The Growth 50

Rank	Previous Rank	Company	Composite score	2-year average % sales growth	2-year average % profit growth
1		Cytyc Corp.	65.07	49.67	5.00
2	7	Polymedica Corp.	36.98	54.65	5.50
3	44	Perini Corp.	23.44	55.18	7.50
4	13	Tweeter Home Entertainment Group	40.33	27.66	8.50
5	45	Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc.	30.76	29.81	9.00
6	9	Forrester Research Inc.	35.03	28.45	9.00
7	41	Quaker Fabric Corp.	14.89	114.61	10.00
8		Lifeline Systems Inc.	16.79	58.81	10.00
9	39	Investors Financial Services Corp.	21.11	53.63	10.00
10		Lightbridge Inc.	40.31	17.28	12.50
11		Microfinancial Inc.	25.10	23.33	13.00
12		Matec Corp.	9.76	317.27	15.50
13	18	Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.	19.23	20.59	17.00
14	28	Talbots Inc.	11.76	47.39	18.00
15		Cabot Corp.	11.79	28.10	19.50
16		Yankee Candle Inc.	21.67	12.35	20.00
17	10	Eaton Vance Corp.	15.01	13.79	21.50
18	48	Reebok International Ltd.	1.59	204.97	22.00
19	21	Biogen Inc.	14.60	11.22	24.00
20	6	Zoll Medical Corp.	19.32	7.80	24.00
21	42	Courier Corp.	9.45	18.84	27.00
22	34	DeWolfe Cos.	9.52	15.22	28.00
23	24	Mercury Computer Systems Inc.	13.60	5.37	29.00
24		National Dentex Corp.	10.95	6.59	31.50
25	35	Charles River Associates Inc.	21.84	-9.24	32.00
26	40	Chase Corp.	13.37	-3.02	33.00
27	50	TJX Cos.	10.34	1.28	34.50
28		Unifirst Corp.	5.37	9.21	35.50
29		Woronoco Bancorp	-18.28	77.15	36.50
30	36	Waters Corp.	10.44	-3.06	37.00
31		Capital Crossing Bank	-10.48	25.01	37.50
32		Bay State Bancorp	-17.63	38.54	39.50
33		Independent Bank Corp.	-8.03	13.79	40.00
34	37	BJ's Wholesale Club Inc.	12.04	-13.93	40.50
35		Commerce Group	8.09	-4.74	41.50
36		Staples Inc.	9.65	-8.28	41.50
37		Maxwell Shoe Co. (class A)	13.64	-16.07	41.50
38		Genzyme General	24.32	-52.22	41.50
39		Hingham Institution for Savings	-17.60	25.21	42.00
40		Steinway Musical Instruments Inc.	7.59	-6.18	42.50
41		Warren Bancorp	-13.92	14.02	44.00
42		Seacoast Financial Services Corp.	-12.14	12.37	44.50
43		CCBT Financial Cos.	-9.95	8.74	44.50
44		Kronos Inc.	6.96	-7.79	44.50
45		New England Business Service Inc.	8.77	-12.75	45.00
46	27	American Dental Partners Inc.	12.08	-26.24	45.00
47	20	Millipore Corp.	-7.71	-0.66	47.00
48		First Essex Bancorp	-22.13	15.22	47.50
49		Firstfed America Bancorp	-29.14	27.24	48.00
50	3	Analog Devices Inc.	7.56	-14.35	48.00
Criteria: To be considered for The Growth 50, a company must have had $10 million in 2001 sales, $1 million in 2001 profit, and must have reported profits in all periods. A company must have been publicly traded for two full years. Score ties are broken by profit growth. Data compiled by Compustat.