100 Fastest-Growing Companies 2012: Best Investments

Top companies: Best investments

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

From the September 24, 2012 issue.

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Company	Sales growth (3-year annual rate)
Northern Oil and Gas	237%
ZAGG	104%
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters	78%

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Company	Profit growth (3-year annual rate)
Cirrus Logic	450%
IAMGOLD	421%
HFF	341%

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Company	Total return (3-year annual rate)
Questcor Pharmaceuticals	120%
3D Systems	112%
TPC Group	111%

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