Current Issue

Summa, Magna or Phi Beta Kappa

Jim Lawrence celebrates the achievements of the ninety-nine public companies included in our 2007 Rankings - both on stock exchanges

and on the water

-page 2

Big, Bold or Old

George Weltman announces this year’s winners and examines what business models lay behind the performance of the top ranked companies.

-page 5

Fun with Numbers

This article provides a glimpse into the

$30 billion in cash built up by the companies in our rankings universe

-page 19

Rankings Trends and Tidbits

Nora Huvane explains the composition of our rankings universe and looks briefly at how it has performed over time and how apparently unrelated factors often interlink.

-page 20

A Global Effort from the Class of 2007

Jim Lawrence praises the performance

of the 2007 rankings’ “rookie” companies

and looks at the 21 2007 IPO companies

that will be added next year.

-page 28

The Rankings Methodology

An explanation of the metrics behind our rankings methodology.

-page 31

The Companies

An at-a-glance financial profile of all 99 companies we ranked.

-page 34

Alphabetical Index to Companies

-page 80