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FORTUNE RANKS AMERICA'S 100 FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES
September 28, 1998
Earnings Per Share
RANK COMPANY Annual Growth LOCATION
Rate (%)
1 NOBLE DRILLING 394 Houston, TX
2 FUNCO 276 Eden Prairie, MN
3 MARINE DRILLING 268 Sugar Land, TX
4 VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR 227 Camarillo, CA
5 CENTRAL GARDEN & PET 206 Lafayette, CA
6 JABIL CIRCUIT 200 St. Petersburg, FL
7 CLIFFS DRILLING 200 Houston, TX
8 PAIRGAIN TECHNOLOGIES 187 Tustin, CA
9 RMI TITANIUM 180 Niles, OH
10 SANMINA 179 San Jose, CA
11 UTI ENERGY 174 Houston, TX
12 VERITAS DGC 174 Houston, TX
13 FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL 167 Irvine, CA
14 WASTE MANAGEMENT 166 Houston, TX
15 TJX 161 Framingham, MA
16 K V PHARMACEUTICAL 157 St. Louis, MO
17 BIOGEN 156 Cambridge, MA
18 GLOBAL MARINE 151 Houston, TX
19 SALTON/MAXIM HOUSEWARES 143 Mount Prospect, IL
20 CKE RESTAURANTS 142 Anaheim, CA
21 SHAW GROUP 136 Baton Rouge, LA
22 DSP COMMUNICATIONS 127 Cupertino, CA
23 MODTECH 124 Perris, CA
24 NOBLE AFFILIATES 117 Ardmore, OK
25 CANDIE'S 116 Purchase, NY
26 RAINFOREST CAFE 113 Hopkins, MN
27 OMEGA HEALTH SYSTEMS 113 Memphis, TN
28 REXALL SUNDOWN 111 Boca Raton, FL
29 WET SEAL 108 Foothill Ranch, CA
30 ST. MARY LAND & EXPLORATION 104 Denver, CO
31 SEACOR SMIT 104 Houston, TX
32 PRESSTEK 103 Hudson, NH
33 CADE INDUSTRIES 103 Okemos, MI
34 IMPERIAL CREDIT INDUSTRIES 100 Torrance, CA
35 ENSCO INTERNATIONAL 98 Dallas, TX
36 BJ SERVICES 98 Houston, TX
37 PACIFIC SUNWEAR OF CALIFORNIA 98 Anaheim, CA
38 ALLIED RESEARCH 97 Vienna, VA
39 TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS 91 Chicago, IL
40 VWR SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS 91 West Chester, PA
41 NBTY 90 Bohemia, NY
42 PARKER DRILLING 90 Tulsa, OK
43 DELL COMPUTER 90 Round Rock, TX
44 PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT 90 Bridgeport, WV
45 CHART INDUSTRIES 88 Mayfield Heights, OH
46 INDUSTRIAL HOLDINGS 88 Houston, TX
47 ACTRADE INTERNATIONAL 86 New York, NY
48 CORRECTIONS CORP. OF AMERICA 84 Nashville, TN
49 YORK RESEARCH 83 New York, NY
50 U.S. OFFICE PRODUCTS 82
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