| Rank |
Company |
Return on
average
equity |
| 1 | Gillette Co. | 55.0 |
| 2 | TJX Cos. | 42.1 |
| 3 | Yankee Candle Co. | 35.4 |
| 4 | Eaton Vance Corp. | 31.8 |
| 5 | Signal Technology Corp. | 29.1 |
| 6 | OneSource Information Services | 26.4 |
| 7 | Perini Corp. | 25.3 |
| 8 | Waters Corp. | 24.4 |
| 9 | Westerbeke Corp. | 23.9 |
| 10 | Millipore Corp. | 23.7 |
| 11 | State Street Corp. | 23.5 |
| 12 | New England Business Service | 22.7 |
| 13 | PolyMedica Corp. | 21.5 |
| 14 | Talbots | 21.3 |
| 15 | Spire Corp. | 21.3 |
| 16 | Charles River Laboratories International | 21.1 |
| 17 | Datawatch Corp. | 20.4 |
| 18 | BJ's Wholesale Club | 20.4 |
| 19 | NMT Medical | 19.6 |
| 20 | Psychemedics Corp. | 19.2 |
| 21 | Dynamics Research Corp. | 19.1 |
| 22 | Staples | 18.9 |
| 23 | Courier Corp. | 18.9 |
| 24 | International Electronics | 18.8 |
| 25 | Kronos | 18.3 |
| 26 | Investors Financial Services Corp. | 17.5 |
| 27 | Capital Crossing Bank | 17.5 |
| 28 | Independent Bank Corp. | 17.0 |
| 29 | Hingham Institution for Savings | 16.7 |
| 30 | Boston Scientific Corp. | 16.6 |
| 31 | Reebok International Ltd. | 16.4 |
| 32 | Analogic Corp. | 15.7 |
| 33 | First Years | 15.6 |
| 34 | Boston Private Financial Holdings | 15.5 |
| 35 | Chase Corp. | 15.4 |
| 36 | Bright Horizons Family Solutions | 15.4 |
| 37 | First Essex Bancorp | 15.2 |
| 38 | Abington Bancorp | 14.8 |
| 39 | Westbank Corp. | 14.7 |
| 40 | J. Jill Group | 14.7 |
| 41 | Century Bancorp | 14.6 |
| 42 | Cytyc Corp. | 14.2 |
| 43 | Lifeline Systems | 14.1 |
| 44 | Bay State Bancorp | 13.8 |
| 45 | Biogen | 13.5 |
| 46 | Haemonetics Corp. | 13.2 |
| 47 | Firstfed America Bancorp | 13.1 |
| 48 | Pegasystems | 13.0 |
| 49 | Nstar | 12.6 |
| 50 | CCBT Financial Cos. | 12.4 |
| 51 | Mercury Computer Systems | 12.1 |
| 52 | Watts Industries | 12.0 |
| 53 | Seacoast Financial Services Corp. | 11.7 |
| 54 | Steinway Musical Instruments | 11.6 |
| 55 | On Technology Corp. | 11.5 |
| 56 | Progress Software Corp. | 11.5 |
| 57 | National Dentex Corp. | 11.4 |
| 58 | Atlantic Data Services | 11.4 |
| 59 | Charles River Associates | 11.4 |
| 60 | Port Financial Corp. | 11.1 |
| 61 | Boston Beer Co. | 10.9 |
| 62 | Dusa Pharmaceuticals | 10.9 |
| 63 | Mayflower Co-operative Bank | 10.4 |
| 64 | Wainwright Bank & Trust Co. | 10.3 |
| 65 | Maxwell Shoe Co. | 10.2 |
| 66 | Arrhythmia Research Technology | 10.1 |
| 67 | Cabot Corp. | 10.0 |
| 68 | Affiliated Managers Group | 10.0 |
| 69 | Thermo Electron Corp. | 9.9 |
| 70 | Interactive Data Corp. | 9.8 |
| 71 | Stride Rite Corp. | 9.4 |
| 72 | UniFirst Corp. | 9.2 |
| 73 | FleetBoston Financial Corp. | 8.9 |
| 74 | Central Bancorp | 8.6 |
| 75 | Massbank Corp. | 8.5 |
| 76 | Falmouth Bancorp | 8.4 |
| 77 | John Hancock Financial Services | 8.3 |
| 78 | Boston Acoustics | 8.0 |
| 79 | Saucony | 8.0 |
| 80 | Zoll Medical Corp. | 7.6 |
| 81 | Raytheon Co. | 7.5 |
| 82 | Slade's Ferry Bancorp | 7.4 |
| 83 | Quaker Fabric Corp. | 7.4 |
| 84 | Genzyme Corp. | 7.3 |
| 85 | Iron Mountain | 7.3 |
| 86 | American Dental Partners | 7.3 |
| 87 | Woronoco Bancorp | 6.8 |
| 88 | Circor International | 6.7 |
| 89 | Mystic Financial | 6.1 |
| 90 | Mac-Gray Corp. | 6.1 |
| 91 | LSB Corp. | 5.7 |
| 92 | ScanSoft | 5.6 |
| 93 | Parexel International Corp. | 5.6 |
| 94 | Analog Devices | 4.8 |
| 95 | Brookline Bancorp | 4.8 |
| 96 | PLC Systems | 4.7 |
| 97 | Investors Capital Holdings Ltd. | 4.5 |
| 98 | Commerce Group | 4.4 |
| 99 | ASA International Ltd. | 4.0 |
| 100 | Candela Corp. | 3.4 |
| NOTE: Company must have shown a profit from continuing operations in 2001; must not have reported negative common shareholders' equity for the last two years. Data compiled by Compustat. |
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