25 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies from Forbes magazine
Rank | Company | Business | Price | EPS Growth1 | 5-Year Sales Growth2 | Latest 12 Months Sales ($mil) |
1 | Illumina | biotechnology equipment | $39.49 | 26% | 250+%3 | $1453 |
2 | online search engine | 505.00 | 33 | 222 | 9,319 | |
3 | Salesforce.com | Sales mgmt software | 42.42 | 50 | 117 | 444 |
4 | Monolithic Power Systems | semiconductors | 11.74 | 20 | 81 | 111 |
5 | Altiris | software | 26.92 | 14 | 76 | 215 |
6 | Martek Biosciences | nutritional supplements | 24.17 | 13 | 70 | 271 |
7 | Euronet Worldwide | banking software | 27.67 | 20 | 69 | 607 |
8 | Cephalon | biotechnology | 70.31 | 20 | 65 | 1,570 |
9 | Sonic Solutions | software for digital media | 17.80 | 20 | 59 | 154 |
10 | WebEx Communications | Internet videoconferencing | 35.16 | 19 | 59 | 362 |
11 | Websense | web security software | 24.27 | 15 | 51 | 173 |
12 | Celgene | biotechnology | 55.88 | 53 | 47 | 773 |
13 | Cognizant Technology Solutions | IT services | 81.44 | 35 | 47 | 1,257 |
14 | Navteq | digital maps | 33.03 | 25 | 46 | 547 |
15 | Digital River | E-commerce services | 51.87 | 25 | 45 | 286 |
16 | MTC Technologies | IT services | 23.03 | 15 | 40 | 402 |
17 | LifeCell | biotechnology | 25.71 | 35 | 403,4 | 1413,4 |
18 | NII Holdings | wireless telecom services | 65.35 | 42 | 35 | 2,213 |
19 | Genentech | biotechnology | 86.83 | 28 | 344 | 7,6404 |
20 | DRS Technologies | aerospace, defense | 55.03 | 12 | 34 | 2,377 |
21 | SRA International | government IT services | 27.74 | 20 | 32 | 1,203 |
22 | Color Kinetics | LED lighting systems | 20.11 | 35 | 32 | 62 |
23 | Amgen | biotechnology | 73.27 | 15 | 31 | 13,704 |
24 | Online Resources | IT services for finance cos | 9.32 | 25 | 28 | 78 |
25 | Dolby Laboratories | audio technology | 33.67 | 20 | 26 | 392 |