Yahoo! Finance Special Edition: Hot Growth Companies

Yahoo! Finance Special Edition

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This year's annual list of America's hundred best small companies reveals an impressive lineup of firms that are tops at the fast growth game. Here's how they do it. More...

Top Ten Hot Growth Companies

1.	PetMed Express (PETS)
	Online, phone, and mail-order retailer of pills for pets

2.	Universal Technical Institute (UTI)
	It trains car technicians

3.	University of Phoenix Online (UOPX)
	Higher education in virtual classrooms

4.	Multimedia Games (MGAM)
	It's laid a bet on electronic gambling

5.	Aeropostale (ARO)
	Clothing stores for fashionable teens

6.	Headwaters (HDWR)
	Services for the energy industry; turning coal sludge into synth fuel

7.	Corinthian Colleges (COCO)
	For-profit provider of career-oriented education

8.	Chico's FAS (CHS)
	Retailer of women's fashions and accessories

9.	USANA Health Sciences (USNA)
	Nutritional supplements, foods, and body-care products

10.	Coach (COH)
	Designer and manufacturer of leather goods and accessories

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Featured Articles

	K-Swiss By Christopher Palmeri Teach an old sneaker enough new tricks -- and kids will come running. More...
	Aeropostale By Robert Berner To lure teenage mall rats, you need the right cheese. More...
	Online Extra: Shuffle Master By Christopher Palmeri Its card-shuffling machines are cashing in on the casino-gambling boom. More...
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Hot Growth Alumni: Many Happy Returns For The Class Of 2002 By Dean Foust Each year, BusinessWeek takes a second look at the Hot Growth list from two years before. More...
Engineered Support Systems By Roger O. Crockett Supertough, superportable field equipment for the U.S. armed forces. More...
Bio-Reference Laboratories By Diane Brady Your report is back from the laboratory -- with all the trimmings. More...
Online Extra: Keeping K-Swiss on Its Toes By Christopher Palmeri Chairman Steven Nichols on how the atheletic-shoe maker found its niche and keeps growing -- despite reduced sales to Foot Locker. More...
Online Extra: Targeting the Universal American Kid By Robert Berner Aeropostale CEO Julian Geiger and Chief Merchant Chris Finazzo explain why they try to follow, not set, clothing trends. More...
Online Extra: SCP By Stephanie Anderson Forest The biggest fish in the swimming-pool business. More...
Online Extra: MTC By Amy Barrett Soup-to-nuts engineering support for America's war efforts. More...
Online Extra: Hot Growth Companies Photo Essay

Interactive Scoreboard

Hot Growth Interactive Scoreboard

Companies ranked according to their three-year results in sales growth, earnings growth, and return on invested capital.

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