Globe 100
Publicly held companies ranked by composite performance score
To be ranked in any of the Globe 100 charts a company must have its headquarters in Massachusetts. To be considered for The Globe 100 composite score ranking, the following additional criteria must apply: a company must have been public for all of 2002, reported positive net income in both 2001 and 2002, and the average of the current and year-ago equity are positive.
| 2003 Rank |
2002 Rank |
Company |
Score |
Return on average equity (%) |
1-year % change in revenue |
1-year % change in profit margin |
2002
revenue
$ millions |
| 1 | 93 | Analogic Corp. | 15.3 | 15.7 | 37.4 | 10,872.9 | 461.4 |
| 2 | 10 | State Street Corp. | 16.5 | 23.5 | 14.9 | 40.7 | 4,396.0 |
| 3 | 42 | BJ's Wholesale Club | 17.8 | 20.4 | 12.2 | 55.2 | 5,859.7 |
| 4 | 1 | Charles River Laboratories International | 18.0 | 21.1 | 19.1 | 41.2 | 554.6 |
| 5 | 15 | Yankee Candle Co. | 21.0 | 35.4 | 17.1 | 26.2 | 444.8 |
| 6 | 6 | Staples | 21.8 | 18.9 | 7.9 | 56.0 | 11,596.1 |
| 7 | 5 | Gillette Co. | 24.3 | 55.0 | 4.6 | 27.1 | 8,453.0 |
| 8 | 2 | TJX Cos. | 26.5 | 42.1 | 11.9 | -4.3 | 11,981.2 |
| 9 | 14 | Kronos | 27.0 | 18.3 | 16.2 | 28.2 | 356.0 |
| 10 | 4 | Investors Financial Services Corp. | 27.5 | 17.5 | 21.3 | 13.2 | 437.6 |
| 11 | 26 | Waters Corp. | 29.5 | 24.4 | 3.6 | 28.3 | 890.0 |
| 12 | 21 | Millipore Corp. | 29.5 | 23.7 | 7.2 | 18.7 | 704.3 |
| 13 | | PolyMedica Corp. | 30.3 | 21.5 | 26.9 | -0.8 | 334.6 |
| 14 | 24 | J. Jill Group | 31.0 | 14.7 | 21.1 | 18.8 | 347.6 |
| 15 | 9 | Bright Horizons Family Solutions | 32.0 | 15.4 | 17.8 | 12.8 | 407.5 |
| 16 | 8 | Reebok International Ltd. | 33.0 | 16.4 | 4.5 | 22.5 | 3,127.9 |
| 17 | | Abington Bancorp | 33.5 | 14.8 | 29.2 | 66.5 | 39.9 |
| 18 | 82 | Raytheon Co. | 33.8 | 7.5 | 4.6 | 3,908.5 | 16,760.0 |
| 19 | | Parexel International Corp. | 34.8 | 5.6 | 16.5 | 148.4 | 602.8 |
| 20 | 38 | New England Business Service | 35.0 | 22.7 | -3.8 | 53.4 | 547.9 |
| 21 | | Interactive Data Corp. | 35.0 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 1,177.0 | 375.0 |
| 22 | 59 | Boston Private Financial Holdings | 35.0 | 15.5 | 10.7 | 85.7 | 113.4 |
| 23 | 64 | Cytyc Corp. | 35.5 | 14.2 | 7.0 | 254.2 | 236.5 |
| 24 | 56 | Genzyme Corp. | 35.8 | 7.3 | 10.0 | 301.9 | 1,080.2 |
| 25 | 50 | Watts Industries | 38.3 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 9.6 | 615.5 |
| 26 | 3 | Perini Corp. | 38.8 | 25.3 | -30.2 | 23.5 | 1,085.0 |
| 27 | 95 | International Electronics | 39.0 | 18.8 | 13.4 | 173.0 | 11.9 |
| 28 | 46 | Bay State Bancorp | 40.5 | 13.8 | 29.3 | 21.2 | 25.5 |
| 29 | 28 | Courier Corp. | 41.0 | 18.9 | 0.9 | 32.1 | 205.3 |
| 30 | 69 | Thermo Electron Corp. | 41.5 | 9.9 | -4.7 | 313.1 | 2,086.4 |
| 31 | 13 | Talbots | 41.8 | 21.3 | -1.1 | -3.9 | 1,595.3 |
| 32 | 16 | Eaton Vance Corp. | 42.3 | 31.8 | -0.5 | -2.4 | 512.2 |
| 33 | | Westerbeke Corp. | 43.0 | 23.9 | -2.3 | 1,233.6 | 25.3 |
| 34 | 72 | Zoll Medical Corp. | 43.3 | 7.6 | 29.1 | 16.0 | 160.0 |
| 35 | 70 | First Years | 43.5 | 15.6 | 6.8 | 18.8 | 134.4 |
| 36 | 57 | Affiliated Managers Group | 44.3 | 10.0 | 18.2 | -5.3 | 482.5 |
| 37 | 83 | FleetBoston Financial Corp. | 44.5 | 8.9 | -8.6 | 75.2 | 8,696.0 |
| 38 | 34 | Capital Crossing Bank | 44.8 | 17.5 | 15.9 | 2.4 | 57.0 |
| 39 | 12 | Independent Bank Corp. | 45.0 | 17.0 | 10.7 | 2.7 | 118.7 |
| 40 | 100 | Psychemedics Corp. | 45.5 | 19.2 | 2.1 | 427.7 | 16.1 |
| 41 | 71 | Wainwright Bank & Trust Co. | 45.8 | 10.3 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 25.1 |
| 42 | 19 | Biogen | 46.3 | 13.5 | 10.2 | -33.7 | 1,148.4 |
| 43 | 45 | Century Bancorp | 46.3 | 14.6 | 17.7 | 5.6 | 55.5 |
| 44 | 62 | Westbank Corp. | 46.3 | 14.7 | 10.3 | 33.8 | 25.3 |
| 45 | 18 | Lifeline Systems | 46.5 | 14.1 | 8.7 | 18.3 | 105.0 |
| 46 | 17 | Haemonetics Corp. | 46.8 | 13.2 | 5.6 | 10.1 | 335.1 |
| 47 | 33 | Firstfed America Bancorp | 46.8 | 13.1 | 78.1 | -11.6 | 87.2 |
| 48 | 52 | Charles River Associates | 48.0 | 11.4 | 19.0 | -4.7 | 130.7 |
| 49 | 31 | Seacoast Financial Services Corp. | 48.0 | 11.7 | 13.3 | 4.3 | 128.1 |
| 50 | | HPSC | 48.0 | 11.3 | 6.1 | 72.1 | 66.8 |
| 51 | 37 | Port Financial Corp. | 48.5 | 11.1 | 21.7 | 7.6 | 49.9 |
| 52 | 68 | Stride Rite Corp. | 48.8 | 9.4 | 0.6 | 26.2 | 532.4 |
| 53 | 36 | UniFirst Corp. | 49.0 | 9.2 | 4.9 | 10.6 | 585.5 |
| 54 | 22 | Dynamics Research Corp. | 49.0 | 19.1 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 192.6 |
| 55 | 74 | Boston Beer Co. | 49.3 | 10.9 | 15.3 | -5.3 | 215.4 |
| 56 | 35 | First Essex Bancorp | 49.3 | 15.2 | 8.4 | 12.0 | 67.6 |
| 57 | 29 | Maxwell Shoe Co. | 49.5 | 10.2 | 14.0 | -3.5 | 211.4 |
| 58 | 39 | Hingham Institution for Savings | 49.5 | 16.7 | 17.7 | -0.2 | 16.8 |
| 59 | 58 | Quaker Fabric Corp. | 50.0 | 7.4 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 365.4 |
| 60 | 41 | Steinway Musical Instruments | 50.5 | 11.6 | -5.8 | 39.8 | 332.3 |
| 61 | 77 | Progress Software Corp. | 51.3 | 11.5 | 3.6 | 12.6 | 273.1 |
| 62 | | GreenMan Technologies | 51.8 | 15.8 | 24.5 | -67.9 | 29.1 |
| 63 | | Pegasystems | 52.5 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 19.1 | 97.4 |
| 64 | 99 | Boston Communications Group | 53.5 | 3.4 | 6.9 | 284.7 | 70.9 |
| 65 | 85 | American Dental Partners | 54.5 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 38.7 | 146.8 |
| 66 | 7 | OneSource Information Services | 55.0 | 26.4 | -2.1 | -2.7 | 57.8 |
| 67 | 48 | National Dentex Corp. | 56.3 | 11.4 | 11.0 | -11.4 | 95.2 |
| 68 | 63 | Chase Corp. | 56.3 | 15.4 | 6.0 | -5.6 | 72.0 |
| 69 | 94 | Central Bancorp | 56.5 | 8.6 | 15.7 | 13.3 | 17.1 |
| 70 | | Mayflower Co-operative Bank | 56.8 | 10.4 | 18.2 | 4.4 | 7.5 |
| 71 | 90 | Mac-Gray Corp. | 57.3 | 6.1 | -1.1 | 53.6 | 150.4 |
| 72 | 51 | Commerce Group | 58.3 | 4.4 | 9.0 | -63.9 | 1,257.1 |
| 73 | 66 | Keane | 58.3 | 1.6 | 12.1 | -58.0 | 873.2 |
| 74 | | Arrhythmia Research Technology | 60.0 | 10.1 | -0.4 | 264.6 | 7.2 |
| 75 | 20 | Cabot Corp. | 60.3 | 10.0 | -3.9 | -21.2 | 1,588.0 |
| 76 | 97 | Boston Acoustics | 60.3 | 8.0 | -15.3 | 211.9 | 77.9 |
| 77 | | NMT Medical | 60.3 | 19.6 | 8.3 | -69.5 | 25.0 |
| 78 | | Mystic Financial | 60.3 | 6.1 | 10.9 | 30.3 | 11.3 |
| 79 | 49 | John Hancock Financial Services | 61.5 | 8.3 | -7.2 | -12.0 | 8,455.1 |
| 80 | 32 | Mercury Computer Systems | 64.5 | 12.1 | -1.8 | -22.5 | 164.9 |
| 81 | 30 | Circor International | 65.3 | 6.7 | -3.4 | 3.4 | 331.4 |
| 82 | 81 | Analog Devices | 67.3 | 4.8 | -6.1 | -21.5 | 1,782.0 |
| 83 | 65 | Woronoco Bancorp | 71.0 | 6.8 | 3.3 | 8.1 | 23.7 |
| 84 | 23 | CCBT Financial Cos. | 71.3 | 12.4 | -6.6 | -20.5 | 71.1 |
| 85 | 79 | Brookline Bancorp | 71.8 | 4.8 | -3.4 | 17.5 | 49.6 |
| 86 | 89 | Slade's Ferry Bancorp | 75.0 | 7.4 | 5.8 | -12.7 | 17.0 |
| 87 | 76 | Massbank Corp. | 76.5 | 8.5 | -4.1 | -4.9 | 27.3 |
| 88 | 73 | Novitron International | 76.5 | 3.4 | 13.2 | -68.2 | 14.7 |
| 89 | 87 | LSB Corp. | 78.8 | 5.7 | 4.4 | -11.5 | 15.1 |
| 90 | 88 | Kadant | 79.8 | 3.2 | -16.0 | -24.6 | 185.7 |
| 91 | 47 | Berkshire Hills Bancorp | 81.3 | 1.4 | 5.1 | -81.1 | 47.9 |
| 92 | | Falmouth Bancorp | 81.3 | 8.4 | -2.5 | -6.0 | 5.8 |
| 93 | | Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates | 81.5 | 1.6 | -35.1 | -64.1 | 313.6 |
| 94 | | Ionics | 82.0 | 1.1 | -28.1 | -85.1 | 335.4 |
| 95 | 86 | Lightbridge | 83.8 | 2.3 | -24.4 | -65.6 | 133.4 |
| 96 | 92 | Westfield Financial | 84.0 | 3.1 | -2.1 | -17.7 | 22.9 |
| 97 | | BostonFed Bancorp | 86.5 | 2.6 | -3.9 | -74.3 | 51.1 |
| 98 | 98 | Providence and Worcester Railroad Co. | 89.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | -97.8 | 22.9 |
| 99 | 67 | Forrester Research | 89.5 | 0.3 | -39.1 | -94.7 | 96.9 |
| 100 | 78 | Tech/Ops Sevcon | 95.8 | 0.1 | -17.0 | -99.0 | 22.1 |
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2003 Globe 100
