Fortune's~~100 Fastest-Growing Companies,2006

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Fortune 100 Fastest-Growing Companies-2006
Corporate America's supercharged performers

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Rank Company EPS growth* Revenue growth* Total return*
1 VAALCO Energy 147% 81% 116%
2 Hansen Natural 177% 61% 344%
3 Armor Holdings 250% 89% 60%
4 Southern Copper 173% 51% 96%
5 LCA-Vision 154% 51% 108%
6 Palomar Medical Technologies 122% 46% 112%
7 Amedisys 121% 49% 89%
8 Edge Petroleum 139% 81% 52%
9 Maverick Tube 350% 52% 49%
10 Nucor 172% 44% 68%
11 Frontier Oil 678% 30% 108%
12 Jupitermedia 374% 48% 48%
13 Commercial Metals 163% 42% 81%
14 Holly 96% 48% 93%
15 inVentiv Health 98% 47% 91%
16 Valero Energy 142% 40% 95%
17 ASV 109% 72% 47%
18 Netflix 253% 66% 29%
19 Yahoo 170% 84% 26%
20 Leucadia National 110% 126% 34%
21 Celgene 75% 55% 84%
22 JLG Industries 85% 45% 88%
23 Joy Global 245% 25% 101%
24 Deckers Outdoor 99% 43% 81%
25 Encore Wire 108% 42% 80%
26 Tesoro 119% 31% 121%
27 Phelps Dodge 199% 35% 68%
28 Overseas Shipholding Group 134% 54% 41%
29 Red Hat 143% 47% 46%
30 Chesapeake Energy 79% 74% 45%
31 Cognizant Technology Solutions 63% 57% 77%
32 ValueClick 105% 71% 36%
33 CompuCredit 116% 47% 47%
34 Psychiatric Solutions 33% 80% 81%
35 Southwestern Energy 81% 39% 103%
36 Euronet Worldwide 57% 89% 53%
37 Unit 98% 67% 40%
38 RPC 197% 28% 72%
39 XTO Energy 67% 64% 57%
40 Swift Energy 107% 42% 57%
41 Building Materials Holding 130% 39% 57%
42 LifeCell 77% 43% 82%
43 Patterson-UTI Energy 270% 47% 21%
44 United States Steel 182% 28% 64%
45 PrimeEnergy 106% 28% 101%
46 Steel Dynamics 66% 45% 69%
47 Children's Place Retail Stores 167% 39% 44%
48 Grant Prideco 196% 28% 56%
49 Penn Virginia 45% 72% 50%
50 Helix Energy Solutions Group 121% 37% 55%
51 Reliance Steel & Aluminum 122% 29% 60%
52 World Fuel Services 34% 71% 56%
53 EOG Resources 93% 42% 50%
54 Lam Research 256% 32% 37%
55 Oneok 67% 118% 25%
56 Gilead Sciences 84% 59% 29%
57 American Capital Strategies 106% 58% 21%
58 TTM Technologies 143% 35% 46%
59 Berry Petroleum 65% 45% 57%
60 SanDisk 69% 59% 36%
61 Resources Connection 81% 55% 28%
62 Autodesk 115% 26% 63%
63 Vineyard National Bancorp 46% 70% 38%
64 Lufkin Industries 75% 32% 72%
65 Sunoco 86% 33% 57%
66 YRC Worldwide 78% 57% 22%
67 Urban Outfitters 66% 40% 57%
68 Range Resources 34% 41% 87%
69 Gardner Denver 38% 50% 56%
70 Wilshire Bancorp 45% 40% 68%
71 Schnitzer Steel 98% 41% 34%
72 Commercial Capital Bancorp 41% 91% 28%
73 Dynamic Materials 42% 30% 208%
74 OmniVision Technologies 74% 65% 11%
75 ConocoPhillips 107% 37% 37%
76 Rush Enterprises 71% 38% 52%
77 Digital River 78% 45% 28%
78 Murphy Oil 77% 44% 30%
79 Genentech 104% 38% 31%
80 Greenbrier Cos. 86% 33% 45%
81 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings 45% 28% 93%
82 Diodes 68% 26% 69%
83 Sonic Solutions 43% 67% 24%
84 Quality Systems 47% 28% 75%
85 TETRA Technologies 64% 29% 66%
86 Headwaters 41% 72% 21%
87 Epicor Software 155% 32% 21%
88 St. Mary Land & Exploration 45% 44% 44%
89 Pioneer Natural Resources 78% 43% 21%
90 Corus Bankshares 46% 44% 33%
91 Comtech Telecommunications 81% 36% 33%
92 Cimarex Energy 42% 53% 22%
93 National Oilwell Varco 34% 43% 42%
94 Quanex 52% 30% 50%
95 Oil States International 43% 37% 41%
96 SEACOR Holdings 67% 36% 31%
97 Energy Partners 71% 40% 18%
98 Toll Brothers 57% 40% 22%
99 Meritage Homes 56% 40% 24%
100 Chico's FAS 40% 38% 37%

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2005 List :

Rank Company EPS
growth* Revenue
growth* Total
return*

1 Yahoo 185% 78% 67%
2 CompuCredit 239% 62% 69%
3 Ceradyne 107% 70% 93%
4 Vineyard National Bancorp 89% 84% 98%
5 Laserscope 396% 40% 117%
6 Kos Pharmaceuticals 293% 72% 48%
7 ASV 218% 64% 50%
8 SanDisk 111% 79% 56%
9 Imergent 119% 44% 92%
10 Clinical Data 88% 82% 70%
11 J2 Global Communications 122% 48% 61%
12 OmniVision Technologies 175% 128% 24%
13 eResearchTechnology 110% 58% 53%
14 Sonic Solutions 182% 66% 33%
15 Deckers Outdoor 142% 33% 77%
16 LifeCell 169% 31% 86%
17 Schnitzer Steel Industries 203% 39% 48%
18 Central European Distribution 65% 49% 72%
19 Valero Energy 66% 52% 63%
20 Southern Peru Copper 146% 38% 50%
21 Cognizant Technology Solutions 58% 53% 74%
22 American Healthways 68% 44% 68%
23 Comtech Telecommunications 116% 29% 120%
24 Devon Energy 152% 51% 28%
25 William Lyon Homes 63% 58% 55%
26 Maverick Tube 160% 51% 26%
27 Friedman Billings Ramsey Group 113% 91% 11%
28 Middleby 134% 28% 77%
29 Gilead Sciences 61% 79% 39%
30 Genentech 139% 28% 69%
31 Steel Dynamics 184% 50% 17%
32 HealthExtras 53% 55% 58%
33 Silicon Laboratories 111% 80% -1%
34 Euronet Worldwide 70% 99% 22%
35 eBay 84% 66% 29%
36 SFBC 39% 76% 51%
37 Hansen Natural 88% 28% 171%
38 Advanced Neuromodulation Sys. 115% 48% 25%
39 Urban Outfitters 71% 31% 87%
40 Edge Petroleum 70% 45% 43%
41 ConocoPhillips 70% 70% 28%
42 Consolidated-Tomoka Land 44% 49% 64%
43 Countrywide Financial 63% 43% 49%
44 Coach 63% 34% 70%
45 Overseas Shipholding Group 90% 39% 45%
46 Chesapeake Energy 44% 59% 49%
47 Armor Holdings 89% 66% 16%
48 Bluegreen 68% 32% 72%
49 Biosite 78% 57% 25%
50 Collegiate Pacific 59% 71% 29%
51 Chico's FAS 47% 42% 56%
52 Remington Oil & Gas 167% 38% 21%
53 Sands Regent 118% 30% 47%
54 Holly 38% 38% 80%
55 Pioneer Natural Resources 120% 40% 17%
56 Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings 72% 32% 55%
57 Capital Title Group 37% 69% 38%
58 Headwaters 33% 125% 30%
59 Leucadia National 45% 90% 23%
60 Packeteer 115% 28% 47%
61 Pixar 53% 57% 31%
62 Newmont Mining 149% 35% 15%
63 Nucor 99% 43% 14%
64 Hovnanian Enterprises 68% 32% 54%
65 Symantec 92% 33% 38%
66 Stratasys 58% 27% 87%
67 Constellation Energy 51% 56% 29%
68 WebEx Communications 93% 41% 18%
69 W.R. Berkley 94% 34% 31%
70 St. Mary Land & Exploration 59% 40% 35%
71 Sanders Morris Harris Group 97% 29% 40%
72 Bentley Pharmaceuticals 101% 41% -2%
73 Universal American Financial 42% 40% 50%
74 XTO Energy 26% 40% 55%
75 Navigant Consulting 98% 29% 36%
76 Energy Partners 57% 37% 41%
77 Pilgrim's Pride 67% 34% 35%
78 Encore Wire 139% 34% 7%
79 Wilshire Bancorp 45% 31% 66%
80 Career Education 61% 48% 18%
81 Websense 63% 42% 23%
82 Boston Scientific 122% 29% 23%
83 TTM Technologies 95% 38% 13%
84 ProAssurance 101% 25% 33%
85 Penn Virginia 43% 40% 34%
86 Quality Systems 41% 26% 82%
87 Carrizo Oil & Gas 34% 34% 59%
88 Odyssey Re Holdings 104% 34% 13%
89 Meritage Homes 24% 37% 52%
90 United PanAm Financial 32% 36% 51%
91 American Capital Strategies 55% 43% 21%
92 Penn National Gaming 35% 32% 59%
93 Engineered Support Systems 57% 37% 32%
94 Standard Pacific 45% 35% 37%
95 TALX 33% 42% 33%
96 Cal Dive International 53% 35% 34%
97 Berry Petroleum 42% 33% 49%
98 Encore Acquisition 59% 33% 33%
99 Apache 46% 34% 34%
100 Commercial Metals 61% 33% 28%