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Star Tribune 100

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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Among Minnesota's 100 biggest public companies, financial services firms contributed the most profit in 2008 while retail and service firms accounted for the most revenue and the most jobs. The state's most valuable firms, as measured by market capitalization, are in health care.

Highlight industries Retail Overlay Health Overlay Financial Overlay Manufacturing Overlay Energy Overlay IT Overlay
Company Ticker Symbol 2009 Employees 2008 Employees 1-year percent change
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Target Corp. TGT 351000 366000 -4.1
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Supervalu Inc. SVU 190000 190000 0.0
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Best Buy Co. Inc. BBY 150000 140000 7.1
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3M Co. MMM 79000 76200 3.7
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UnitedHealth Group Inc.
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UNH 75000 67000 11.9
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Regis Corp.
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RGS 59900 63000 -4.9
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U.S. Bancorp USB 57904 54545 6.2
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Medtronic Inc. MDT 39051 38000 2.8
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Travelers Companies Inc. TRV 33000 33300 -0.9
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General Mills Inc.
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GIS 29500 28000 5.4
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Ecolab Inc. ECL 26568 26050 2.0
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PepsiAmericas Inc. PAS 20800 20700 0.5
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Hormel Foods Corp. HRL 19000 18500 2.7
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Alliant Techsystems ATK 17000 17000 0.0
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Life Time Fitness Inc.
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LTM 16700 15000 11.3
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Pentair Inc. PNR 14700 16000 -8.1
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St. Jude Medical Inc. STJ 14000 12000 16.7
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Fastenal Co. FAST 13634 12013 13.5
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Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. BWLD 12000 9600 25.0
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Xcel Energy Inc. XEL 11223 10917 2.8
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Donaldson Co. Inc. DCI 11100 12800 -13.3
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Ameriprise Financial Inc.
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AMP 11093 11223 -1.2
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ADC Telecommunications Inc.
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ADCT 10637 10600 0.3
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Valspar Corp. VAL 9341 10000 -6.6
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G&K Services Inc.
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GKSR 9000 9647 -6.7
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Christopher & Banks Corp. CBK 8705 7700 13.1
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C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. CHRW 7961 7332 8.6
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TCF Financial Corp. TCB 7800 8200 -4.9
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Nash Finch Co. NAFC 7410 7475 -0.9
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Mosaic Co. MOS 7400 7000 5.7
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Deluxe Corp. DLX 7172 7991 -10.2
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Patterson Companies Inc. PDCO 6926 6727 3.0
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Gander Mountain Co. GMTN 6238 6000 4.0
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Caribou Coffee Co. Inc. CBOU 6013 6616 -9.1
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Apogee Enterprises Inc. APOG 5000 5000 0.0
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The Toro Co. TTC 5000 5300 -5.7
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Hutchinson Technology Inc. HTCH 4501 4751 -5.3
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Otter Tail Corp. OTTR 4318 4247 1.7
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Lawson Software Inc. LWSN 4000 4038 -0.9
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Multiband Corp. MBND 3962 -
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Health Fitness Corp. FIT 3472 3809 -8.8
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Polaris Industries Inc. PII 3300 3200 3.1
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H.B. Fuller Co. FUL 3100 3200 -3.1
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Famous Dave's of America Inc. DAVE 3100 2700 14.8
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Tennant Co. TNC 3002 2775 8.2
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Entegris Inc.
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ENTG 2839 2800 1.4
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Select Comfort Corp. SCSS 2571 3247 -20.8
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Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd. GCFB 2462 3270 -24.7
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Fair Isaac Corp. FIC 2360 2824 -16.4
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MTS Systems Corp. MTSC 2327 1618 43.8
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MoneyGram International Inc.
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MGI 2300 2320 -0.9
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Graco Inc. GGG 2275 2200 3.4
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Analysts International Corp. ANLY 1908 2788 -31.6
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Dolan Media Co. DM 1808 1237 46.2
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Imation Corp. IMN 1570 2250 -30.2
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Allete Inc. ALE 1529 1500 1.9
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Arctic Cat Inc. ACAT 1450 1600 -9.4
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Capella Education Company
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CPLA 1421 1298 9.5
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Digital River Inc. DRIV 1335 1550 -13.9
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EV3 Inc. EVVV 1259 1634 -22.9
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American Medical Systems Holdings Inc. AMMD 1205 1239 -2.7
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Piper Jaffray Companies PJC 1045 1238 -15.6
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Canterbury Park Holding Corp. CPHC 919 1024 -10.3
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Nortech Systems Inc. NSYS 880 945 -6.9
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ValueVision Media Inc.
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VVTV 870 1047 -16.9
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SoftBrands Inc. SBN 770 775 -0.6
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Techne Corp. TECH 738 697 5.9
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Digi International Inc. DGII 663 573 15.7
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Navarre Corp. NAVR 630 700 -10.0
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IntriCon Corp. IIN 605 612 -1.1
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Medtox Scientific Inc. MTOX 582 523 11.3
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Communications Systems Inc. JCS 462 499 -7.4
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HickoryTech Corp. HTCO 430 410 4.9
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Appliance Recycling Centers of America ARCI 425 400 6.3
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Stratasys Inc. SSYS 410 382 7.3
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Plato Learning Inc. TUTR 384 480 -20.0
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FSI International Inc. FSII 357 407 -12.3
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ATS Medical Inc. ATSI 301 241 24.9
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Compellent Technologies Inc. CML 290 212 36.8
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Rochester Medical Corp. ROCM 280 280 0.0
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Vital Images Inc. VTAL 280 330 -15.2
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Hawkins Inc. HWKN 275 259 6.2
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Vascular Solutions Inc.
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VASC 252 242 4.1
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SurModics Inc. SRDX 250 244 2.5
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Virtual Radiologic Corp. VRAD 241 245 -1.6
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Synovis Life Technologies Inc.
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SYNO 232 445 -47.9
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HMN Financial Inc. HMNF 219 221 -0.9
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Rimage Corp. RIMG 206 221 -6.8
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Datalink Corp. DTLK 200 200 0.0
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CyberOptics Corp.
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CYBE 179 186 -3.8
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XATA Corp. XATA 167 115 45.2
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Mocon Inc. MOCO 130 121 7.4
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Zareba Systems Inc. ZRBA 127 142 -10.6
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Angeion Corp. ANGN 125 140 -10.7
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Insignia Systems Inc. ISIG 115 106 8.5
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Winland Electronics Inc. WEX 111 121 -8.3
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Clearfield Inc. CLFD 109 107 1.9
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Winmark Corp. WINA 106 102 3.9
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Image Sensing Systems Inc. ISNS 95 80 18.8
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WSI Industries Inc. WSCI 69 680 -89.9