Return on equity

Ranked by return on average equity in 2007.

	Company	Return (percent)
1	Repligen Corp.	87.0
2	Soapstone Networks	71.7
3	Cubist Pharmaceuticals	69.1
4	Eaton Vance Corp.	63.1
5	Waters Corp.	56.5
6	Global Partners	35.7
7	Psychemedics Corp.	35.3
8	TJX Cos.	34.9
9	Five Star Quality Care	33.8
10	Perini Corp.	31.7
11	Bitstream	30.0
12	Hittite Microwave Corp.	27.5
13	First Marblehead Corp.	24.5
14	Clean Harbors	23.4
15	Datawatch Corp.	22.9
16	Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates	22.5
17	Chase Corp.	21.0
18	Atlantic Tele-Network	19.7
19	UFP Technologies	19.4
20	Cybex International	19.4
21	Phase Forward	19.2
22	Boston Beer Co.	18.6
23	Staples	18.5
24	LoJack Corp.	18.0
25	Smith & Wesson Holding Corp.	17.7
26	Sonesta International Hotels Corp.	16.8
27	Analog Devices	16.7
28	Safety Insurance Group	16.4
29	Bright Horizons Family Solutions	15.8
30	Palomar Medical Technologies	15.7
31	EMC Corp.	14.6
32	Parexel International Corp.	14.4
33	Raytheon Co.	14.3
34	Cynosure	14.0
35	Bruker Corp.	14.0
36	OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd.	13.6
37	State Street Corp.	13.6
38	Commerce Group	13.5
39	PHC	13.5
40	NStar	13.5
41	Interactive Data Corp.	13.4
42	Acme Packet	13.3
43	Tech/Ops Sevcon	13.3
44	Millipore Corp.	13.1
45	CRA International	13.0
46	Independent Bank Corp.	12.6
47	Haemonetics Corp.	12.5
48	CSP	12.3
49	American Science and Engineering	12.3
50	BJ's Wholesale Club	12.1

SOURCE: Standard & Poor's Compustat

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