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Top Ten
1. Analogic Corp.
2. State Street Corp.
3. BJ's Wholesale Club
4. Charles River Labs
5. Yankee Candle
6. Staples
7. Gillette
8. TJX Cos.
9. Kronos
10. Investors Fin. Svcs.
2003 Globe 100
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Biggest dividend yields
Companies ranked by dividends as a percentage of stock price.
| Rank |
Company |
2002 dividends |
12/31/2002 stock price |
Dividend yield |
| 1 | MicroFinancial | 0.1 | 0.7 | 14.1 |
| 2 | American Biltrite | 0.5 | 7.6 | 6.6 |
| 3 | FleetBoston Financial Corp. | 1.4 | 23.9 | 5.9 |
| 4 | L.S. Starrett Co. | 0.8 | 14.0 | 5.7 |
| 5 | Nstar | 2.1 | 40.0 | 5.3 |
| 6 | Sonesta International Hotels Corp. | 0.2 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| 7 | Tech/Ops Sevcon | 0.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 8 | Mayflower Co-operative Bank | 0.6 | 16.1 | 3.7 |
| 9 | LSB Corp. | 0.5 | 12.7 | 3.5 |
| 10 | PerkinElmer | 0.3 | 8.9 | 3.2 |
| Data compiled by Compustat. |
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