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Rank	Company	Sales ($mil)	Sales Growth (%)	EPS Growth (%)	ROE (%)
1	Medifast	218	41	35	17
2	InterDigital	359	17	149	48
3	American Public Education	174	49	47	28
4	Deckers Outdoor	869	33	35	22
5	WebMD Health	480	28	103	21
6	NutriSystem	534	63	76	51
7	National Presto Industries	491	27	34	39
8	Industrial Services of America	285	3	22	22
9	True Religion Apparel	335	54	50	48
10	Transcend Services	84	33	91	28
11	Rackspace Hosting	698	51	31	14
12	UFP Technologies	115	8	51	15
13	GeoResources	98	86	11	15
14	Strayer Education	579	22	22	40
15	Tempur Pedic International	986	4	5	73
16	iRobot	373	27	42	4
17	Dolby Laboratories	859	21	41	19
18	Hittite Microwave	200	24	27	28
19	Capella Education	385	23	13	19
20	LoopNet	75	37	31	34
21	TransDigm Group	802	22	61	17
22	Quality Systems	308	27	23	35
23	Continental Resources	906	15	11	40
24	Balchem	235	31	23	19
25	HMS Holdings	261	39	36	12
26	Interactive Intelligence	143	21	43	34
27	VSE	960	42	45	26
28	Under Armour	926	34	21	18
29	F5 Networks	803	31	17	12
30	InnerWorkings	439	64	30	27
31	Akamai Technologies	930	35	9	27
32	Lumber Liquidators	598	26	25	29
33	Allegiant Travel	604	47	42	19
34	Steven Madden	570	7	30	17
35	KMG Chemicals	195	35	26	14
36	Sapient	766	23	22	13
37	Concur Technologies	280	37	41	15
38	Syntel	469	19	27	34
39	Atwood Oceanics	621	33	96	22
40	FactSet Research Systems	641	21	21	29
41	Allscripts Healthcare Solutions	705	53	28	9
42	Quidel	176	15	74	14
43	LHC Group	575	35	27	20
44	Iconix Brand Group	273	44	117	14
45	NVE	29	21	53	23
46	LMI Aerospace	231	26	61	13
47	ExlService Holdings	223	29	16	11
48	Jos. A. Bank Clothiers	807	15	21	22
49	Dril-Quip	564	19	47	18
50	Bio-Reference Laboratories	434	22	20	18
51	Boston Beer	440	15	9	16
52	Ensign Group	524	18	20	28
53	Sirona Dental Systems	776	91	8	10
54	Blackbaud	309	19	13	34
55	Volterra Semiconductor	140	20	12	11
56	Portfolio Recovery Associates	318	20	10	19
57	NetScout Systems	269	30	46	6
58	Thoratec	387	16	40	3
59	Darling International	639	20	38	16
60	Hawkins	258	20	27	16
61	Skyworks Solutions	987	1	38	4
62	Insituform Technologies	845	5	65	6
63	Ansys	552	35	26	12
64	Buffalo Wild Wings	576	26	33	14
65	Hibbett Sporting Goods	637	9	7	25
66	Quaker Chemical	515	5	26	9
67	Atlantic Tele-Network	345	24	21	16
68	Middleby	641	21	23	49
69	GSI Technology	76	9	13	14
70	Morningstar	507	24	48	21
71	DG FastChannel	206	32	33	4
72	Wright Express	331	13	36	33
73	Sturm Ruger	268	11	80	12
74	Neogen	151	18	22	12
75	Buckle	909	15	26	25
76	ICF International	715	44	54	14
77	Aaon	227	9	34	23
78	Pre-Paid Legal Services	460	4	19	97
79	Liquidity Services	277	30	3	20
80	T-3 Energy Services	193	30	29	11
81	Synaptics	515	24	26	17
82	PetMed Express	236	17	27	33
83	Monro Muffler Brake	595	10	10	13
84	Red Hat	819	31	10	10
85	Air Methods	513	19	42	17
86	Dionex	420	9	12	25
87	Raven Industries	274	8	10	27
88	United States Lime & Minerals	131	13	15	16
89	j2 Global Communications	241	18	19	26
90	Zumiez	432	23	3	17
91	Integra LifeSciences	707	27	16	11
92	NIC	153	19	15	15
93	NCI	497	24	10	21
94	Citi Trends	608	21	10	16
95	Heico	591	23	19	11
96	Inter Parfums	458	13	10	12
97	MSCI	475	19	23	12
98	Meridian Bioscience	150	14	26	24
99	WMS Industries	765	15	36	14
100	II-VI	345	12	21	15