小即是美：美国小企业100佳

小即是美，有多美？24/7Wall St.根据S&P Capital IQ的数据评出了美国100家最佳小企业。上榜企业入围标准为：公开上市交易且公开交易额超过5百万美元，营收低于10亿美元。

这些公司虽然规模较小，但在过去几年中的收入实现了持续、快速增长，在未来具有可期的，持续的盈利能力。

小企业通常聚焦于一到两个核心市场。例如Steven  Madden ，True Religion 以及rue 21植根于服装与鞋类市场。多样化的缺乏可能是他们的缺陷，但这同样意味着管理层能更聚焦于单一的机会。

另一个有代表性的行业是医疗服务行业。处于本行业的公司都只开展一种单一的业务。例如Mesa Labs为医疗器械行业提供质量控制产品。这是一个狭窄的市场，也不能确保大的医疗器械企业不涉足这一市场。Bio-Reference Laboratories提供检测服务。Cantel Medical提供传染病防控设施。传染病防控业务看起来是一个很小的业务，但会受益于美国医疗产业的高速成长，具有很好的发展预期。

小企业是创造就业机会的重要支撑。此外，相比经济衰退阶段，目标明确、运营良好的小企业更易获得融资，并拥有卓越的表现。这些企业在过去一年中，营收平均增长20%，每股收益平均增长30%。值得一提的是股价报酬平均增长16%，达到标准普尔500指数回报的2倍。

排序

公司

营收

销售增长率

EPS 增长率

股价变动

1

Bridgepoint Education Inc

$933m

31%

41%

36%

2

SolarWinds Inc

$198m

30%

38%

73%

3

Sturm Ruger & Co Inc.

$329m

29%

43%

100%

4

Steven Madden Ltd

$987m

50%

26%

50%

5

Accretive Health Inc

$826m

36%

107%

-4%

6

IPG Photonics Corp

$474m

59%

113%

1%

7

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc

$784m

28%

30%

68%

8

Grand Canyon Education Inc

$427m

11%

47%

20%

9

LSB Industries Inc

$805m

32%

170%

5%

10

Winmark Corp

$51m

25%

36%

48%

11

Vera Bradley Inc

$461m

26%

25%

-19%

12

Gordmans Stores Inc

$558m

7%

57%

20%

13

Wright Express Corp

$553m

42%

52%

27%

14

rue21 Inc

$760m

20%

28%

-2%

15

American Public Education Inc

$260m

31%

40%

-4%

16

FleetCor Technologies Inc

$520m

20%

28%

18%

17

Quality Systems Inc

$418m

25%

40%

8%

18

Boston Beer Co Inc. (The)

$513m

11%

37%

15%

19

IEC Electronics Corp

$139m

29%

25%

-37%

20

Ebix Inc

$169m

28%

16%

-20%

21

America’s Car-Mart Inc

$378m

15%

28%

88%

22

Vitamin Shoppe Inc

$857m

14%

48%

33%

23

Middleby Corp (The)

$856m

19%

30%

18%

24

Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc

$952m

16%

17%

17%

25

Mesa Laboratories Inc

$37m

29%

42%

62%

26

Informatica Corp

$784m

21%

27%

10%

27

Bio Reference Laboratories Inc

$587m

22%

17%

4%

28

Hibbett Sports Inc

$733m

10%

34%

69%

29

FEI Co.

$826m

30%

87%

40%

30

TIBCO Software Inc

$920m

22%

41%

26%

31

Ameresco Inc

$728m

18%

13%

9%

32

Ancestry.com Inc

$400m

33%

70%

-34%

33

Copart Inc

$906m

9%

36%

28%

34

Liquidity Services Inc

$358m

21%

127%

185%

35

Air Methods Corp

$654m

18%

7%

37%

36

HealthStream Inc

$82m

25%

61%

211%

37

HMS Holdings Corp

$364m

20%

17%

15%

38

Dorman Products Inc

$529m

16%

15%

22%

39

Syntel Inc

$641m

21%

8%

8%

40

TAL International Group Inc

$517m

41%

78%

3%

41

Tyler Technologies Inc.

$309m

7%

17%

64%

42

ANSYS Inc

$691m

19%

16%

24%

43

NeuStar Inc

$620m

19%

19%

41%

44

NIC Inc

$181m

12%

25%

7%

45

Raven Industries Inc

$382m

21%

24%

6%

46

EDAC Technologies Corp

$87m

19%

300%

266%

47

Intrepid Potash Inc

$443m

23%

142%

-27%

48

Zoll Medical Corp

$544m

20%

60%

112%

49

FutureFuel Corp

$310m

41%

35%

5%

50

HEICO Corp

$803m

23%

25%

11%

51

BJ’s Restaurants Inc

$621m

21%

32%

32%

52

Monro Muffler Brake Inc

$666m

5%

19%

35%

53

iRobot Corp

$466m

16%

50%

-8%

54

Preformed Line Products Company

$424m

25%

33%

5%

55

Lindsay Corp

$509m

41%

54%

-14%

56

j2 Global Inc

$340m

33%

34%

3%

57

Stamps.com Inc

$102m

19%

355%

120%

58

Atwood Oceanics Inc.

$683m

8%

16%

5%

59

Quaker Chemical Corp

$683m

26%

25%

5%

60

National Research Corp

$76m

20%

34%

27%

61

Royal Gold Inc

$248m

40%

148%

27%

62

Portfolio Recovery Associates Inc

$459m

23%

34%

-16%

63

Ensign Group Inc (The)

$758m

17%

15%

-10%

64

FactSet Research Systems Inc.

$771m

14%

10%

-1%

65

Team Inc.

$570m

22%

78%

18%

66

Sun Hydraulics Corp

$204m

35%

75%

2%

67

Female Health Co (The)

$24m

16%

- -

12%

68

Computer Programs and Systems Inc

$173m

13%

37%

-1%

69

True Religion Apparel Inc

$420m

15%

3%

18%

70

ExlService Holdings Inc

$361m

43%

25%

36%

71

Computer Task Group Inc

$396m

20%

37%

17%

72

Balchem Corp

$292m

14%

14%

-14%

73

B&G Foods Holdings Corp

$544m

6%

55%

19%

74

InnerWorkings Inc

$634m

31%

42%

43%

75

AZZ Inc

$446m

22%

13%

12%

76

II VI Inc

$527m

17%

19%

- -

77

Healthcare Services Group Inc

$889m

15%

10%

20%

78

Super Micro Computer Inc

$992m

18%

9%

10%

79

Thoratec Corp

$423m

10%

21%

31%

80

Exponent Inc

$272m

10%

21%

13%

81

TESSCO Technologies Inc

$669m

10%

40%

84%

82

Churchill Downs Inc

$697m

19%

182%

40%

83

Cantel Medical Corp.

$359m

24%

15%

41%

84

Sirona Dental Systems Inc

$936m

18%

15%

5%

85

ATRION Corp

$118m

8%

24%

22%

86

ADTRAN Inc

$717m

18%

19%

-29%

87

Blackbaud Inc

$371m

13%

10%

26%

88

US Physical Therapy Inc

$237m

12%

33%

-2%

89

Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc

$682m

10%

- -

2%

90

OPNET Technologies Inc

$169m

20%

58%

-24%

91

Zumiez Inc

$556m

16%

52%

47%

92

Dice Holdings Inc

$179m

39%

75%

-31%

93

Dolby Laboratories Inc

$946m

- -

1%

-21%

94

USANA Health Sciences Inc

$582m

12%

14%

8%

95

VASCO Data Security International Inc

$168m

56%

125%

-12%

96

UFP Technologies Inc

$127m

5%

8%

14%

97

Semtech Corp

$481m

6%

18%

22%

98

Peet’s Coffee & Tea Inc

$372m

11%

4%

46%

99

National Beverage Corp

$616m

3%

12%

16%

100

Computer Services Inc

$173m

6%

6%

19%