FSB 100

America's fastest-growing small public companies

Top companies: EPS growth

Rank	Company	FSB 100 Rank	Earnings per share growth (3-yr. annualized)	Net income ($ millions)
1	North American Galvanizing & Coatings	4	276.2%	9.2
2	Rochester Medical	16	241%	2.9
3	Ultimate Software	19	208.2%	33.1
4	Pericom Semiconductor	30	203.3%	13.0
5	Learning Tree	71	201.8%	18.6
6	Astronics	1	201.4%	15.4
7	Kreisler Manufacturing	18	169.9%	2.0
8	Bitstream	25	157.2%	4.0
9	Interactive Intelligence	10	152.3%	16.8
10	Bolt Technology	3	148.6%	13.3
11	AeroCentury	8	143.5%	3.6
12	Edgewater Technology	28	136.5%	8.8
13	The Knot	11	135.3%	11.9
14	Actuate	37	106.2%	20.2
15	Synalloy	56	104.3%	10.1
16	Logility	24	101.9%	6.3
17	Life Partners Holdings	7	99.6%	19.0
18	Arena Resources	2	97.2%	34.4
19	LMI Aerospace	21	97.2%	13.2
20	Trio-Tech International	48	93.1%	2.7
21	Vasco Data Security International	5	90.2%	21.0
22	Versar	54	89.3%	5.7
23	Thomas Group	12	85.7%	7.1
24	Amerigon	15	84.4%	7.4
25	Dynamic Materials	6	82.4%	24.6
26	OYO Geospace	14	81.9%	15.1
27	Concur Technologies	13	75.4%	10.6
28	NetScout Systems	66	74.5%	4.9
29	WSI Industries	43	73.6%	1.3
30	Stamps.com	50	73.2%	10.7
31	UFP Technologies	75	71.4%	4.2
32	IntriCon	22	70.5%	1.9
33	Gencor Industries	91	70%	30.1
34	Nobel Learning Communities	90	68.2%	7.7
35	American Science and Engineering	61	66.6%	20.5
36	Mercer Insurance Group	36	66.3%	14.2
37	Transcat	86	61.6%	2.1
38	Palomar Medical Technologies	51	58.3%	20.5
39	ICU Medical	45	57.9%	23.1
40	Medtox Scientific	78	56.7%	6.7
41	American Physicians Service Group	39	56.7%	23.3
42	Almost Family	59	56.5%	7.6
43	Ebix	23	56.3%	12.7
44	Supertex	79	56.1%	17.7
45	Gulfport Energy	9	55.1%	37.8
46	Nortech Systems	100	54%	1.6
47	Globecomm Systems	67	51.4%	12.3
48	Elecsys	84	51.2%	0.8
49	Phase Forward	38	51.1%	29.2
50	Eastern Co.	87	50.8%	10.1
51	Mitcham Industries	20	50.8%	11.4
52	Willis Lease	73	50.1%	17.7
53	Parallel Petroleum	17	49.6%	-4.7
54	IntegraMed America	99	46.5%	3.3
55	Pioneer Behavioral Health	69	45.4%	2.4
56	Natus Medical	26	45.3%	9.8
57	Health Grades	35	44.6%	6.7
58	Chyron	58	44.6%	3.7
59	Medifast	47	40.7%	3.9
60	American Medical Alert	92	39%	1.5
61	TradeStation Group	46	38.5%	35.4
62	CyberSource	29	38.4%	2.4
63	Spectrum Control	74	38%	10.8
64	Sun Hydraulics	40	37.6%	22.1
65	Quality Systems	52	37.3%	37.3
66	Nathan's Famous	88	37.1%	7.0
67	Jones Soda	76	36.7%	-11.6
68	KMG Chemicals	72	36.5%	8.9
69	Meridian Bioscience	65	35.6%	28.6
70	Atlantic Tele-Network	32	34.2%	36.2
71	Spectranetics	33	33.4%	7.2
72	Asta Funding	81	32.8%	54.3
73	Chase Corp.	64	32.4%	11.6
74	CAM Commerce Solutions	98	31.9%	5.4
75	Iris International	80	29%	7.6
76	Mesa Laboratories	62	27.6%	4.9
77	Lifeway Foods	49	26%	3.2
78	Atrion	97	25.2%	14.0
79	GeoResources	31	23.3%	2.3
80	PeopleSupport	68	23%	32.3
81	TGC Industries	27	22.1%	7.6
82	United States Lime & Minerals	44	21.6%	10.5
83	Balchem	60	21.5%	16.1
84	PrimeEnergy	53	17.9%	7.6
85	Key Technology	96	17.2%	6.9
86	Royal Gold	89	17.2%	20.0
87	Smith Micro Software	85	16.7%	3.2
88	Fuel Tech	34	16.1%	7.2
89	LivePerson	77	15.4%	5.8
90	HMS Holdings	70	14.8%	15.0
91	Art's-Way Manufacturing	57	12.2%	2.3
92	NetLogic Microsystems	83	10.2%	2.6
93	Carrizo Oil & Gas	41	8.7%	16.6
94	Tessera Technologies	95	6%	45.1
95	Bankrate	42	3.7%	20.0
96	Edac Technologies	82	2.2%	3.4
97	A.D.A.M.	55	0.1%	3.9
98	Abaxis	93	-1.5%	12.0
99	Somanetics	94	-3.9%	9.0
100	American Ecology	63	-4.2%	19.4

From the July/August 2008 issue of Fortune Small Business

*For the trailing four quarters to 2/29/08

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California	18
Texas	12
New York	11

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T. Kendall Hunt	266.2
Donald E. Brown, M.D.	116.4
George A. Lopez, M.D.	103.5

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