The Market Value 100
Companies ranked by market value.
| Rank |
Company |
Market value
3/31/02
($ millions) |
Book value
($ millions) |
Market value
as a % of
book value |
| 1 | Gillette Co. | 32,308.3 | 2,260.0 | 1,429.6 |
| 2 | FleetBoston Financial Corp. | 25,103.5 | 16,562.0 | 151.6 |
| 3 | Boston Scientific Corp. | 16,623.6 | 2,467.0 | 673.8 |
| 4 | EMC Corp. | 15,804.7 | 7,226.0 | 218.7 |
| 5 | Raytheon Co. | 11,613.5 | 8,870.0 | 130.9 |
| 6 | State Street Corp. | 10,285.9 | 4,787.0 | 214.9 |
| 7 | Analog Devices | 10,016.3 | 2,973.1 | 336.9 |
| 8 | TJX Cos. | 9,246.5 | 1,409.1 | 656.2 |
| 9 | Staples | 8,676.1 | 2,658.9 | 326.3 |
| 10 | John Hancock Financial Services | 8,025.9 | 6,211.1 | 129.2 |
| 11 | Genzyme Corp. | 7,820.9 | 2,585.9 | 302.4 |
| 12 | Biogen | 4,482.3 | 1,595.4 | 280.9 |
| 13 | Iron Mountain | 3,255.0 | 944.9 | 344.5 |
| 14 | Thermo Electron Corp. | 2,953.7 | 2,033.3 | 145.3 |
| 15 | Waters Corp. | 2,624.5 | 665.3 | 394.5 |
| 16 | Millennium Pharmaceuticals | 2,297.7 | 2,901.7 | 79.2 |
| 17 | Teradyne | 2,131.1 | 1,028.5 | 207.2 |
| 18 | Nstar | 2,122.4 | 1,299.3 | 163.3 |
| 19 | Reebok International Ltd. | 1,963.3 | 884.6 | 222.0 |
| 20 | Eaton Vance Corp. | 1,847.4 | 387.8 | 476.4 |
| 21 | Millipore Corp. | 1,586.7 | 287.5 | 551.9 |
| 22 | Investors Financial Services Corp. | 1,578.8 | 443.0 | 356.4 |
| 23 | Talbots | 1,480.2 | 567.7 | 260.7 |
| 24 | Cytyc Corp. | 1,474.7 | 324.7 | 454.1 |
| 25 | Cabot Corp. | 1,470.3 | 985.0 | 149.3 |
| 26 | Interactive Data Corp. | 1,282.5 | 662.7 | 193.5 |
| 27 | Charles River Laboratories International | 1,154.3 | 357.4 | 323.0 |
| 28 | Sepracor | 1,139.6 | -392.2 | -290.6 |
| 29 | PerkinElmer | 1,120.9 | 1,252.3 | 89.5 |
| 30 | Commerce Group | 1,109.3 | 790.1 | 140.4 |
| 31 | American Tower Corp. | 1,023.1 | 1,740.3 | 58.8 |
| 32 | Yankee Candle Co. | 925.7 | 212.9 | 434.8 |
| 33 | Affiliated Managers Group | 904.4 | 571.9 | 158.1 |
| 34 | Cognex Corp. | 904.1 | 354.5 | 255.0 |
| 35 | Skyworks Solutions | 860.7 | 1,018.3 | 84.5 |
| 36 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | 850.7 | 378.6 | 224.7 |
| 37 | Sycamore Networks | 828.3 | 1,011.5 | 81.9 |
| 38 | BJ's Wholesale Club | 784.5 | 740.8 | 105.9 |
| 39 | Allmerica Financial Corp. | 746.2 | 2,072.2 | 36.0 |
| 40 | Brookline Bancorp | 723.5 | 632.4 | 114.4 |
| 41 | Kronos | 697.9 | 174.4 | 400.1 |
| 42 | Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates | 694.3 | 444.6 | 156.2 |
| 43 | Ascential Sotware Corp. | 648.3 | 694.2 | 93.4 |
| 44 | MKS Instruments | 640.5 | 610.7 | 104.9 |
| 45 | Analogic Corp. | 609.0 | 349.0 | 174.5 |
| 46 | Progress Software Corp. | 598.8 | 173.0 | 346.2 |
| 47 | Avid Technology | 588.6 | 123.6 | 476.4 |
| 48 | Alkermes | 585.0 | 28.4 | 2,063.1 |
| 49 | Mercury Computer Systems | 577.0 | 146.7 | 393.3 |
| 50 | Parametric Technology Corp. | 569.8 | 279.5 | 203.9 |
| 51 | Keane | 558.9 | 490.6 | 113.9 |
| 52 | Haemonetics Corp. | 529.6 | 221.3 | 239.4 |
| 53 | Axcelis Technologies | 464.8 | 452.5 | 102.7 |
| 54 | Sonus Networks | 461.6 | 56.7 | 813.6 |
| 55 | Seacoast Financial Services Corp. | 426.8 | 319.5 | 133.6 |
| 56 | RSA Security | 403.9 | 263.4 | 153.3 |
| 57 | PolyMedica Corp. | 376.7 | 189.7 | 198.6 |
| 58 | Zoll Medical Corp. | 369.7 | 145.3 | 254.4 |
| 59 | Brooks Automation | 353.7 | 250.3 | 141.3 |
| 60 | Kopin Corp. | 349.7 | 156.9 | 222.9 |
| 61 | Bright Horizons Family Solutions | 348.9 | 109.6 | 318.3 |
| 62 | Parexel International Corp. | 348.1 | 210.7 | 165.2 |
| 63 | Boston Private Financial Holdings | 338.9 | 167.4 | 202.5 |
| 64 | Stride Rite Corp. | 334.3 | 253.0 | 132.1 |
| 65 | New England Business Service | 332.3 | 153.0 | 217.2 |
| 66 | Mykrolis Corp. | 331.7 | 212.6 | 156.0 |
| 67 | Forrester Research | 325.3 | 213.9 | 152.1 |
| 68 | Inverness Medical Innovations | 297.9 | 162.9 | 182.8 |
| 69 | Watts Industries (class A) | 294.1 | 295.9 | 99.4 |
| 70 | Independent Bank Corp. | 290.5 | 161.2 | 180.2 |
| 71 | Ionics | 290.5 | 438.2 | 66.3 |
| 72 | ScanSoft | 289.9 | 114.7 | 252.6 |
| 73 | Boston Communications Group | 276.3 | 101.7 | 271.6 |
| 74 | Courier Corp. | 257.1 | 100.4 | 256.2 |
| 75 | Port Financial Corp. | 252.1 | 121.1 | 208.2 |
| 76 | LTX Corp. | 247.7 | 181.1 | 136.8 |
| 77 | First Essex Bancorp | 239.3 | 143.9 | 166.3 |
| 78 | Firstfed America Bancorp | 236.9 | 185.3 | 127.8 |
| 79 | Cubist Pharmaceuticals | 228.8 | -6.9 | -3,315.8 |
| 80 | J. Jill Group | 226.1 | 145.1 | 155.9 |
| 81 | Helix Technology Corp. | 224.7 | 132.2 | 169.9 |
| 82 | Kadant | 222.1 | 181.3 | 122.5 |
| 83 | Praecis Pharmaceuticals | 207.3 | 224.9 | 92.2 |
| 84 | Digitas | 205.6 | 140.1 | 146.7 |
| 85 | Circor International | 205.3 | 243.7 | 84.3 |
| 86 | Transkaryotic Therapies | 205.2 | 323.9 | 63.4 |
| 87 | Exact Sciences Corp. | 196.4 | 38.3 | 512.1 |
| 88 | SeaChange International | 193.3 | 133.2 | 145.1 |
| 89 | CCBT Financial Cos. | 188.0 | 118.4 | 158.7 |
| 90 | Sapient Corp. | 183.5 | 155.8 | 117.7 |
| 91 | Lightbridge | 175.5 | 159.6 | 109.9 |
| 92 | Vicor Corp. | 172.8 | 248.0 | 69.7 |
| 93 | Hologic | 169.0 | 142.0 | 119.0 |
| 94 | MRO Software | 167.3 | 139.8 | 119.7 |
| 95 | Bruker Daltonics | 164.5 | 126.4 | 130.2 |
| 96 | Akamai Technologies | 164.5 | -168.1 | -97.9 |
| 97 | Maxwell Shoe Co. | 164.1 | 144.0 | 113.9 |
| 98 | MatrixOne | 161.4 | 136.6 | 118.2 |
| 99 | Clean Harbors | 159.9 | 21.8 | 733.9 |
| 100 | Mestek | 159.5 | 137.7 | 115.8 |
| Company stock must trade on one of the three major exchanges and must have traded on March 31, 2002, at $1 or higher a share. Data compiled by Compustat. |
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