America’s Best Small Companies

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Rank	Company	Sales	Sales Growth	Earnings per Share Growth	Return on Equity
1	SolarWinds	$233 M	38%	36%	54%
2	Grand Canyon Education	$458 M	47%	236%	27%
3	American Public Education	$291 M	44%	54%	35%
4	Sturm, Ruger	$406 M	16%	99%	24%
5	Metropolitan Health Networks	$656 M	14%	113%	30%
6	IEC Electronics	$143 M	40%	79%	39%
7	Questcor Pharmaceuticals	$344 M	61%	20%	54%
8	Cirrus Logic	$434 M	21%	64%	20%
9	Rue21	$822 M	28%	38%	55%
10	Medifast	$328 M	36%	41%	23%
11	IPG Photonics	$514 M	23%	36%	17%
12	United Therapeutics	$827 M	37%	30%	8%
13	Air Methods	$785 M	14%	21%	18%
14	Allegiant Travel	$843 M	25%	34%	20%
15	Syntel	$690 M	18%	20%	34%
16	FleetCor Technologies	$592 M	21%	21%	21%
17	Bio-Reference Laboratories	$637 M	23%	25%	19%
18	Buffalo Wild Wings	$908 M	23%	24%	16%
19	Strayer Education	$587 M	21%	23%	61%
20	Wright Express	$585 M	7%	15%	30%
21	Lumber Liquidators	$745 M	15%	14%	18%
22	FutureFuel	$369 M	48%	48%	10%
23	Portfolio Recovery Associates	$520 M	19%	15%	18%
24	DXP Enterprises	$940 M	19%	9%	10%
25	Middleby	$951 M	15%	12%	26%
26	Boston Beer	$538 M	12%	35%	22%
27	HealthStream	$92 M	19%	20%	13%
28	HMS Holdings	$419 M	31%	47%	14%
29	Gordmans Stores	$579 M	6%	66%	47%
30	Ancestry.com	$435 M	21%	57%	10%
31	NIC	$192 M	22%	15%	24%
32	Dorman Products	$552 M	12%	32%	14%
33	Myriad Genetics	$496 M	26%	17%	22%
34	Key Tronic	$346 M	10%	19%	11%
35	Liquidity Services	$432 M	15%	15%	12%
36	Tyler Technologies	$333 M	10%	21%	19%
37	ExlService Holdings	$415 M	26%	28%	12%
38	EDAC Technologies	$95 M	17%	4%	18%
39	CommVault Systems	$426 M	20%	14%	15%
40	America’s Car-mart	$395 M	12%	47%	13%
41	OpenTable	$150 M	37%	65%	11%
42	Ansys	$752 M	19%	45%	11%
43	Quality Systems	$448 M	23%	15%	32%
44	Manitex International	$169 M	16%	17%	7%
45	Volterra Semiconductor	$166 M	18%	63%	15%
46	NetScout Systems	$322 M	23%	29%	8%
47	Royal Gold	$263 M	43%	15%	5%
48	Dolby Laboratories	$945 M	20%	27%	20%
49	Mesa Laboratories	$41 M	18%	12%	19%
50	Hibbett Sports	$774 M	8%	14%	24%
51	Atwood Oceanics	$712 M	18%	24%	24%
52	Riverbed Technology	$773 M	46%	46%	6%
53	FactSet Research Systems	$806 M	12%	16%	30%
54	Keynote Systems	$121 M	11%	112%	6%
55	OSI Systems	$793 M	6%	36%	8%
56	Collectors Universe	$48 M	6%	63%	17%
57	Tessco Technologies	$762 M	7%	24%	13%
58	GP Strategies	$379 M	9%	16%	9%
59	FEI	$857 M	9%	29%	9%
60	U.S. Physical Therapy	$247 M	11%	20%	16%
61	Cantel Medical	$374 M	10%	27%	8%
62	AZZ	$521 M	10%	10%	19%
63	Landauer	$146 M	9%	5%	33%
64	CPI Aerostructures	$81 M	28%	7%	8%
65	Carbo Ceramics	$666 M	16%	20%	16%
66	SHFL Entertainment	$251 M	6%	20%	11%
67	Quaker Chemical	$710 M	5%	24%	15%
68	Raven Industries	$409 M	11%	14%	27%
69	Impax Laboratories	$573 M	36%	11%	44%
70	Orchids Paper Products	$103 M	9%	44%	14%
71	Balchem	$299 M	20%	24%	19%
72	LSB Industries	$792 M	7%	19%	34%
73	True Religion Apparel	$439 M	25%	14%	27%
74	Altra Holdings	$730 M	4%	29%	10%
75	Ameresco	$727 M	20%	27%	19%
76	SS&C Technologies	$405 M	11%	90%	3%
77	Copart	$924 M	10%	10%	17%
78	Great Northern Iron Ore	$29 M	8%	7%	100%
79	j2 Global	$343 M	10%	16%	24%
80	B&G Foods	$589 M	5%	18%	13%
81	NeuStar	$733 M	11%	9%	18%
82	Inventure Foods	$177 M	17%	27%	7%
83	Nathan’s Famous	$68 M	9%	4%	12%
84	Synaptics	$548 M	16%	27%	22%
85	Hawkins	$345 M	17%	24%	17%
86	Astronics	$248 M	13%	13%	19%
87	Thoratec	$457 M	16%	78%	7%
88	Team	$644 M	10%	9%	15%
89	Ensign Group	$689 M	17%	12%	20%
90	Lindsay	$540 M	13%	17%	14%
91	Calavo Growers	$557 M	12%	20%	15%
92	iRobot	$460 M	18%	59%	10%
93	Hittite Microwave	$257 M	15%	14%	23%
94	Rick’s Cabaret International	$89 M	28%	13%	8%
95	KMG Chemicals	$279 M	32%	11%	14%
96	Luminex	$190 M	27%	46%	3%
97	Virtusa	$293 M	15%	11%	10%
98	Masimo	$458 M	15%	10%	27%
99	Hanger	$953 M	9%	18%	10%
100	Exponent	$280 M	9%	19%	17%

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