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 market capitalization
(in mil.)

2008 Rank

2008 market capitalization
(in mil.)

1-year rank change

1-year percent change

2008 percent return on equity

3M Co.

MMM

33,655.8

55,905.4

-39.8

35.0

Medtronic Inc.

MDT

32,537.6

53,624.6

-39.3

24.9

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

UNH

25,053.8

43,360.4

-42.2

17.6

U.S. Bancorp

USB

25,010.8

56,701.0

-3

-55.9

11.2

Target Corp.

TGT

24,732.8

40,855.0

-39.5

16.1

Travelers Companies Inc.

TRV

23,055.7

29,775.9

-22.6

11.5

Mosaic Co.

MOS

18,859.5

44,212.1

-3

-57.3

44.9

General Mills Inc.

GIS

16,468.7

19,931.3

-17.4

25.9

Best Buy Co. Inc.

BBY

15,098.4

17,182.1

-12.1

25.7

St. Jude Medical Inc.

STJ

12,750.6

14,816.9

-13.9

11.9

Xcel Energy Inc.

XEL

8,225.9

8,501.4

-3.2

9.3

Ecolab Inc.

ECL

7,973.9

10,629.6

-25.0

28.5

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.

CHRW

7,564.1

9,241.0

-18.1

32.4

Fastenal Co.

FAST

4,668.3

6,761.1

-31.0

24.5

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

AMP

4,240.8

11,699.7

-4

-63.8

-0.6

Hormel Foods Corp.

HRL

4,200.3

5,615.1

-25.2

13.6

Supervalu Inc.

SVU

3,006.8

6,290.7

-1

-52.2

19.2

Patterson Companies Inc.

PDCO

2,328.2

4,672.0

-50.2

18.6

PepsiAmericas Inc.

PAS

2,136.3

3,272.8

-34.7

15.5

Pentair Inc.

PNR

2,076.9

3,119.5

-33.4

13.5

Alliant Techsystems

ATK

2,069.2

3,375.6

-2

-38.7

27.3

Donaldson Co. Inc.

DCI

2,051.8

3,134.7

-1

-34.5

26.6

Techne Corp.

TECH

2,013.6

2,610.8

-22.9

25.9

Valspar Corp.

VAL

1,977.1

1,957.6

1.0

10.0

TCF Financial Corp.

TCB

1,497.9

2,291.4

-1

-34.6

8.6

Digital River Inc.

DRIV

1,089.9

1,246.2

-12.5

10.6

Graco Inc.

GGG

1,000.4

2,207.7

-2

-54.7

72.1

Capella Education Company

CPLA

888.5

931.4

+13

-4.6

20.4

The Toro Co.

TTC

853.2

1,557.0

-1

-45.2

29.6

Allete Inc.

ALE

847.6

1,179.6

-28.1

10.0

American Medical Systems Holdings Inc.

AMMD

818.0

1,024.4

-20.1

11.0

EV3 Inc.

EVVV

774.4

853.4

+11

-9.3

-52.4

Otter Tail Corp.

OTTR

755.3

1,045.7

-27.8

5.2

Polaris Industries Inc.

PII

688.4

1,363.4

-4

-49.5

85.7

Lawson Software Inc.

LWSN

683.9

1,323.8

-4

-48.3

10.2

Fair Isaac Corp.

FIC

655.4

1,051.5

-37.7

13.2

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc.

BWLD

632.4

432.4

+18

46.3

14.2

Regis Corp.

RGS

621.4

1,213.4

-4

-48.8

4.3

H.B. Fuller Co.

FUL

612.2

1,182.6

-4

-48.2

3.6

Life Time Fitness Inc.

LTM

518.5

1,232.2

-7

-57.9

11.5

Piper Jaffray Companies

PJC

495.9

649.1

-23.6

-24.5

Deluxe Corp.

DLX

470.3

987.3

-2

-52.4

199.4

ADC Telecommunications Inc.

ADCT

388.4

1,414.6

-14

-72.5

-4.9

MTS Systems Corp.

MTSC

373.9

569.8

-34.4

24.7

Nash Finch Co.

NAFC

349.9

450.5

-22.3

10.8

G&K Services Inc.

GKSR

348.2

757.2

-54.0

7.7

Compellent Technologies Inc.

CML

337.5

366.3

+11

-7.9

-0.4

SurModics Inc.

SRDX

330.0

796.2

-3

-58.6

18.8

Apogee Enterprises Inc.

APOG

295.3

445.9

-33.8

17.8

Imation Corp.

IMN

279.6

867.2

-8

-67.8

-3.5

Dolan Media Co.

220.8

501.8

-56.0

6.8

Stratasys Inc.

SSYS

201.1

368.3

-45.4

11.1

Digi International Inc.

DGII

187.9

299.1

-37.2

4.3

ATS Medical Inc.

ATSI

173.8

85.5

+31

103.4

-15.9

Tennant Co.

TNC

166.5

740.2

-8

-77.5

5.1

Vital Images Inc.

VTAL

165.2

256.7

-35.6

-1.7

Hawkins Inc.

HWKN

153.8

159.1

+13

-3.3

20.2

Synovis Life Technologies Inc.

SYNO

151.6

193.2

-21.5

6.9

Christopher & Banks Corp.

CBK

138.4

356.5

-61.2

5.4

Rochester Medical Corp.

ROCM

127.7

119.4

+13

7.0

0.8

Rimage Corp.

RIMG

112.3

215.0

-47.8

8.6

Virtual Radiologic Corp.

VRAD

110.9

265.0

-2

-58.2

15.0

Entegris Inc.

ENTG

107.7

810.0

-21

-86.7

-153.6

Vascular Solutions Inc.

VASC

97.1

96.4

+14

0.7

14.0

MoneyGram International Inc.

MGI

94.1

149.5

-37.1

7.9

HickoryTech Corp.

HTCO

73.2

106.4

+10

-31.2

27.0

Gander Mountain Co.

GMTN

70.7

148.1

-52.3

-13.6

Arctic Cat Inc.

ACAT

70.6

133.8

-47.3

4.2

Winmark Corp.

WINA

65.5

102.6

-36.2

8.2

Communications Systems Inc.

JCS

65.3

90.3

+12

-27.8

7.9

Hutchinson Technology Inc.

HTCH

64.8

419.1

-17

-84.5

-49.2

Medtox Scientific Inc.

MTOX

60.9

111.1

-45.2

9.2

Mocon Inc.

MOCO

45.5

62.7

+12

-27.4

14.4

Caribou Coffee Co. Inc.

CBOU

40.8

54.6

+15

-25.3

-37.2

Datalink Corp.

DTLK

35.9

46.3

+16

-22.4

8.0

Plato Learning Inc.

TUTR

33.9

65.1

-47.9

-823.0

Image Sensing Systems Inc.

ISNS

32.9

49.1

+13

-33.0

17.5

CyberOptics Corp.

CYBE

32.5

92.2

-64.8

-13.1

Insignia Systems Inc.

ISIG

30.7

101

39.9

+18

-23.0

-31.0

Famous Dave's of America Inc.

DAVE

28.5

95.3

-4

-70.1

1.5

Select Comfort Corp.

SCSS

26.6

162.0

-17

-83.6

ValueVision Media Inc.

VVTV

21.9

185.7

-20

-88.2

-68.9

Health Fitness Corp.

FIT

21.5

46.6

-53.9

9.7

Canterbury Park Holding Corp.

CPHC

21.2

103

38.3

+13

-44.6

1.6

XATA Corp.

XATA

20.6

107

28.9

+16

-28.8

-51.1

IntriCon Corp.

IIN

17.2

44.6

-61.5

5.1

Multiband Corp.

MBND

16.9

115

15.6

+21

8.2

16.7

Navarre Corp.

NAVR

14.9

63.4

-7

-76.5

9.3

HMN Financial Inc.

HMNF

14.2

95.0

-14

-85.1

-9.0

Clearfield Inc.

CLFD

13.4

117

13.5

+20

-1.2

9.5

SoftBrands Inc.

SBN

100

12.5

43.9

-3

-71.4

17.0

Analysts International Corp.

ANLY

103

10.2

40.7

-4

-74.9

-33.3

FSI International Inc.

FSII

104

10.0

102

39.4

-2

-74.7

-26.9

Angeion Corp.

ANGN

105

9.1

105

30.2

-70.0

-4.0

Nortech Systems Inc.

NSYS

107

8.5

113

16.8

-49.3

7.8

Appliance Recycling Centers of America

ARCI

110

7.3

110

22.1

-67.1

4.5

WSI Industries Inc.

WSCI

112

4.3

106

29.8

-6

-85.4

13.0

Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd.

GCFB

114

3.6

104

31.2

-10

-88.6

-637.2

Zareba Systems Inc.

ZRBA

115

3.4

123

9.2

-63.7

-79.7

Winland Electronics Inc.

WEX

116

2.1

126

7.3

+10

-71.4

-10.7