FSB 100

America's fastest-growing small public companies

Companies

Rank	Company	EPS growth*	Revenue growth*	Total return to investors*
55	A.D.A.M.	0.1%	51.3%	28.1%
93	Abaxis	-1.5%	24.7%	35.3%
37	Actuate	106.2%	11.5%	45.0%
8	AeroCentury	143.5%	30.6%	108.2%
59	Almost Family	56.5%	11.0%	38.2%
63	American Ecology	-4.2%	47.2%	27.1%
92	American Medical Alert	39.0%	25.7%	10.4%
39	American Physicians Service Group	56.7%	28.0%	24.5%
61	American Science and Engineering	66.6%	26.2%	11.3%
15	Amerigon	84.4%	27.2%	78.1%
2	Arena Resources	97.2%	132.7%	114.1%
57	Art's-Way Manufacturing	12.2%	26.7%	53.1%
81	Asta Funding	32.8%	40.9%	0.3%
1	Astronics	201.4%	65.5%	102.7%
32	Atlantic Tele-Network	34.2%	33.7%	40.6%
97	Atrion	25.2%	10.9%	40.7%
60	Balchem	21.5%	30.9%	30.0%
42	Bankrate	3.7%	38.4%	51.4%
25	Bitstream	157.2%	26.4%	34.2%
3	Bolt Technology	148.6%	57.3%	96.6%
98	CAM Commerce Solutions	31.9%	10.7%	37.1%
41	Carrizo Oil & Gas	8.7%	31.4%	69.2%
64	Chase Corp.	32.4%	16.1%	49.6%
58	Chyron	44.6%	9.5%	55.8%
13	Concur Technologies	75.4%	34.2%	59.6%
29	CyberSource	38.4%	42.1%	35.5%
6	Dynamic Materials	82.4%	44.1%	113.6%
87	Eastern Co.	50.8%	20.4%	13.2%
23	Ebix	56.3%	26.9%	69.6%
82	Edac Technologies	2.2%	14.2%	80.3%
28	Edgewater Technology	136.5%	41.6%	14.2%
84	Elecsys	51.2%	24.3%	8.6%
34	Fuel Tech	16.1%	35.6%	69.3%
91	Gencor Industries	70.0%	17.4%	6.9%
31	GeoResources	23.3%	44.9%	43.3%
67	Globecomm Systems	51.4%	20.1%	22.3%
9	Gulfport Energy	55.1%	71.2%	76.9%
35	Health Grades	44.6%	37.3%	27.1%
70	HMS Holdings	14.8%	20.9%	54.5%
45	ICU Medical	57.9%	37.2%	9.6%
99	IntegraMed America	46.5%	8.7%	25.9%
10	Interactive Intelligence	152.3%	26.2%	80.2%
22	IntriCon	70.5%	23.2%	82.3%
80	Iris International	29.0%	23.3%	26.3%
76	Jones Soda	36.7%	19.0%	29.2%
96	Key Technology	17.2%	11.8%	52.7%
72	KMG Chemicals	36.5%	24.6%	24.4%
18	Kreisler Manufacturing	169.9%	27.4%	39.9%
71	Learning Tree	201.8%	3.7%	19.7%
7	Life Partners Holdings	99.6%	45.2%	72.1%
49	Lifeway Foods	26.0%	30.0%	37.3%
77	LivePerson	15.4%	43.7%	19.2%
21	LMI Aerospace	97.2%	21.8%	69.9%
24	Logility	101.9%	26.9%	38.3%
47	Medifast	40.7%	50.5%	11.3%
78	Medtox Scientific	56.7%	12.1%	26.2%
36	Mercer Insurance Group	66.3%	50.0%	10.5%
65	Meridian Bioscience	35.6%	16.2%	39.7%
62	Mesa Laboratories	27.6%	27.8%	28.1%
20	Mitcham Industries	50.8%	45.6%	45.3%
88	Nathan's Famous	37.1%	13.3%	32.4%
26	Natus Medical	45.3%	54.1%	34.2%
83	NetLogic Microsystems	10.2%	19.4%	47.7%
66	NetScout Systems	74.5%	13.4%	22.3%
90	Nobel Learning Communities	68.2%	6.7%	24.1%
100	Nortech Systems	54.0%	19.1%	4.6%
4	North American Galvanizing & Coatings	276.2%	40.2%	63.6%
14	OYO Geospace	81.9%	32.5%	59.1%
51	Palomar Medical Technologies	58.3%	40.3%	-16.2%
17	Parallel Petroleum	49.6%	52.6%	48.4%
68	PeopleSupport	23.0%	53.7%	11.1%
30	Pericom Semiconductor	203.3%	23.1%	25.6%
38	Phase Forward	51.1%	22.5%	38.6%
69	Pioneer Behavioral Health	45.4%	17.3%	27.7%
53	PrimeEnergy	17.9%	29.1%	39.2%
52	Quality Systems	37.3%	26.6%	28.8%
16	Rochester Medical	241.0%	32.7%	33.4%
89	Royal Gold	17.2%	31.1%	19.7%
85	Smith Micro Software	16.7%	97.8%	-1.8%
94	Somanetics	-3.9%	42.2%	15.4%
33	Spectranetics	33.4%	35.1%	39.7%
74	Spectrum Control	38.0%	18.9%	28.3%
50	Stamps.com	73.2%	35.9%	-8.4%
40	Sun Hydraulics	37.6%	21.2%	54.7%
79	Supertex	56.1%	21.1%	13.0%
56	Synalloy	104.3%	15.8%	20.4%
95	Tessera Technologies	6.0%	51.7%	3.8%
27	TGC Industries	22.1%	74.0%	53.5%
11	The Knot	135.3%	35.0%	46.7%
12	Thomas Group	85.7%	28.2%	79.9%
46	TradeStation Group	38.5%	29.9%	26.4%
86	Transcat	61.6%	8.5%	25.5%
48	Trio-Tech International	93.1%	19.7%	22.6%
75	UFP Technologies	71.4%	11.7%	24.7%
19	Ultimate Software	208.2%	28.2%	35.4%
44	United States Lime & Minerals	21.6%	34.7%	38.8%
5	Vasco Data Security International	90.2%	67.9%	61.6%
54	Versar	89.3%	22.0%	14.7%
73	Willis Lease	50.1%	24.0%	17.2%
43	WSI Industries	73.6%	14.8%	37.8%

From the July/August 2008 issue of Fortune Small Business

*Three-year annualized rate

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State	# of FSB 100 Companies
California	18
Texas	12
New York	11

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Executive	Total Ownership Value ($ millions)
T. Kendall Hunt	266.2
Donald E. Brown, M.D.	116.4
George A. Lopez, M.D.	103.5

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Company	Revenue growth (3-yr. annualized)
Arena Resources	132.7%
Smith Micro Software	97.8%
TGC Industries	74.0%

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