2011 Globe 100 - The Best of Massachusetts Business
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2011 Globe 100
Publicly held companies ranked by composite performance. How the numbers are calculated.
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2011 rank 2010 rank Company Headquarters Industry Composite score Return on average equity (percent) 1-year change in revenue (percent) 1-year change in profit margin (percent) 2010 revenue (millions)
1 50 Clean Harbors Norwell Services 56 18.3 61.2 120.7 $1,731.20
2 36 Analog Devices Norwood Technology 57 26.3 34.8 75.8 $2,887.00
3 81 IPG Photonics Corp. Oxford Telecommunications 78 18.8 61 518.9 $299.30
4 45 iRobot Corp. Bedford Technology 90 16.6 34.3 470.6 $401.00
5 — Vicor Corp. Andover Industrial 93 20.4 26.7 840.3 $250.70
6 — Affiliated Managers Group Beverly Finance 105 9.5 61.3 44.5 $1,358.20
7 37 EMC Corp. Hopkinton Technology 107 11.5 21.3 43.9 $17,015.10
8 42 Skyworks Solutions Woburn Telecommunications 113 13.3 38.7 23.4 $1,161.80
9 29 Acme Packet Bedford Telecommunications 114 16.5 63.5 53.9 $231.20
10 39 Harvard Bioscience Holliston Biotechnology 117 23 26.1 108.4 $108.20
11 — American Superconductor Corp. Devens Industrial 118 10.5 38.3 129.7 $400.60
12 1 TJX Cos. Framingham Consumer 121 44.7 8.2 2.3 $21,942.20
13 7 Boston Beer Co. Boston Consumer 121 29.6 11.7 44.2 $463.80
14 24 Eaton Vance Corp. Boston Finance 124 41.1 21.9 -10.4 $1,161.90
15 49 Parexel International Corp. Waltham Services 126 12.6 11.8 48.2 $1,396.70
16 — LogMeIn Woburn Technology 127 18.4 32.5 81.1 $98.60
17 52 Hittite Microwave Corp. Chelmsford Technology 128 23.7 49.9 11.3 $244.30
18 18 Waters Corp. Milford Biotechnology 131 39.8 9.7 7.7 $1,643.40
19 9 Bruker Corp. Billerica Biotechnology 131 20.3 17.1 0.3 $1,304.90
20 33 American Tower Corp. Boston Telecommunications 132 10.9 15.2 31.3 $1,985.30
21 71 Chase Corp. Bridgewater Industrial 133 15.4 48.9 43.1 $125.70
22 — Covidien Mansfield Medical devices 134 18 1 74.8 $10,554.00
23 56 PerkinElmer Waltham Medical devices 135 7.6 9.9 308.1 $1,704.30
24 14 American Science and Engineering Billerica Industrial 142 19.8 23.7 14.8 $282.10
25 43 UFP Technologies Georgetown Industrial 142 20.7 21.7 28.2 $120.80
26 17 Global Partners Waltham Services 143 12.5 34.1 -40.9 $7,801.60
27 3 VistaPrint Ltd. Lexington Technology 146 19.7 22 -13.5 $734.90
28 — Technical Communications Corp. Concord Telecommunications 149 57.2 82.9 6.2 $19.50
29 79 SeaChange International Acton Telecommunications 150 15.2 7.5 1,973.90 $216.70
30 72 Psychemedics Corp. Acton Medical devices 153 27.5 18.6 44.3 $20.10
31 4 Biogen Idec Weston Biotechnology 155 17.3 7.7 -3.8 $4,716.40
32 — PHC Peabody Services 155 12 16.4 1,578.50 $57.30
33 28 Atlantic Tele-Network Beverly Telecommunications 156 14.2 155.5 -57.7 $619.10
34 23 Cubist Pharmaceuticals Lexington Biotechnology 159 16.6 13.2 4.7 $636.50
35 — Danvers Bancorp Danvers Finance 161 6.4 52.5 124.8 $93.50
36 78 Analogic Corp. Peabody Technology 162 4.6 15.5 205.2 $446.00
37 — Meridian Interstate Bancorp East Boston Finance 162 6.4 85.6 91.5 $69.60
38 19 Staples Framingham Consumer 163 12.9 1.1 18.1 $24,545.10
39 67 Zoll Medical Corp. Chelmsford Medical devices 163 6.7 12.7 102.6 $451.90
40 21 NStar Boston Services 164 12.4 -4.5 45.6 $2,916.90
41 70 Watts Water Technologies North Andover Industrial 165 7.1 4 225 $1,274.60
42 2 Raytheon Co. Waltham Technology 168 18.4 1.2 -6.1 $25,183.00
43 — SeraCare Life Sciences Milford Biotechnology 169 21.7 6.8 132.9 $49.60
44 — Casual Male Retail Group Canton Consumer 171 15 -0.4 152.5 $393.60
45 — Mercury Computer Systems Chelmsford Technology 172 17.6 12.1 16.5 $214.90
46 — Dover Saddlery Littleton Consumer 177 22.6 2.6 120.5 $78.20
47 27 Akamai Technologies Cambridge Telecommunications 178 8.7 19.1 -1.4 $1,023.60
48 — Lemaitre Vascular Burlington Medical devices 180 12 10.1 241.7 $56.10
49 54 Independent Bank Corp. Rockland Finance 182 9.5 12 56.2 $192.20
50 15 BJ's Wholesale Club Natick Consumer 183 11.5 8.2 -33.1 $10,877.20
51 44 Thermo Fisher Scientific Waltham Medical devices 187 6.7 6.7 14.1 $10,788.70
52 16 Sapient Corp. Boston Services 188 10.1 29.5 -61.6 $863.50
53 30 NetScout Systems Westford Technology 190 12 11.7 13.1 $284.40
54 53 athenahealth Watertown Services 190 8.5 30.2 5.2 $245.50
55 60 Monotype Imaging Holdings Woburn Technology 192 12 13.5 20.7 $106.70
56 59 Progress Software Corp. Bedford Technology 193 7.8 7.1 38.5 $529.10
57 — Circor International Burlington Industrial 198 3.6 6.7 101.5 $685.90
58 35 Hingham Institution for Savings Hingham Finance 201 14.8 16.5 9.1 $32.10
59 — Five Star Quality Care Newton Services 202 16.3 5.9 -42.1 $1,240.70
60 5 Hanover Insurance Group Worcester Finance 205 6.4 11.2 -29.4 $3,152.20
61 69 United Financial Bancorp West Springfield Finance 210 4.5 27.1 35.9 $59.30
62 38 Enterprise Bancorp Lowell Finance 212 9.5 14 17.5 $61.40
63 — Central Bancorp Somerville Finance 213 4.5 12 835.1 $18.30
64 22 Haemonetics Corp. Braintree Medical devices 215 10.3 7.5 -14.4 $675.80
65 — Dynamics Research Corp. Andover Technology 215 12.2 1.3 23.3 $272.10
66 20 UniFirst Corp. Wilmington Industrial 217 11 3.6 -8.2 $1,042.90
67 46 Brookline Bancorp Brookline Finance 219 5.5 21.3 15.3 $95.00
68 41 Senior Housing Properties Trust Newton Real estate 220 5.8 14.3 -7.1 $340.20
69 51 Century Bancorp Medford Finance 224 9.8 7.7 24 $62.20
70 47 Beacon Roofing Supply Peabody Industrial 229 8 0.5 -12.1 $1,647.00
71 — Government Properties Income Trust Newton Real estate 229 5 47.9 -27.7 $116.90
72 55 Safety Insurance Group Boston Finance 230 8.8 3.5 0.5 $612.70
73 75 American Dental Partners Wakefield Services 231 5.4 4.1 28.5 $285.60
74 74 Steinway Musical Instruments Waltham Consumer 233 3.7 3.8 42.6 $318.10
75 62 MicroFinancial Woburn Finance 238 7.8 10.3 16.3 $50.90
76 68 Forrester Research Cambridge Services 240 7 7.4 1.2 $250.70
77 57 Anika Therapeutics Bedford Biotechnology 240 5.2 38.4 -15.5 $55.60
78 34 Genzyme Corp. Cambridge Biotechnology 242 0.4 1.8 -1.8 $4,048.70
79 13 Boston Properties Boston Real estate 251 3.6 3.8 -33.7 $1,595.80
80 48 Mac-Gray Corp. Waltham Services 255 2.7 -1.8 24.2 $320.00
81 73 Arrhythmia Research Technology Fitchburg Medical devices 255 3 10.5 24.6 $23.40
82 — Mayflower Co-operative Bank Middleboro Finance 264 6.6 9.2 7.7 $10.20
83 64 Parametric Technology Corp. Needham Technology 267 2.6 6.5 -58.5 $1,018.20
84 61 CommonWealth Newton Real estate 271 1.1 3.4 -20.5 $805.00
85 40 Hospitality Properties Trust Newton Real estate 277 -0.3 4.7 -89.5 $1,085.70
86 26 Kopin Corp. Taunton Technology 289 5.5 5 -56.2 $120.40
87 65 Franklin Street Properties Wakefield Real estate 310 1.9 -3.1 -18.2 $124.40
88 66 CRA International Boston Services 311 1 -4.7 -57 $287.40
89 82 Aware Bedford Telecommunications 326 0.4 6.9 -82.9 $23.60
90 77 Westfield Financial Westfield Finance 340 1.3 -12.5 -37.1 $27.80
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