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HOT GROWTH COMPANIES
Hot Growth 2003 Scoreboard
To win a position in this table, a company must excel in three ways. The selection process begins by ranking companies according to their three-year results in sales growth, earnings growth, and return on invested capital. The ranks in the table are calculated from these numbers. A company's composite rank is the sum of 0.5 times its rank in return on total capital plus 0.25 times each of its growth ranks.

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Rank
Company Name
12 Mo.
Sales
$ Mil.
12 Mo.
 Earnings 
$ Mil.
3-Yr. Avg.
 Increase(%) 
Sales
3-Yr. Avg.
 Increase(%) 
Profits
3-Yr. Avg.
Return(%)
 On Capital 
 52-Week 
High
 52-Week 
Low
Price
as of
 5/9/03 
P-E
Ratio
Market
Value
$ Mil.
1AEROPOSTALE550.9 31.3 52.3 64.8 31.5 30 - 5 19 24 671 
2CHICO'S FAS531.1 66.8 50.2 61.3 29.2 24 - 13 21 27 1,791 
3ODYSSEY HEALTHCARE214.4 24.3 60.3 161.5 18.5 29 - 14 29 29 675 
4CORINTHIAN COLLEGES472.9 60.0 37.1 80.1 23.2 48 - 24 46 35 2,018 
5SHUFFLE MASTER58.4 14.8 24.6 55.1 28.7 25 - 14 24 29 403 
6HOT TOPIC443.3 34.6 37.2 35.4 22.0 28 - 15 25 24 781 
7APOLLO GROUP1,162.7 202.5 26.5 40.9 24.2 57 - 31 56 53 9,884 
8COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS257.1 37.6 36.3 43.3 19.2 26 - 13 18 32 1,129 
9FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS217.9 45.2 26.2 30.3 23.9 36 - 21 36 28 1,198 
10COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR841.9 108.5 20.8 46.5 21.8 49 - 27 46 17 1,841 
11EMERSON RADIO352.7 20.2 15.7 74.9 21.6 8 - 1 7 10 180 
12COACH893.1 134.1 12.3 71.8 30.3 46 - 17 46 31 4,096 
13CORPORATE EXECUTIVE BOARD172.6 32.0 32.1 32.1 17.2 41 - 24 39 46 1,450 
14DICK'S SPORTING GOODS1,272.6 38.3 20.4 38.5 19.1 31 - 12 29 13 583 
15SICOR474.9 131.6 25.8 120.6 14.2 20 - 13 19 17 2,221 
16BALCHEM60.6 7.7 27.8 34.1 16.4 25 - 17 23 15 111 
17PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES62.6 18.0 66.7 113.3 12.5 28 - 15 26 18 351 
18POLYMEDICA334.6 37.9 28.6 28.8 17.0 40 - 21 34 11 417 
19CAREER EDUCATION849.3 74.3 54.2 82.3 12.4 62 - 33 61 39 2,798 
20VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS950.3 111.8 13.8 112.7 16.3 55 - 32 53 33 3,591 
21ITT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES479.8 46.1 14.1 21.8 41.6 32 - 14 29 29 1,293 
22EON LABS266.9 52.0 42.9 98.4 11.9 33 - 13 31 26 1,348 
23YANKEE CANDLE453.7 65.5 19.3 20.5 21.3 28 - 14 21 18 1,163 
24ENGINEERED SUPPORT SYSTEMS438.3 30.2 32.2 54.5 13.0 41 - 28 36 20 578 
25STRAYER EDUCATION123.7 27.2 18.7 9.6 25.4 66 - 47 64 34 679 
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A indicates that a company also appeared in last year's rankings (June 10, 2002).

SALES and EARNINGS are the latest figures available through the most recent 12 months. Earnings include net income from continuing operations before gains or losses from extraordinary items.

INCREASES in SALES and PROFITS are calculated using the least-squares method. If results for the earliest year are negative, the average is for two years.

RETURN ON CAPITAL is earnings plus minority interests and tax-adjusted interest expense expressed as a percent of total debt and equity. For ranking purposes, the maximum allowable annual return on invested capital is 100%. If companies have made substantial accounting restatements, long-term returns may be averaged for two years instead of three years.

Time periods vary according to the month of a company's fiscal yearend. Profitability and growth are calculated based on the most recently available data.

STOCK PRICE data are as of May 9, 2003.



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