Hottest of the Hot SALES MILLIONS* MEADOWCRAFT $145.1 COMPLETE BUSINESS 142.8 MIAMI COMPUTER 142.4 SCHUFF STEEL 140.1 SYNTEL 139.6 *Latest four quarters SALES GROWTH AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH* YURIE SYSTEMS 192.4% KENDLE INTL. 168.9 MEDICAL MANAGER 166.3 JAKKS PACIFIC 162.7 BRASS EAGLE 147.0 *Latest three years MARKET VALUE MILLIONS* LHS GROUP $3,085 VERITAS SOFTWARE 1,668 VISIO 1,379 SYNTEL 1,131 SAPIENT 968 EARNINGS MILLIONS* MEADOWCRAFT $26.6 VERITAS SOFTWARE 26.4 OCULAR SCIENCES 24.7 VISIO 21.8 DOVER DOWNS ENT. 20.8 *Latest four quarters RETURN ON CAPITAL AVERAGE ANNUAL RATE* DELTEK SYSTEMS 79.0 MEDICAL MANAGER 76.2 OPTEK TECHNOLOGY 67.7 INTEST 66.8 RETROSPETTIVA 62.9 *Latest three years EARNINGS GROWTH AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH* HURCO 722.6% ADVANCED DIGITAL 439.4 SUPERIOR ENERGY 346.8 BRASS EAGLE 341.5 THQ 294.3 *Latest three years DATA: STANDARD & POOR'S COMPUSTAT, A DIVISION OF THE McGRAW-HILL COMPANIES RELATED ITEMS HOT GROWTH COMPANIES TABLE: Hottest of the Hot KENDLE INTERNATIONAL: THE $44 MILLION MOM-AND-POP BRASS EAGLE: GREAT BALLS TO FIRE MELITA INTERNATIONAL: A BEST FRIEND TO TELEMARKETERS ARIS: A SOFTWARE TUNER AND COACH DOVER DOWNS ENTERTAINMENT: SPEED DEMON APEX PC SOLUTIONS: SERVING THE SERVERS WHAT'S STILL SIZZLING--AND WHAT MELTED TABLE: The 1996 Winners...And the Losers 1998 HOT GROWTH COMPANIES TABLE: Alphabetical Index of Companies TABLE: 1998 Hot Growth Companies (.pdf) Return to main story

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