Article: Smaller Group of Fast-Growing Public Cos. Sees Big Sales Gain

ECONOMY: Big companies from last year off; small names dominate

A group of smaller companies stepped on the gas on the Business Journal's annual list of fastest-growing publicly traded companies.

The 50 companies on our list saw a 93% gain in sales for the 12 months through June from the same period in 2005. Sales for the 12 months through June were $35.7 billion.

The rate of growth far exceeded the 56% clip posted by the 50 companies on last year's list. But size is a factor: Last year's group had sales of $74 billion, twice that of this year's group.

A handful of bigger companies from last year didn't make the cut this time around. They include Santa Ana-based Ingram Micro Inc., last ...

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