Return on equity 50

Ranked by return on average equity in 2008.

Rank	Company	Return (percent)
1	Cubist Pharmaceuticals	82.7
2	Eaton Vance Corp.	79.5
3	Waters Corp.	51.7
4	Spire Corp.	43.5
5	TJX Cos.	42.9
6	Alkermes	30.1
7	Infinity Pharmaceuticals	27.6
8	Psychemedics Corp.	24.3
9	Aspect Medical Systems	23.9
10	Hittite Microwave Corp.	23.8
11	American Dental Partners	23.0
12	Sapient Corp.	22.2
13	VistaPrint Ltd.	22.2
14	UFP Technologies	18.4
15	Chase Corp.	18.2
16	Clean Harbors	18.2
17	Analog Devices	18.1
18	State Street Corp.	16.1
19	Atlantic Tele-Network	15.9
20	Parexel International Corp.	15.8
21	Raytheon Co.	15.5
22	Beacon Roofing Supply	15.2
23	Bitstream	15.0
24	Interactive Data Corp.	14.8
25	Staples	14.3
26	Global Partners	13.9
27	BJ's Wholesale Club	13.8
28	Biogen IDEC	13.8
29	Bruker Corp.	13.7
30	NStar	13.6
31	American Science and Engineering	13.1
32	Skyworks Solutions	12.8
33	Millipore Corp.	12.1
34	Safety Insurance Group	12.0
35	Haemonetics Corp.	12.0
36	UniFirst Corp.	11.7
37	Parametric Technology Corp.	11.4
38	Hingham Institution for Savings	11.0
39	EMC Corp.	10.5
40	Forrester Research	10.1
41	Idera Pharmaceuticals	10.1
42	Akamai Technologies	9.9
43	MicroFinancial	9.5
44	Progress Software Corp.	9.3
45	Zoll Medical Corp.	9.1
46	Independent Bank Corp.	9.1
47	Datawatch Corp.	8.7
48	PerkinElmer	8.0
49	American Tower Corp.	7.9
50	Cynosure	7.8