The 2007 Globe 100 | The Best of Massachusetts Business

Growth 50

To be considered for the Growth 50, a company must have been publicly traded for two full years and must have reported profits in all periods. Ranked by composite score, based on average annual revenue and profit growth for the past two years (ties broken by profit growth).

2007 rank	2006 rank	Company	Composite score	2-year average annual revenue growth (%)	2-year average annual income growth (%)
1	2	Palomar Medical Technologies	4.0	55.3	123.2
2	3	First Marblehead Corp.	6.5	65.4	78.2
3	--	American Science and Engineering	7.0	31.3	152.9
4	--	Aspect Medical Systems	7.5	28.2	1006.4
5	--	Kadant	9.0	32.4	78.3
6	6	Hologic	10.0	48.2	55.2
7	10	Affiliated Managers Group	13.0	33.2	40.0
8	--	Atlantic Tele-Network	14.0	32.7	39.3
9	--	Smith & Wesson Holding Corp.	15.0	29.7	50.9
10	11	Applix	15.5	29.9	40.0
11	--	Akamai Technologies	15.5	42.9	29.2
12	--	Circor International	17.0	24.5	57.6
13	--	PHC	20.5	15.9	110.5
14	20	Cytyc Corp.	21.0	24.3	37.7
15	--	PolyMedica Corp.	21.5	28.1	27.9
16	--	UFP Technologies	22.0	16.9	69.9
17	--	Casual Male Retail Group	22.5	13.2	561.9
18	20	Forrester Research	24.0	14.5	87.1
19	9	CRA International	26.0	22.6	26.1
20	14	Boston Private Financial Holdings	26.5	21.6	27.1
21	31	Watts Water Technologies	27.5	22.2	25.8
22	--	Cybex International	28.0	10.8	160.8
23	14	LoJack Corp.	28.0	21.0	26.0
24	27	Arrhythmia Research Technology	28.0	31.9	15.7
25	--	Hospitality Properties Trust	29.0	26.9	17.2
26	--	Biogen Idec	29.5	10.1	191.9
27	--	NetScout Systems	29.5	10.9	88.4
28	--	Color Kinetics	30.5	27.7	16.6
29	--	Perini Corp.	33.0	28.5	9.0
30	22	HRPT Properties Trust	33.5	14.0	30.4
31	12	Charles River Laboratories International	34.0	17.5	18.1
32	13	EMC Corp.	35.0	16.4	18.7
33	--	Boston Beer Co.	36.5	14.6	20.6
34	--	Zoll Medical Corp.	37.0	10.4	47.1
35	18	Psychemedics Corp.	37.5	11.2	33.2
36	--	MKS Instruments	37.5	18.8	16.2
37	4	Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates	38.5	19.4	13.9
38	23	Bright Horizons Family Solutions	40.0	12.5	23.6
39	--	Chase Corp.	40.5	14.8	16.3
40	--	Boston Properties	41.0	4.0	85.7
41	33	Iron Mountain	42.5	13.7	17.0
42	46	Candela Corp.	42.5	17.2	8.7
43	--	Stride Rite Corp.	43.0	12.0	18.7
44	16	Tech/Ops Sevcon	44.0	7.7	37.6
45	32	Staples	44.0	12.1	17.2
46	--	Courier Corp.	44.0	13.1	16.9
47	37	Safety Insurance Group	45.0	3.4	57.7
48	--	CMGI	45.5	23.2	0.8
49	33	Raytheon Co.	46.5	0.1	58.8
50	40	National Dentex Corp.	46.5	15.9	5.7