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

Health Fitness Corp.

FIT

21.5

46.6

-53.9

9.7

U.S. Bancorp

USB

25,010.8

56,701.0

-3

-55.9

11.2

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

Mosaic Co.

MOS

18,859.5

44,212.1

-3

-57.3

44.9

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

UNH

25,053.8

43,360.4

-42.2

17.6

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

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

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

AMP

4,240.8

11,699.7

-4

-63.8

-0.6

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

Xcel Energy Inc.

XEL

8,225.9

8,501.4

-3.2

9.3

Fastenal Co.

FAST

4,668.3

6,761.1

-31.0

24.5

Supervalu Inc.

SVU

3,006.8

6,290.7

-1

-52.2

19.2

Hormel Foods Corp.

HRL

4,200.3

5,615.1

-25.2

13.6

Patterson Companies Inc.

PDCO

2,328.2

4,672.0

-50.2

18.6

Alliant Techsystems

ATK

2,069.2

3,375.6

-2

-38.7

27.3

PepsiAmericas Inc.

PAS

2,136.3

3,272.8

-34.7

15.5

Donaldson Co. Inc.

DCI

2,051.8

3,134.7

-1

-34.5

26.6

Pentair Inc.

PNR

2,076.9

3,119.5

-33.4

13.5

Techne Corp.

TECH

2,013.6

2,610.8

-22.9

25.9

TCF Financial Corp.

TCB

1,497.9

2,291.4

-1

-34.6

8.6

Graco Inc.

GGG

1,000.4

2,207.7

-2

-54.7

72.1

Valspar Corp.

VAL

1,977.1

1,957.6

1.0

10.0

The Toro Co.

TTC

853.2

1,557.0

-1

-45.2

29.6

ADC Telecommunications Inc.

ADCT

388.4

1,414.6

-14

-72.5

-4.9

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

Digital River Inc.

DRIV

1,089.9

1,246.2

-12.5

10.6

Life Time Fitness Inc.

LTM

518.5

1,232.2

-7

-57.9

11.5

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

Allete Inc.

ALE

847.6

1,179.6

-28.1

10.0

Fair Isaac Corp.

FIC

655.4

1,051.5

-37.7

13.2

Otter Tail Corp.

OTTR

755.3

1,045.7

-27.8

5.2

American Medical Systems Holdings Inc.

AMMD

818.0

1,024.4

-20.1

11.0

Deluxe Corp.

DLX

470.3

987.3

-2

-52.4

199.4

Capella Education Company

CPLA

888.5

931.4

+13

-4.6

20.4

Imation Corp.

IMN

279.6

867.2

-8

-67.8

-3.5

EV3 Inc.

EVVV

774.4

853.4

+11

-9.3

-52.4

Entegris Inc.

ENTG

107.7

810.0

-21

-86.7

-153.6

SurModics Inc.

SRDX

330.0

796.2

-3

-58.6

18.8

G&K Services Inc.

GKSR

348.2

757.2

-54.0

7.7

Tennant Co.

TNC

166.5

740.2

-8

-77.5

5.1

Piper Jaffray Companies

PJC

495.9

649.1

-23.6

-24.5

MTS Systems Corp.

MTSC

373.9

569.8

-34.4

24.7

Dolan Media Co.

220.8

501.8

-56.0

6.8

Nash Finch Co.

NAFC

349.9

450.5

-22.3

10.8

Apogee Enterprises Inc.

APOG

295.3

445.9

-33.8

17.8

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc.

BWLD

632.4

432.4

+18

46.3

14.2

Hutchinson Technology Inc.

HTCH

64.8

419.1

-17

-84.5

-49.2

Stratasys Inc.

SSYS

201.1

368.3

-45.4

11.1

Compellent Technologies Inc.

CML

337.5

366.3

+11

-7.9

-0.4

Christopher & Banks Corp.

CBK

138.4

356.5

-61.2

5.4

Digi International Inc.

DGII

187.9

299.1

-37.2

4.3

Virtual Radiologic Corp.

VRAD

110.9

265.0

-2

-58.2

15.0

Vital Images Inc.

VTAL

165.2

256.7

-35.6

-1.7

Rimage Corp.

RIMG

112.3

215.0

-47.8

8.6

Synovis Life Technologies Inc.

SYNO

151.6

193.2

-21.5

6.9

ValueVision Media Inc.

VVTV

21.9

185.7

-20

-88.2

-68.9

Select Comfort Corp.

SCSS

26.6

162.0

-17

-83.6

Hawkins Inc.

HWKN

153.8

159.1

+13

-3.3

20.2

MoneyGram International Inc.

MGI

94.1

149.5

-37.1

7.9

Gander Mountain Co.

GMTN

70.7

148.1

-52.3

-13.6

Arctic Cat Inc.

ACAT

70.6

133.8

-47.3

4.2

Rochester Medical Corp.

ROCM

127.7

119.4

+13

7.0

0.8

Medtox Scientific Inc.

MTOX

60.9

111.1

-45.2

9.2

HickoryTech Corp.

HTCO

73.2

106.4

+10

-31.2

27.0

Winmark Corp.

WINA

65.5

102.6

-36.2

8.2

Vascular Solutions Inc.

VASC

97.1

96.4

+14

0.7

14.0

Famous Dave's of America Inc.

DAVE

28.5

95.3

-4

-70.1

1.5

HMN Financial Inc.

HMNF

14.2

95.0

-14

-85.1

-9.0

CyberOptics Corp.

CYBE

32.5

92.2

-64.8

-13.1

Communications Systems Inc.

JCS

65.3

90.3

+12

-27.8

7.9

ATS Medical Inc.

ATSI

173.8

85.5

+31

103.4

-15.9

Plato Learning Inc.

TUTR

33.9

65.1

-47.9

-823.0

Navarre Corp.

NAVR

14.9

63.4

-7

-76.5

9.3

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

Image Sensing Systems Inc.

ISNS

32.9

49.1

+13

-33.0

17.5

Datalink Corp.

DTLK

35.9

46.3

+16

-22.4

8.0

IntriCon Corp.

IIN

17.2

44.6

-61.5

5.1

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

Insignia Systems Inc.

ISIG

30.7

101

39.9

+18

-23.0

-31.0

FSI International Inc.

FSII

104

10.0

102

39.4

-2

-74.7

-26.9

Canterbury Park Holding Corp.

CPHC

21.2

103

38.3

+13

-44.6

1.6

Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd.

GCFB

114

3.6

104

31.2

-10

-88.6

-637.2

Angeion Corp.

ANGN

105

9.1

105

30.2

-70.0

-4.0

WSI Industries Inc.

WSCI

112

4.3

106

29.8

-6

-85.4

13.0

XATA Corp.

XATA

20.6

107

28.9

+16

-28.8

-51.1

Appliance Recycling Centers of America

ARCI

110

7.3

110

22.1

-67.1

4.5

Nortech Systems Inc.

NSYS

107

8.5

113

16.8

-49.3

7.8

Multiband Corp.

MBND

16.9

115

15.6

+21

8.2

16.7

Clearfield Inc.

CLFD

13.4

117

13.5

+20

-1.2

9.5

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