100 Fastest-Growing Companies 2012: Profit Growth

Top companies: Profit growth

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

From the September 24, 2012 issue.

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Company	Sales growth (3-year annual rate)
Green Plains Renewable Energy	299%
SXC Health Solutions	151%
Discovery Communications	105%

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Sturm Ruger & Co	848%
Cirrus Logic	340%
Hi-Tech Pharmacal	234%

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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters	120%
Netflix	116%
Acme Packet	108%

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