Fastest Growing Companies (Fortune magazine) 2012

FORBES FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES 2012

 

Top 100

Rank 6 Company Earnings growth Revenue growth Total return 1 Silver Wheaton 340% 76% 49% 2 Cirrus Logic 450% 39% 88% 3 Baidu 99% 72% 56% 4 HollyFrontier 93% 51% 64% 5 HFF 341% 41% 53% 6 lululemon athletica 81% 45% 109% 7 Northern Oil and Gas 122% 237% 36% 8 Apple 70% 52% 60% 9 IPG Photonics 100% 37% 58% 10 RPC 121% 38% 50% 11 Catamaran 52% 72% 98% 12 3D Systems 272% 26% 112% 13 Impax Laboratories 85% 43% 40% 14 priceline.com 66% 33% 81% 15 Coinstar 74% 43% 37% 16 Bridgepoint Education 187% 57% 9% 17 Alexion Pharmaceuticals 34% 43% 69% 18 American Equity Investment Life 87% 42% 27% 19 Epoch Holding 53% 41% 45% 20 51job 89% 25% 57% 21 Warner Chilcott 72% 51% 23% 22 Hi-Tech Pharmacal 69% 29% 54% 23 Pan American Silver 241% 44% -2% 24 ZAGG 71% 104% 17% 25 United Therapeutics 195% 42% 6% 26 Wynn Resorts 81% 26% 53% 27 Gulfport Energy 89% 26% 44% 28 Questcor Pharmaceuticals 32% 34% 120% 29 Pioneer Natural Resources 95% 23% 51% 30 TransGlobe Energy 40% 38% 50% 31 OYO Geospace 98% 22% 52% 32 Concho Resources 25% 63% 44% 33 MarketAxess Holdings 79% 27% 43% 34 Cliffs Natural Resources 71% 35% 28% 35 Green Mountain Coffee Roasters 78% 78% 3% 36 TPC Group 60% 24% 111% 37 Acme Packet 65% 43% 23% 38 TTM Technologies 105% 40% 6% 39 SciClone Pharmaceuticals 60% 32% 40% 40 Darling International 52% 37% 36% 41 MercadoLibre 59% 30% 42% 42 Hollysys Automation Technologies 110% 32% 14% 43 Opentable 81% 40% 14% 44 Triumph Group 28% 50% 42% 45 Netgear 131% 23% 34% 46 Medifast 59% 40% 20% 47 IAMGOLD 421% 28% 7% 48 Silvercorp Metals 48% 47% 18% 49 Ultratech 84% 25% 37% 50 Intuitive Surgical 41% 28% 50% 51 Under Armour 37% 27% 62% 52 VMware 37% 30% 49% 53 F5 Networks 54% 27% 42% 54 Gentex 83% 28% 24% 55 Coherent 325% 21% 28% 56 Steven Madden 45% 29% 41% 57 Riverbed Technology 85% 32% 12% 58 Ascena Retail Group 38% 33% 38% 59 Materion 86% 30% 0% 60 AmTrust Financial Services 28% 34% 40% 61 ExlService Holdings 53% 30% 30% 62 EZchip Semiconductor 43% 31% 35% 63 Grand Canyon Education 68% 37% 8% 64 BorgWarner 189% 20% 24% 65 Internet Initiative Japan 55% 25% 40% 66 Titan Machinery 33% 34% 34% 67 Rackspace Hosting 45% 25% 47% 68 Cymer 99% 21% 26% 69 Clean Harbors 43% 31% 28% 70 Whiting Petroleum 66% 25% 33% 71 Investors Bancorp 42% 38% 18% 72 NetApp 102% 24% 17% 73 Chipotle Mexican Grill 41% 20% 68% 74 Buenaventura Mining 53% 32% 18% 75 Lam Research 47% 37% 13% 76 SolarWinds 31% 30% 38% 77 Barrick Gold 90% 27% 5% 78 Broadcom 126% 23% 11% 79 East West Bancorp 31% 24% 55% 80 MWI Veterinary Supply 29% 28% 43% 81 NetEase 29% 41% 19% 82 IMAX 22% 28% 44% 83 SVB Financial 70% 23% 29% 84 AsiaInfo-Linkage 34% 51% -12% 85 Cognizant Technology Solutions 27% 32% 31% 86 Fossil 42% 21% 47% 87 Ebix 33% 32% 24% 88 Semtech 78% 25% 15% 89 3SBio 36% 33% 18% 90 Encore Capital Group 56% 23% 31% 91 Celgene 47% 30% 10% 92 HMS Holdings 25% 27% 35% 93 Tempur-Pedic International 62% 21% 21% 94 Southern Copper 49% 24% 23% 95 Rush Enterprises 63% 24% 11% 96 Affiliated Managers Group 40% 26% 0% 97 Vale 45% 29% 7% 98 Super Micro Computer 29% 28% 27% 99 Electro Rent 32% 26% 25% 100 Portfolio Recovery 31% 23% 33%

From the September 24, 2012 issue.