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| Surging 60: 40 Fastest-Growing Software Companies (1-20)* |
| Rank |
Company |
Sales Growth, 2007 VS. 2006 |
Revenue, Most Recent 4 QTRS |
Net Profit, Most Recent 4 QTRS |
Profit Change in 2007 |
| 1 |
VMWARE |
88.4% |
$1,325,811,000 |
$218,137,000 |
154.0% |
| 2 |
GOOGLE |
56.4% |
$16,593,000,000 |
$4,204,000,000 |
36.6% |
| 3 |
SALESFORCE.COM |
50.6% |
$748,700,000 |
$18,356,000 |
3716.2% |
| 4 |
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS |
48.8% |
$664,000,000 |
$(28,000,000) |
Not applicable |
| 5 |
ANSYS |
45.8% |
$385,000,000 |
$82,000,000 |
485.7% |
| 6 |
LAWSON SOFTWARE |
44.6% |
$810,068,000 |
$7,668,000 |
Not applicable |
| 7 |
REALNETWORKS |
43.8% |
$568,000,000 |
$48,000,000 |
-66.9% |
| 8 |
SAPIENT |
34.7% |
$524,411,000 |
$4,939,000 |
-56.2% |
| 9 |
SECURE COMPUTING |
34.6% |
$237,905,000 |
$(35,056,000) |
Not applicable |
| 10 |
BLACKBAUD |
34.6% |
$257,000,000 |
$31,000,000 |
3.3% |
| 11 |
JDA SOFTWARE GROUP |
34.5% |
$374,000,000 |
$27,000,000 |
5953.8% |
| 12 |
RED HAT |
33.6% |
$492,264,000 |
$75,065,000 |
12.5% |
| 13 |
BLACKBOARD |
31.1% |
$240,000,000 |
$13,000,000 |
Not applicable |
| 14 |
TRIZETTO GROUP |
29.9% |
$452,000,000 |
$28,000,000 |
86.7% |
| 15 |
MICROSOFT |
25.7% |
$57,898,000,000 |
$16,957,000,000 |
42.4% |
| 16 |
ORACLE |
24.9% |
$20,084,000,000 |
$4,780,000,000 |
29.1% |
| 17 |
CITRIX SYSTEMS |
22.8% |
$1,392,000,000 |
$215,000,000 |
17.5% |
| 18 |
ADOBE SYSTEMS |
22.6% |
$3,157,881,000 |
$723,807,000 |
43.1% |
| 19 |
DELTEK |
21.9% |
$278,246,000 |
$22,519,000 |
47.2% |
| 20 |
INFORMATICA |
20.3% |
$391,000,000 |
$55,000,000 |
52.8% |
*Includes companies that had at least $150 million in revenue entering into 2007
Not applicable = company had a net loss in either its most recent four-quarter period or the previous four-quarter period.
Note: Numbers in red and in parentheses show net losses
Source: Company filings, Yahoo Finance |
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