2010 Globe 100 - The Best of Massachusetts Business

2010 Globe 100
Publicly held companies ranked by composite performance. How the numbers are calculated.
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2010 rank 2009 rank Company Headquarters Industry Composite score Return on average equity (percent) 1-year change in revenue (percent) 1-year change in profit margin (percent) 2009 revenue (millions)
1 9 TJX Cos. Framingham Consumer 51 48.3 6.8 29.1 $20,288.4
2 17 Raytheon Co. Waltham Technology 67 20.5 7.4 8.5 $24,881.0
3 5 VistaPrint Ltd. Lexington Technology 75 23.8 28.4 10.3 $602.4
4 7 Biogen Idec Cambridge Biotechnology 79 16.1 6.8 16.0 $4,377.3
5 69 Hanover Insurance Group Worcester Finance 82 8.8 5.7 805.4 $2,834.1
6 26 Pegasystems Cambridge Technology 83 17.0 24.7 135.2 $264.0
7 64 Boston Beer Co. Boston Consumer 90 19.9 4.2 269.3 $415.1
8 - Idera Pharmaceuticals Cambridge Biotechnology 91 27.3 30.5 283.2 $34.5
9 48 Bruker Corp. Billerica Biotechnology 93 22.3 0.7 24.3 $1,114.5
10 57 Iron Mountain Boston Technology 99 11.2 -1.4 173.0 $3,013.6
11 35 Millipore Corp. Billerica Biotechnology 100 12.6 3.3 24.6 $1,654.4
12 - Art Technology Group Cambridge Technology 103 13.6 9.0 305.8 $179.4
13 87 Boston Properties Boston Real estate 104 5.7 18.0 85.9 $1,536.7
14 39 American Science and Engineering Billerica Industrial 105 16.7 12.3 24.8 $228.1
15 16 BJ's Wholesale Club Natick Consumer 107 13.1 1.6 -3.4 $10,187.0
16 3 Sapient Corp. Boston Services 107 24.2 -3.0 45.5 $666.7
17 18 Global Partners Waltham Services 109 22.7 -35.5 151.3 $5,818.4
18 11 Waters Corp. Milford Biotechnology 114 42.8 -4.9 5.4 $1,498.7
19 14 Staples Framingham Consumer 115 12.0 5.2 -12.8 $24,275.4
20 20 UniFirst Corp. Wilmington Industrial 117 13.3 -3.0 31.1 $1,007.0
21 25 NStar Boston Services 118 13.3 -4.9 12.1 $3,050.0
22 33 Haemonetics Corp. Braintree Medical devices 119 12.6 7.6 7.4 $628.7
23 1 Cubist Pharmaceuticals Lexington Biotechnology 124 19.3 29.6 -52.0 $562.1
24 42 Eaton Vance Corp. Boston Finance 129 49.9 -6.2 -0.5 $952.9
25 23 Interactive Data Corp. Bedford Finance 129 13.8 0.9 -1.9 $757.2
26 - Kopin Corp. Taunton Technology 131 13.0 -0.1 652.8 $114.7
27 13 Akamai Technologies Cambridge Telecommunications 134 8.8 8.7 -7.5 $859.8
28 47 Atlantic Tele-Network Salem Telecommunications 134 14.7 16.6 -12.4 $241.7
29 80 Acme Packet Burlington Telecommunications 135 9.9 21.6 21.6 $141.5
30 38 NetScout Systems Westford Technology 136 11.2 -1.8 185.6 $254.6
31 32 Sonesta International Hotels Corp. Boston Consumer 147 164.2 -15.5 633.2 $60.5
32 97 Wainwright Bank & Trust Co. Boston Finance 147 7.1 25.5 50.5 $36.4
33 19 American Tower Corp. Boston Telecommunications 151 7.6 8.2 -34.4 $1,724.1
34 36 Genzyme Corp. Cambridge Biotechnology 152 5.6 -1.9 2.3 $4,515.5
35 43 Hingham Institution for Savings Hingham Finance 152 12.9 24.0 3.3 $27.5
36 31 Analog Devices Norwood Technology 154 13.3 -12.4 -11.0 $2,141.3
37 28 EMC Corp. Hopkinton Technology 155 7.5 -5.7 -9.5 $14,025.9
38 92 Enterprise Bancorp Lowell Finance 155 8.0 17.7 21.7 $53.9
39 74 Harvard Bioscience Holliston Biotechnology 156 10.1 -2.6 343.8 $85.8
40 72 Hospitality Properties Trust Newton Real estate 164 6.6 -17.2 87.8 $1,037.2
41 40 Senior Housing Properties Trust Newton Real estate 164 6.0 26.4 -18.5 $297.8
42 15 Skyworks Solutions Woburn Telecommunications 165 9.4 -2.6 -11.8 $837.5
43 24 UFP Technologies Georgetown Industrial 165 16.7 -9.8 28.5 $99.2
44 22 Thermo Fisher Scientific Waltham Medical devices 166 5.6 -3.7 -10.0 $10,109.7
45 78 iRobot Corp. Bedford Technology 170 2.6 -2.9 353.8 $298.6
46 94 Brookline Bancorp Brookline Finance 170 3.9 21.1 23.4 $78.3
47 8 Beacon Roofing Supply Peabody Industrial 172 10.2 -11.4 -12.6 $1,638.4
48 75 Mac-Gray Corp. Waltham Services 172 1.0 -0.4 292.5 $325.9
49 10 Parexel International Corp. Waltham Services 174 8.9 -1.7 -36.3 $1,248.8
50 12 Clean Harbors Norwell Services 174 6.8 4.2 -38.8 $1,074.2
51 66 Century Bancorp Medford Finance 176 8.0 5.3 6.6 $57.2
52 34 Hittite Microwave Corp. Chelmsford Technology 179 18.1 -9.6 -5.2 $163.0
53 - athenahealth Watertown Services 181 8.0 38.3 -78.8 $188.5
54 65 Independent Bank Corp. Rockland Finance 185 4.8 27.4 -24.7 $171.6
55 58 Safety Insurance Group Boston Finance 192 8.9 -7.7 -16.5 $592.0
56 30 PerkinElmer Waltham Medical devices 195 5.8 -7.5 -26.8 $1,812.2
57 76 Anika Therapeutics Bedford Biotechnology 197 5.2 12.2 -9.4 $40.1
58 62 Phase Forward Waltham Technology 201 3.3 25.3 -53.6 $213.3
59 49 Progress Software Corp. Bedford Technology 204 6.3 -4.1 -26.2 $496.8
60 44 Monotype Imaging Holdings Woburn Technology 209 10.3 -15.2 2.8 $94.0
61 59 HRPT Properties Trust Newton Real estate 210 1.2 2.4 -34.3 $856.3
62 54 MicroFinancial Woburn Finance 212 6.3 16.8 -40.6 $46.2
63 46 Double-Take Software Southborough Technology 213 13.0 -13.6 -11.8 $83.2
64 50 Parametric Technology Corp. Needham Technology 214 6.1 -10.6 -32.8 $956.2
65 82 Franklin Street Properties Wakefield Real estate 214 3.1 5.3 -17.2 $130.5
66 90 CRA International Boston Services 216 3.2 -19.9 21.7 $301.6
67 27 Zoll Medical Corp. Chelmsford Medical devices 219 3.2 1.6 -61.8 $400.9
68 29 Forrester Research Cambridge Services 223 6.1 -3.1 -33.3 $233.4
69 51 United Financial Bancorp West Springfield Finance 228 2.6 8.1 -26.4 $46.7
70 60 Watts Water Technologies North Andover Industrial 232 4.8 -14.4 -56.4 $1,225.9
71 52 Chase Corp. Bridgewater Industrial 242 9.2 -18.3 -31.4 $105.3
72 70 Psychemedics Corp. Acton Medical devices 243 15.4 -26.1 -30.4 $17.0
73 93 Arrhythmia Research Technology Fitchburg Medical devices 246 2.3 -6.0 10.2 $21.1
74 83 Steinway Musical Instruments Waltham Consumer 247 3.0 -20.9 -17.6 $306.4
75 - American Dental Partners Wakefield Services 248 4.7 -5.8 -72.8 $274.3
76 - Netezza Corp. Marlborough Technology 248 2.2 1.5 -86.9 $190.6
77 96 Westfield Financial Westfield Finance 252 2.2 -0.2 -18.3 $31.8
78 73 Analogic Corp. Peabody Technology 255 1.4 -7.9 -47.8 $390.5
79 45 SeaChange International Acton Telecommunications 256 0.8 -0.1 -86.7 $201.7
80 77 Bitstream Marlborough Technology 285 5.1 -10.5 -59.8 $21.5
81 21 IPG Photonics Corp. Oxford Telecommunications 289 2.2 -18.9 -81.8 $185.9
82 56 Aware Bedford Telecommunications 296 1.9 -27.8 -23.4 $22.0
SOURCE: Capital IQ, a Standard & Poor's business