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The 2007 Globe 100 | The Best of Massachusetts Business

Return on equity

Ranked by return on average equity in 2006

	Company	Return (percent)
1	Waters Corp.	68.8
2	Cybex International	64.5
3	Palomar Medical Technologies	62.7
4	First Marblehead Corp.	57.5
5	Psychemedics Corp.	48.1
6	Aspect Medical Systems	42.0
7	Bitstream	39.6
8	Smith & Wesson Holding Corp.	37.8
9	Global Partners	37.3
10	TJX Cos.	37.1
11	Hittite Microwave Corp.	35.7
12	Applix	32.0
13	PHC	29.3
14	Casual Male Retail Group	27.8
15	Safety Insurance Group	25.3
16	Eaton Vance Corp.	25.1
17	BTU International	23.8
18	Affiliated Managers Group	23.0
19	LTX Corp.	21.8
20	PLC Systems	20.8
21	PolyMedica Corp.	20.7
22	Staples	20.5
23	Cytyc Corp.	20.1
24	CSP	19.6
25	Perini Corp.	19.4
26	Bright Horizons Family Solutions	18.9
27	Boston Beer Co.	18.7
28	Investors Financial Services	18.0
29	American Science and Engineering	17.8
30	Chase Corp.	17.5
31	Commerce Group	17.2
32	Analog Devices	16.7
33	Beacon Roofing Supply	16.5
34	NMT Medical	16.5
35	Arrhythmia Research Technology	16.4
36	Courier Corp.	16.2
37	State Street Corp.	16.1
38	Atlantic Tele-Network	15.9
39	Teradyne	15.6
40	LoJack Corp.	15.4
41	UFP Technologies	15.1
42	Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates	14.8
43	TC Pipelines	14.8
44	Independent Bank Corp.	14.3
45	CMGI	14.2
46	Candela Corp.	14.0
47	Avici Systems	14.0
48	Lightbridge	14.0
49	NStar	13.3
50	Enterprise Bancorp	12.7

SOURCE: Standard & Poor's Compustat

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