2009 Globe 100 -- The Best of Massachusetts Business

2009 Globe 100
Publicly held companies ranked by composite performance. How the numbers are calculated.
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2009 rank 2008 rank Company Headquarters Industry Composite score Return on average equity (percent) 1-year change in revenue (percent) 1-year change in profit margin (percent) 2008 revenue (millions)
1 - Cubist Pharmaceuticals Lexington Biotechnology 58 82.7 47.2 139.6 $433.6
2 19 State Street Corp. Boston Finance 62 16.1 24.3 14.1 $10,397.0
3 - Sapient Corp. Boston Services 71 22.2 21.5 238.0 $687.5
4 - Starent Networks Corp. Tewksbury Telecommunications 76 20.4 74.3 202.8 $254.1
5 32 VistaPrint Ltd. Lexington Technology 87 22.2 43.8 9.6 $469.3
6 61 Sepracor Marlborough Biotechnology 88 116.4 5.5 737.2 $1,292.3
7 6 Biogen IDEC Cambridge Biotechnology 93 13.8 29.2 -5.0 $4,097.5
8 87 Beacon Roofing Supply Peabody Industrial 98 15.2 11.1 122.5 $1,849.4
9 22 TJX Cos. Framingham Consumer 100 42.9 3.6 12.9 $18,999.5
10 14 Parexel International Corp. Waltham Services 102 15.8 23.2 1.0 $1,270.2
11 12 Waters Corp. Milford Biotechnology 108 51.7 6.9 12.5 $1,575.1
12 36 Clean Harbors Norwell Services 115 18.2 8.8 20.1 $1,030.7
13 25 Akamai Technologies Cambridge Telecommunications 115 9.9 24.3 15.7 $790.9
14 27 Staples Framingham Consumer 116 14.3 19.2 -32.1 $23,083.8
15 - Skyworks Solutions Woburn Telecommunications 118 12.8 13.7 54.9 $859.7
16 28 BJ's Wholesale Club Natick Consumer 124 13.8 11.2 0.6 $10,027.4
17 15 Raytheon Co. Waltham Technology 125 15.5 8.8 -9.1 $23,174.0
18 4 Global Partners Waltham Services 129 13.9 33.5 -66.4 $9,019.1
19 41 American Tower Corp. Boston Telecommunications 129 7.9 9.4 132.9 $1,593.5
20 57 UniFirst Corp. Wilmington Industrial 131 11.7 12.0 18.0 $1,038.5
21 9 IPG Photonics Corp. Oxford Telecommunications 138 16.7 21.4 1.0 $229.1
22 7 Thermo Fisher Scientific Waltham Medical devices 140 6.7 7.7 17.7 $10,498.0
23 30 Interactive Data Corp. Bedford Finance 145 14.8 8.8 4.0 $750.5
24 59 UFP Technologies Georgetown Industrial 146 18.4 17.6 4.6 $110.0
25 48 NStar Boston Services 147 13.6 2.6 4.6 $3,345.4
26 39 Pegasystems Cambridge Technology 147 6.3 30.7 27.4 $211.6
27 43 Zoll Medical Corp. Chelmsford Medical devices 148 9.1 17.4 12.7 $394.5
28 5 EMC Corp. Hopkinton Technology 149 10.5 12.4 -28.2 $14,876.2
29 66 Forrester Research Cambridge Services 153 10.1 13.6 35.8 $240.9
30 40 PerkinElmer Waltham Medical devices 154 8.0 13.8 -15.2 $1,937.5
31 53 Analog Devices Norwood Technology 155 18.1 -0.3 -8.2 $2,445.6
32 - Sonesta International Hotels Corp. Boston Consumer 155 64.4 5.3 189.7 $71.6
33 42 Haemonetics Corp. Braintree Medical devices 157 12.0 18.1 -13.6 $584.2
34 34 Hittite Microwave Corp. Chelmsford Technology 157 23.8 15.2 -8.8 $180.3
35 17 Millipore Corp. Billerica Biotechnology 158 12.1 4.6 2.1 $1,602.1
36 - Genzyme Corp. Cambridge Biotechnology 159 6.1 20.8 -27.4 $4,605.0
37 - Aspect Medical Systems Norwood Medical devices 160 23.9 2.0 382.4 $99.3
38 90 NetScout Systems Westford Technology 164 4.5 87.0 3.2 $259.2
39 70 American Science and Engineering Billerica Industrial 166 13.1 19.0 -6.1 $203.1
40 73 Senior Housing Properties Trust Newton Real estate 171 7.1 25.3 -0.3 $235.5
41 78 Berkshire Hills Bancorp Pittsfield Finance 173 6.4 20.3 36.7 $102.8
42 2 Eaton Vance Corp. Boston Finance 174 79.5 -10.2 -8.7 $1,015.5
43 - Hingham Institution for Savings Hingham Finance 175 11.0 27.4 9.9 $22.2
44 - Monotype Imaging Holdings Woburn Technology 178 13.8 5.4 61.0 $110.9
45 - SeaChange International Acton Telecommunications 180 5.9 12.2 206.3 $201.8
46 8 Double-Take Software Southborough Technology 180 20.9 16.4 -24.5 $96.3
47 18 Atlantic Tele-Network Salem Telecommunications 184 15.9 11.0 -17.4 $207.3
48 13 Bruker Corp. Billerica Biotechnology 185 13.7 7.2 -38.8 $1,107.1
49 46 Progress Software Corp. Bedford Technology 186 9.3 4.5 4.8 $515.6
50 - Parametric Technology Corp. Needham Technology 193 11.4 11.3 -51.6 $1,069.5
51 - United Financial Bancorp West Springfield Finance 195 3.2 29.0 29.3 $43.2
52 29 Chase Corp. Bridgewater Industrial 201 18.2 -1.5 1.9 $128.9
53 71 Cabot Corp. Boston Industrial 202 4.3 17.2 -58.1 $3,132.0
54 85 MicroFinancial Woburn Finance 203 9.5 24.8 -23.1 $39.5
55 - Cognex Corp. Natick Industrial 207 6.9 7.5 3.0 $242.7
56 - Aware Bedford Telecommunications 207 3.3 15.4 861.6 $30.5
57 33 Iron Mountain Boston Technology 211 4.6 11.9 -52.1 $3,055.1
58 74 Safety Insurance Group Boston Finance 213 12.0 -4.3 -16.0 $641.0
59 100 HRPT Properties Trust Newton Real estate 220 1.5 6.5 3.8 $837.0
60 60 Watts Water Technologies North Andover Industrial 223 5.4 5.6 -42.3 $1,459.4
61 20 Alkermes Cambridge Biotechnology 224 30.1 -18.0 -18.7 $199.3
62 16 Phase Forward Waltham Technology 228 6.1 26.7 -62.6 $170.2
63 - Cynosure Westford Medical devices 228 7.8 12.3 -37.4 $139.7
64 26 Boston Beer Co. Boston Consumer 229 5.9 19.1 -69.8 $411.6
65 92 Independent Bank Corp. Rockland Finance 230 9.1 7.6 -21.6 $134.7
66 81 Century Bancorp Medford Finance 232 7.6 5.2 9.4 $54.3
67 23 Altra Holdings Braintree Industrial 248 4.9 8.7 -54.1 $635.3
68 - Repligen Corp. Waltham Biotechnology 250 7.6 42.5 -90.8 $28.1
69 38 Hanover Insurance Group Worcester Finance 253 4.0 0.2 -63.1 $2,680.4
70 86 Psychemedics Corp. Acton Medical devices 253 24.3 -6.6 -29.1 $22.9
71 50 L.S. Starrett Co. Athol Consumer 255 5.0 2.7 -21.4 $242.5
72 31 Hospitality Properties Trust Newton Real estate 256 4.5 -2.6 -46.9 $1,252.7
73 - Analogic Corp. Peabody Technology 256 2.9 14.5 -64.6 $424.2
74 79 Harvard Bioscience Holliston Biotechnology 259 7.7 5.6 -32.6 $88.0
75 69 Mac-Gray Corp. Waltham Services 260 0.6 22.9 -82.5 $363.6
76 68 Anika Therapeutics Bedford Biotechnology 260 6.3 16.1 -48.2 $35.8
77 52 Bitstream Cambridge Technology 262 15.0 1.7 -41.6 $24.0
78 24 iRobot Corp. Bedford Technology 263 0.7 23.5 -93.2 $307.6
79 - Five Star Quality Care Newton Services 265 0.5 13.5 -98.6 $1,104.2
80 64 Acme Packet Burlington Telecommunications 271 7.5 2.9 -42.5 $116.4
81 10 Varian Semiconductor Equipment Gloucester Technology 272 7.8 -36.5 -56.4 $687.4
82 93 Franklin Street Properties Wakefield Real estate 279 3.7 -3.9 -7.9 $123.9
83 - Steinway Musical Instruments Waltham Consumer 280 5.1 -4.7 -44.3 $387.4
84 - Legacy Bancorp Pittsfield Finance 282 1.1 0.4 15.5 $28.8
85 - Airvana Chelmsford Telecommunications 285 13.8 -54.8 -69.3 $138.2
86 - Benjamin Franklin Bancorp Franklin Finance 288 3.4 -1.7 2.5 $30.3
87 21 Boston Properties Boston Real estate 295 3.5 -13.4 -86.8 $1,301.8
88 11 Affiliated Managers Group Beverly Finance 304 3.0 -15.5 -84.9 $1,158.2
89 83 MKS Instruments Andover Technology 304 3.3 -17.1 -57.9 $647.0
90 45 CRA International Boston Services 306 3.6 -4.5 -72.0 $376.8
91 75 Valpey Fisher Corp. Hopkinton Industrial 306 7.0 -3.0 -36.3 $13.0
92 89 Enterprise Bancorp Lowell Finance 308 6.2 -8.0 -39.0 $45.8
93 - Arrhythmia Research Technology Fitchburg Medical devices 314 2.3 15.4 -75.7 $22.5
94 - Brookline Bancorp Brookline Finance 318 2.5 -7.1 -22.1 $64.6
95 - Datawatch Corp. Chelmsford Technology 318 8.7 -13.2 -47.6 $22.2
96 63 Westfield Financial Westfield Finance 322 2.4 -7.3 -17.0 $31.8
97 - Wainwright Bank & Trust Co. Boston Finance 330 3.8 -6.4 -44.0 $29.0
98 47 Tech/Ops Sevcon Southborough Industrial 360 2.9 -13.2 -73.6 $35.8
99 72 CSP Billerica Technology 363 0.9 -8.7 -91.0 $82.9
100 - Chicopee Bancorp Chicopee Finance 380 0.0 -3.2 -98.6 $16.3
SOURCE: Standard & Poor's Compustat