The Star Tribune 100 is a measure of the largest publicly held companies with headquarters in Minnesota ranked by revenue. Data presented also include each company's total profits from continuing operations, assets and market capitalization (taken on March 30). The research excludes closely held companies, which usually do not disclose financial data; cooperatives and fraternal benefits organizations, and local over-the-counter stocks.

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Revenue

Profits

Assets

Market capitalization

Employees

Company

Ticker Symbol

2009 Rank

2009 Assets
(in mil.)

2008 Rank

2008 Assets
(in mil.)

1-year rank change

1-year percent change

2008 percent return on assets

Multiband Corp.

MBND

26.0

126

10.2

+27

155.9

3.6

Dolan Media Co.

471.3

226.4

+15

108.2

3.2

XATA Corp.

XATA

46.4

111

23.8

+23

95.2

-6.5

Vascular Solutions Inc.

VASC

44.2

102

31.3

+13

41.2

10.1

Best Buy Co. Inc.

BBY

20,647.0

15,474.0

33.4

5.7

Allete Inc.

ALE

2,134.8

1,644.2

29.8

3.9

Mosaic Co.

MOS

12,427.7

9,694.1

28.2

28.4

WSI Industries Inc.

WSCI

103

19.6

118

15.5

+15

26.4

6.1

Hawkins Inc.

HWKN

130.1

104.1

+11

24.9

15.7

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc.

BWLD

243.8

197.1

23.7

10.0

Virtual Radiologic Corp.

VRAD

71.4

59.4

+12

20.2

11.8

Tennant Co.

TNC

456.6

382.1

19.5

2.3

Life Time Fitness Inc.

LTM

1,647.7

1,386.5

18.8

4.5

Image Sensing Systems Inc.

ISNS

36.0

103

30.4

18.5

13.8

Insignia Systems Inc.

ISIG

110

15.6

122

13.3

+12

16.9

-14.5

Otter Tail Corp.

OTTR

1,692.6

1,454.8

16.3

2.1

MTS Systems Corp.

MTSC

418.2

363.9

14.9

12.1

Compellent Technologies Inc.

CML

128.1

113.4

12.9

-0.3

Apogee Enterprises Inc.

APOG

544.7

482.6

12.9

10.0

Fastenal Co.

FAST

1,304.1

1,163.1

12.1

21.4

U.S. Bancorp

USB

265,912.0

238,000.0

11.7

1.1

Mocon Inc.

MOCO

32.9

105

29.6

+10

10.9

12.4

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

UNH

55,815.0

50,889.0

9.7

6.6

Clearfield Inc.

CLFD

106

16.3

119

14.8

+13

9.6

8.2

Patterson Companies Inc.

PDCO

2,097.0

1,929.7

8.7

10.0

ATS Medical Inc.

ATSI

115.0

105.9

8.6

-10.3

Graco Inc.

GGG

579.9

536.7

8.0

20.8

Xcel Energy Inc.

XEL

24,958.5

23,184.7

7.7

2.6

St. Jude Medical Inc.

STJ

5,722.5

5,329.4

7.4

6.7

Medtronic Inc.

MDT

22,764.0

21,412.0

6.3

14.3

Hormel Foods Corp.

HRL

3,631.0

3,431.3

5.8

7.7

Medtox Scientific Inc.

MTOX

73.5

69.9

+14

5.1

7.6

Gander Mountain Co.

GMTN

725.2

691.0

5.0

-3.1

TCF Financial Corp.

TCB

16,740.4

15,977.1

4.8

0.8

Appliance Recycling Centers of America

ARCI

37.4

101

35.9

4.3

1.0

SurModics Inc.

SRDX

180.4

173.8

3.8

16.4

Digi International Inc.

DGII

263.2

253.8

3.7

3M Co.

MMM

25,547.0

24,694.0

3.5

13.5

SoftBrands Inc.

SBN

81.7

79.0

+12

3.4

4.7

Nortech Systems Inc.

NSYS

48.4

47.0

+10

3.1

3.6

Synovis Life Technologies Inc.

SYNO

97.4

94.7

2.9

6.3

HMN Financial Inc.

HMNF

1,145.5

1,117.1

2.5

-0.9

Winmark Corp.

WINA

58.1

56.9

+12

2.0

Christopher & Banks Corp.

CBK

315.4

309.1

2.0

4.0

Health Fitness Corp.

FIT

36.6

36.0

1.9

7.4

Alliant Techsystems

ATK

3,196.2

3,140.3

1.8

7.9

Pentair Inc.

PNR

4,053.2

4,000.6

1.3

6.3

Fair Isaac Corp.

FIC

1,248.0

1,238.6

0.8

5.8

Ecolab Inc.

ECL

4,756.9

4,722.8

0.7

9.4

Deluxe Corp.

DLX

1,219.0

1,210.8

0.7

8.7

Nash Finch Co.

NAFC

955.0

951.4

0.4

3.8

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.

CHRW

1,815.7

1,811.3

0.2

19.8

General Mills Inc.

GIS

19,110.0

19,082.0

0.1

7.2

Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd.

GCFB

82.1

82.4

+11

-0.4

-19.2

Famous Dave's of America Inc.

DAVE

73.4

73.9

+12

-0.7

0.5

HickoryTech Corp.

HTCO

225.5

227.5

-0.9

3.6

Target Corp.

TGT

44,106.0

44,560.0

-1.0

5.0

Stratasys Inc.

SSYS

147.1

148.8

-1.1

9.3

Datalink Corp.

DTLK

129.8

131.5

-1.3

2.6

Rimage Corp.

RIMG

123.5

125.1

-1.3

7.6

Communications Systems Inc.

JCS

98.7

100.8

-2.0

6.7

Polaris Industries Inc.

PII

751.1

769.9

-2.4

15.6

Donaldson Co. Inc.

DCI

1,390.1

1,427.3

-2.6

12.7

G&K Services Inc.

GKSR

1,010.8

1,040.9

-2.9

4.0

IntriCon Corp.

IIN

39.5

40.7

-3.0

2.6

Arctic Cat Inc.

ACAT

298.0

308.1

-3.3

2.6

Rochester Medical Corp.

ROCM

73.2

76.2

-3.9

0.7

Travelers Companies Inc.

TRV

109,751.0

115,224.0

-4.7

2.7

PepsiAmericas Inc.

PAS

5,054.1

5,308.0

-4.8

4.7

Digital River Inc.

DRIV

1,070.3

1,127.7

-5.1

5.9

Valspar Corp.

VAL

3,346.5

3,545.0

-5.6

4.2

American Medical Systems Holdings Inc.

AMMD

1,045.1

1,116.4

-6.4

4.1

Angeion Corp.

ANGN

101

23.0

110

24.5

-6.4

-3.0

Regis Corp.

RGS

1,998.9

2,184.0

-8.5

1.7

Winland Electronics Inc.

WEX

112

14.3

117

15.8

-9.0

-7.2

The Toro Co.

TTC

938.2

1,031.1

-9.0

11.5

Capella Education Company

CPLA

179.6

200.3

-10.3

16.0

Canterbury Park Holding Corp.

CPHC

32.2

100

36.1

-10.7

1.4

Techne Corp.

TECH

433.5

488.2

-1

-11.2

25.2

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

AMP

95,676.0

109,230.0

-12.4

-0.0

Supervalu Inc.

SVU

18,640.0

21,356.0

-1

-12.7

3.3

ADC Telecommunications Inc.

ADCT

1,921.0

2,205.1

-2

-12.9

-2.3

Imation Corp.

IMN

1,522.3

1,756.3

-2

-13.3

-2.2

Vital Images Inc.

VTAL

198.2

231.0

-14.2

-1.4

MoneyGram International Inc.

MGI

6,642.3

7,935.0

-16.3

1.1

Lawson Software Inc.

LWSN

1,157.7

1,383.1

-2

-16.3

4.9

FSI International Inc.

FSII

79.5

97.7

-18.7

-21.2

Caribou Coffee Co. Inc.

CBOU

89.6

111.8

-19.9

-18.2

H.B. Fuller Co.

FUL

1,081.3

1,364.6

-3

-20.8

1.8

Hutchinson Technology Inc.

HTCH

828.0

1,067.3

-22.4

-22.2

ValueVision Media Inc.

VVTV

275.4

359.1

-1

-23.3

-34.0

Piper Jaffray Companies

PJC

1,320.2

1,723.2

-3

-23.4

-13.9

Select Comfort Corp.

SCSS

135.4

190.5

-28.9

-51.8

CyberOptics Corp.

CYBE

58.9

87.0

-32.3

-11.3

EV3 Inc.

EVVV

720.7

1,087.1

-4

-33.7

-46.6

Analysts International Corp.

ANLY

54.3

85.3

-36.4

-18.7

Navarre Corp.

NAVR

213.7

339.2

-4

-37.0

1.5

Zareba Systems Inc.

ZRBA

107

16.2

108

26.5

-38.7

-42.4

Entegris Inc.

ENTG

597.8

1,030.8

-1

-42.0

-86.4

Plato Learning Inc.

TUTR

57.0

156.0

-15

-63.5

-153.9