05/27/96 TABLE: Hottest of the Hot

Hottest of the Hot

SALES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS* FRESH AMERICA $145.2 CAMBRIDGE TECH. PARTNERS 144.8 GLOBAL VILLAGE COMMUNICATION 144.5 DATA SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE 137.6 HELIX TECHNOLOGY 136.7 *LATEST FOUR QUARTERS SALES GROWTH AVERAGE ANNUAL RATE* RETIREMENT CARE ASSOCIATES 313.9% NETMANAGE 193.0 ELTRON INTERNATIONAL 182.5 LOGIC WORKS 175.7 ATRIA SOFTWARE 173.6 *LATEST THREE YEARS EARNINGS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS* COGNEX $28.0 HELIX TECHNOLOGY 24.0 MACROMEDIA 23.0 CATALINA MARKETING 22.0 NETMANAGE 22.0 *LATEST FOUR QUARTERS EARNINGS GROWTH AVERAGE ANNUAL RATE* TSX 1,728.2% OPAL 861.5 UNIMARK GROUP 472.2 STORAGE COMPUTER 349.5 GENERAL EMPLOYMENT ENT. 318.4 *LATEST THREE YEARS MARKET VALUE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS* APAC TELESERVICES $1,721 MACROMEDIA 1,328 SECURITY DYNAMICS TECH. 1,046 REMEDY 976 COGNEX 970 *AS OF MAY 3 PROFITABILITY AVERAGE ANNUAL RATE* LOGAN'S ROADHOUSE 70.1% ACT MFG. 55.0 APAC TELESERVICES 51.7 ELTRON INTERNATIONAL 49.9 DATASTREAM SYSTEMS 48.3 *LATEST THREE YEARS' RETURN ON INVESTED CAPITAL DATA: STANDARD & POOR'S COMPUSTAT