	--	Dover Saddlery	Littleton	Consumer	60.25	7.7	16.6	44.5	$73.0
68	80	Arrhythmia Research Technology	Fitchburg	Medical devices	60.75	16.4	49.8	-8.5	$19.3
69	54	Thermo Fisher Scientific	Waltham	Medical devices	61.00	2.0	44.0	-41.8	$3,791.6
70	49	Interactive Data Corp.	Bedford	Finance	61.25	10.6	12.8	-11.8	$612.4
71	--	Lightbridge	Burlington	Telcom	62.50	14.0	-11.7	214.0	$95.6
72	47	Kronos	Chelmsford	Technology	62.50	11.1	13.4	-27.1	$599.0
73	61	Forrester Research	Cambridge	Services	63.00	6.4	19.9	3.5	$181.5
74	--	iRobot Corp.	Burlington	Technology	63.00	3.9	33.1	2.6	$189.0
75	10	LoJack Corp.	Westwood	Industrial	63.25	15.4	11.8	-19.9	$213.3
76	51	Talbots	Hingham	Consumer	65.00	5.0	23.4	-72.5	$2,231.0
77	1	Akamai Technologies	Cambridge	Telcom	65.50	7.3	51.4	-88.4	$428.7
78	60	American Dental Partners	Wakefield	Services	65.75	10.2	10.7	-2.2	$217.9
79	35	BJ's Wholesale Club	Natick	Consumer	66.50	9.1	7.2	-35.9	$8,480.3
80	89	TC Pipelines	Westborough	Industrial	67.00	14.8	19.2	-25.3	$63.4
81	--	Franklin Street Properties	Wakefield	Real estate	67.00	5.6	45.6	-5.3	$118.2
82	72	Keane	Boston	Services	67.50	7.4	-0.8	4.1	$948.3
83	88	Cognex Corp.	Natick	Industrial	68.75	8.1	9.9	1.5	$238.4
84	85	Tech/Ops Sevcon	Southborough	Industrial	70.25	10.0	9.6	21.7	$35.0
85	66	NetScout Systems	Westford	Technology	71.75	5.7	6.6	50.6	$101.0
86	--	Enterprise Bancorp	Lowell	Banking	72.00	12.7	8.6	1.1	$47.1
87	73	Independent Bank Corp.	Rockland	Banking	72.25	14.3	-1.5	0.5	$127.0
88	32	Haemonetics Corp.	Braintree	Medical devices	72.25	10.7	8.3	-30.0	$443.1
89	86	Harvard Bioscience	Holliston	Biotechnology	72.50	9.4	13.0	-6.1	$76.2
90	20	Charles River Laboratories International	Wilmington	Biotechnology	72.50	7.3	6.5	-19.4	$1,058.4
91	--	Benjamin Franklin Bancorp	Franklin	Banking	72.50	4.4	7.7	921.0	$26.7
92	94	Senior Housing Properties Trust	Newton	Real estate	73.25	6.8	6.7	6.9	$174.1
93	42	Progress Software Corp.	Bedford	Technology	73.50	7.7	11.4	-33.7	$458.4
94	--	Valpey Fisher Corp.	Hopkinton	Industrial	76.00	7.4	3.1	170.9	$11.8
95	2	American Science and Engineering	Billerica	Industrial	77.00	17.8	-1.2	-30.7	$148.0
96	--	Moldflow Corp.	Framingham	Technology	79.50	5.3	0.0	36.6	$66.4
97	53	National Dentex Corp.	Wayland	Services	81.50	7.3	10.5	-26.4	$150.1
98	--	Wainwright Bank & Trust Co.	Boston	Banking	82.25	10.0	2.6	-0.1	$32.4
99	92	Berkshire Hills Bancorp	Pittsfield	Banking	82.25	4.3	-1.2	34.1	$64.4
100	57	Color Kinetics	Boston	Technology	83.50	3.5	23.7	-39.5	$65.4